Social distancing in public transport is among the keys to preventing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and new technologies are playing a vital role in addressing this. User-friendliness and ease of adaptability, along with having a variety of options are going to be extremely important for consumers. By CHITRAJIT CHAKRABARTI

Asia’s second-largest railway transporter, the Indian Railways introduced the first ‘Kisan Rail’ or farmers' service from Devlali to Danapur today on Friday from Devlali.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) under the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi to set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for use of artificial intelligence (AI) in data-driven decision making and advance data management system for highways.

Investment information and credit rating agency, ICRA has revised the outlook on the logistics sector from ‘Stable’ to ‘Negative’ given the prevailing circumstances and its near impact on the industry metrics.

Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways & Micro, Medium and Small Enterprises (MSMEs), Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the upstream carriageway of Mahatma Gandhi bridge over River Ganga through video conference in Bihar on Friday.

Global technology company ABB has unveiled a new robotics facility in the country’s cyber hub Bengaluru to avail of the digital transformation of the Indian industry.

Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), the operator of Kempegowda International Airport, has embarked upon a journey to make BLR Airport a one-stop location for exotic, endangered and endemic species of flora and fauna.

With the demand for steel expected to be on the higher side both domestically and globally, it was imperative for India to build and effective mechanism to facilitate capacity addition as well as reduce import dependency for coal, a member of the government think-tank has said.

The Fertilisers & Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT), a PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilisers, has started using coastal shipping as a new mode of transport for fertiliser despatch to the east and the west coast of the country.