Indian
Railways launches E-Samiksha to monitor rail projects online
Indian Railways on 21 April 2015
launched E-Samiksha, an online monitoring mechanism. E-Samiksha aims at
monitoring implementation of various ongoing projects of Indian Railways on
real-time basis including Rail Budget proposals. It was launched by Union
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi. E-Samiksha is designed by National
Informatics Centre (NIC). It has been developed to make it a highly interactive
web-based, user-friendly and customised system. E-Samiksha will be used to
monitor budget-related projects and also for monitoring the infrastructure
target and board meeting follow-up. Currently, it is being used by Cabinet
Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office and other Ministries for monitoring
progress implementation of various programmes and follow-up of meetings.
Xi
Jinping conferred with Nishan-e-Pakistan award
Pakistan Government conferred
Nishan-e-Pakistan, top civilian award on Chinese President Xi Jinping. He was
bestowed with this award for his outstanding contribution in promotion of
relationship between the two countries by Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain. The
Nishan-e-Pakistan (Order of Pakistan) is the highest of civilian award and
decoration given by the Pakistan Government. The award is awarded to a person
for his highest degree of service to the country and nation of Pakistan. It is
conferred on them for their merit and distinguished services to the country,
foreign relations and international community. Established on 19 March 1957.
Former Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai is only Indian to receive this
award. He was awarded this award in 1990.
ICICI
Bank launches Tap-n-Pay, a near-field communications-enabled payment service
India’s largest private sector lender
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India (ICICI) Bank has launched
a payment service Tap-n-Pay. It was launched by bank in collaboration with Tech
Mahindra. This payment service is based on the near-field communications (NFC)
technology which will enable its customers make over-the-counter payments
without using cash. NFC technology will allow users to tap NFC enabled tag or
mobile phone at the merchant’s point-of-sale device to make payments. It is a
prepaid account which will be available to customers of any bank by simply
registering for it and transferring money online from any bank account. ICICI
Bank customers can also transfer money to the Tap-n-Pay account through an SMS.
To start with this service bank has offered it at large campuses of corporate
offices. ICICI Bank and Tech Mahindra also are planning to extend this service
across the country.
Japan
maglev train breaks world speed record again
A Japanese magnetic levitation train has
broken its own world speed record, hitting 603km/h (374mph) in a test run near
Mount Fuji. The train beat the 590km/h speed it had set last week in another
test. Japan is known for its shinkansen that run on steel rails, but has been
investing in maglev technology which it is hoping to sell overseas. Central
Japan Railway (JR Central), which owns the trains, wants to introduce the
service between Tokyo and the central city of Nagoya by 2027.
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