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This Train Has Been Running Upside Down For 124 Years. Here Is How It Works
Rather than rolling over tracks, the train hangs from them. Passengers sit upright as the city flows past from below, creating an almost floating sensation.
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Elon Musk Says xAI Game Studio Will Release an AI-Generated Game in 2026
Elon Musk announced that xAI’s gaming division, xAI Game Studio, will release an AI-generated game before the end of next year. The company has also posted a job listing for a video game tutor to train its AI model, Grok, in gaming concepts. The announcement coincides with updates to Grok Imagine’s video generation capabilities.
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Video: Man Finds Insects In Sambhar On Vande Bharat Train, Railways Reacts
A passenger's Vande Bharat train journey turned unsavoury when he found insects in the meal served to him. Visuals shared on social media showed black insects floating in sambhar served in an aluminium container.
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NASA Announces Plans To Build First Railway System On Moon
As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface.
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Apple Negotiating Deals With Publishers to Train Generative AI Systems on News Content: Report
Apple is exploring deals with major news and publishing organisations in recent weeks, as the iPhone maker seeks permission to use material from their news archives to train its generative artificial intelligence systems, according to a report in the New York Times. The firm has reportedly floated multiyear deals worth at least $50 million (roughly...
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This Country's 'Floating Train' Is A Big Hit As Dam Waters Rise
The weekend train operation is expected to give a boost to domestic tourism, which has been hit by COVID-19.
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Railways Floats Tender For 58 New Vande Bharat Express Trains
Indian Railways has floated a tender for 58 rakes of Vande Bharat Express trains on Saturday.
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China Debuts 'Floating' Train That Can Travel At 620 Kmph
China has unveiled a prototype for a new high-speed maglev train that is capable of hitting speeds of 620 kilometers per hour.
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Railways Issues "Domestic" Tender To Manufacture 44 Vande Bharat Trains
The Railways has floated a new "domestic" tender for manufacturing 44 semi-high speed "Vande Bharat" train sets, in which only India-registered companies can participate and the minimum local component percentage required is 75, officials said on Monday.
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Tender For 44 Vande Bharat Trains Cancelled After Bid From Chinese Joint Venture
India has cancelled a tender for making 44 semi-high speed "Vande Bharat" trains, the Railway Ministry said on Friday night. It said a fresh tender will be floated within a week and give preference to the centre's Make In India programme. The move to cancel the tender is a big setback for China as a Chinese joint venture, CRRC Pioneer Electric (Ind...
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'Flying Brain' Designed To Follow German Astronaut Launches Friday
A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station, is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission.
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More Than 1,300 Trains Could Get Infotainment Services as RailTel Floats Tender
RailTel has floated a tender to bring on-demand content services to over 1,300 long-distance trains across various routes in India.
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Indian Railways To Acquire System To Run Trains Without Guards
The Indian Railways will float global tenders worth over Rs 100 crore for acquiring sophisticated equipment to run 1000 trains without guards. The End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) equipment is used to establish communication between the locomotive driver and the last wagon of the train to ensure that the train is running with all coaches/wagons as a c...
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IRCTC to Set up Airport-Like Executive Lounges at 19 Stations
The IRCTC has floated tenders for setting up its executive lounge at 19 stations that will provide airport lounge-like facilities to train passengers at an affordable rate.
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Madhya Pradesh Train Tragedy: Passenger Overcomes Fear of Water, Floats to Safety
As most passengers slumbered peacefully onboard the Kamayani Express, around at 11.30 pm on Tuesday night, Muhammad Ibrahim (39) sat eating a banana, thanks to which, he was well awake and had his wits about him when disaster struck.
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This Train Has Been Running Upside Down For 124 Years. Here Is How It Works
Rather than rolling over tracks, the train hangs from them. Passengers sit upright as the city flows past from below, creating an almost floating sensation.
-
Elon Musk Says xAI Game Studio Will Release an AI-Generated Game in 2026
Elon Musk announced that xAI’s gaming division, xAI Game Studio, will release an AI-generated game before the end of next year. The company has also posted a job listing for a video game tutor to train its AI model, Grok, in gaming concepts. The announcement coincides with updates to Grok Imagine’s video generation capabilities.
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Video: Man Finds Insects In Sambhar On Vande Bharat Train, Railways Reacts
A passenger's Vande Bharat train journey turned unsavoury when he found insects in the meal served to him. Visuals shared on social media showed black insects floating in sambhar served in an aluminium container.
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NASA Announces Plans To Build First Railway System On Moon
As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) readies to return astronauts to the moon, it has announced its plans to build a levitating robot train on the lunar surface.
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Apple Negotiating Deals With Publishers to Train Generative AI Systems on News Content: Report
Apple is exploring deals with major news and publishing organisations in recent weeks, as the iPhone maker seeks permission to use material from their news archives to train its generative artificial intelligence systems, according to a report in the New York Times. The firm has reportedly floated multiyear deals worth at least $50 million (roughly...
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This Country's 'Floating Train' Is A Big Hit As Dam Waters Rise
The weekend train operation is expected to give a boost to domestic tourism, which has been hit by COVID-19.
-
Railways Floats Tender For 58 New Vande Bharat Express Trains
Indian Railways has floated a tender for 58 rakes of Vande Bharat Express trains on Saturday.
-
China Debuts 'Floating' Train That Can Travel At 620 Kmph
China has unveiled a prototype for a new high-speed maglev train that is capable of hitting speeds of 620 kilometers per hour.
-
Railways Issues "Domestic" Tender To Manufacture 44 Vande Bharat Trains
The Railways has floated a new "domestic" tender for manufacturing 44 semi-high speed "Vande Bharat" train sets, in which only India-registered companies can participate and the minimum local component percentage required is 75, officials said on Monday.
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Tender For 44 Vande Bharat Trains Cancelled After Bid From Chinese Joint Venture
India has cancelled a tender for making 44 semi-high speed "Vande Bharat" trains, the Railway Ministry said on Friday night. It said a fresh tender will be floated within a week and give preference to the centre's Make In India programme. The move to cancel the tender is a big setback for China as a Chinese joint venture, CRRC Pioneer Electric (Ind...
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'Flying Brain' Designed To Follow German Astronaut Launches Friday
A floating, ball-shaped, artificial intelligence robot, specially trained to follow around a German astronaut at the International Space Station, is scheduled to blast off Friday on its ground-breaking mission.
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More Than 1,300 Trains Could Get Infotainment Services as RailTel Floats Tender
RailTel has floated a tender to bring on-demand content services to over 1,300 long-distance trains across various routes in India.
-
Indian Railways To Acquire System To Run Trains Without Guards
The Indian Railways will float global tenders worth over Rs 100 crore for acquiring sophisticated equipment to run 1000 trains without guards. The End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) equipment is used to establish communication between the locomotive driver and the last wagon of the train to ensure that the train is running with all coaches/wagons as a c...
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IRCTC to Set up Airport-Like Executive Lounges at 19 Stations
The IRCTC has floated tenders for setting up its executive lounge at 19 stations that will provide airport lounge-like facilities to train passengers at an affordable rate.
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Madhya Pradesh Train Tragedy: Passenger Overcomes Fear of Water, Floats to Safety
As most passengers slumbered peacefully onboard the Kamayani Express, around at 11.30 pm on Tuesday night, Muhammad Ibrahim (39) sat eating a banana, thanks to which, he was well awake and had his wits about him when disaster struck.
