(28th
Sep.)
Google
teamed up with Indian Railways to provide free Wi-Fi at 400 Stations
Internet search engine
giant Google on 27 September 2015 announced its tie-up with Indian Railways
that will provide free Wi-Fi facilities to 400 stations. The Wi-Fi facilities
will be provided underProject Nilgiri .
The plan
will initially start with 100 busiest railway stations. Later, the facility
will be extended to the remaining stations.
Google on
28 September 2015 released a map of the first 100 stations online that will get
high-speed Wi-Fi hot spots in India.
(29th
Sep.)
Union
Ministry of Tourism launched new initiatives on World Tourism Day
The Union Ministry of Tourism on 27 September
2015 launched several new initiatives to augment tourism related infrastructure
and manpower in the country.
The
initiatives were launched in New Delhi to mark the World Tourism Day.
Ministry
of Railways launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal
Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu
on 28 September 2015 launched Indian Railway Knowledge Portal for dissemination
of detailed information on Indian Railways.
It is an
initiative of the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR) which allows the
user to access most of the available knowledge about Indian Railways at one
location due to linkage of websites, documents and much more.
The
portal was launched through video-conferencing established between Ministry of
Railways, Rail Bhawan and NAIR Headquarters at Vadodara.
Indian
Railway Knowledge Portal also provides e-access to existing libraries of
Railways. Also, National Informatics Centre (NIC) has clustered all the libraries
to a single interface via e-Granthalaya.
Besides, information regarding fan clubs, heritage, and rail museums across the
world can also be accessed from the portal.
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