Namta Gupta, India, Bullet train, Japan China rivalry, India Japan relations, Shinkansen bullet train technology

India Japan cooperation in rail safety makes further headway

Ministry of Railways (GoI) had requested Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) for technical cooperation in Rail Safety. Responding to Ministry of Railway’s request, MLIT deputed a team of Japanese Railway experts to India to assess incidents of rail breakage and suggest measures to improve safety in train operations. The Memorandum of […]

Namta Gupta, India, Bullet train, Japan China rivalry, India Japan relations, Shinkansen bullet train technology

High Speed Railway Cooperation between India and France

Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu today held meeting with the Minister of State for Transport, Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of France, Alain Vidalies. The two of them were accompanied by their respective delegation and recalled the long-standing technical cooperation between French National Railways and the Indian Railways (IR) and reaffirmed their […]

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India -China relationship on the mend?

New Delhi, May 5, 2016: Han Zheng, Party Secretary of Shanghai and Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, met the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 5, 2016. During the meeting Narendra Modi recalled his meeting with Zheng in Shanghai when he visited China last year. Han Zheng also stressed that the Prime […]