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Parliament Proceedings | CERT-In has empanelled 150 audit bodies to support Information Security Best Practices

Taking cognisance of the cyber incident related to CoWIN data in June 2023, CERT-In coordinated incident response measures, and empanelled 150 security auditing organisations to support and audit the implementation of Information Security Best Practices

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Balasore train accident: 41 bodies await identification at AIIMS Bhubaneswar

As many as 41 bodies at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar are yet to be identified after the triple train collision in Odisha's Balasore district on June 2. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Over ₹1.08 lakh crore spent on railway safety, says Minister

Railways taking measures to ensure safety post Balasore tragedy: ₹1 lakh crore corpus for five years; Rolling Block introduced; double locking, data logging, SMS alerts for relay rooms & goomties; 254 deceased identified, 41 yet to be; 219 consequential train accidents in last 5 years

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IIT-Kharagpur to develop tamper-proof signalling system for railways

Acting on a request made by the Minister of Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw, researchers in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering stream are working on a robust system that would facilitate a mechanism to ensure safety, communication and control of train operations.

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Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticises former U.S. President Obama’s remarks on minority rights in India

Former U.S. President Barak Obama’s remarks during a television interview expressing apprehensions over minority rights in India continues to be roundly and publicly criticised in India at the highest levels of government. After Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also spoke out against Mr. Obama’s remarks, reminding the…

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Morning Digest | PM Modi, Egypt President sign strategic partnership pact; Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ conservative party clinch landslide Greece election win, and more

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Vande Bharat train to be introduced from Saharanpur to Prayagraj, says Vaishnaw

“A detailed project report will be completed within 18 months’ time period.”

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Death toll rises to 291 in Odisha's Balasore train accident

The death toll from a three-train crash in Odisha’s Balasore reached 291 after a victim died while receiving treatment

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Morning Digest | From one eruption to another, day and night spread equal dread in Manipur; Railways to review operations on safety of trains, and more

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Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw reviews safety works in Northern Railways

The Odisha train tragedy had occurred when a block section was under maintenance and automatic signalling was down.

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Odisha train accident | The trauma after a tragedy on tracks

A report on the Balasore tragedy, the agony of the families who continue to search for their loved ones and the CBI investigation

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Congress seeks FIR against PM, Railway Minister for negligence in Balasore train accident

Ajoy Kumar said that in the past four years, there had been over 1,129 derailments yet there had been no accountability.

The Hindu

How Odisha train accident got politicised

NEW DELHI: The three-train accident at Balasore in Odisha on June 2, besides being one of the worst in the country in the recent years, is also the most politicised railway mishap with the opposition launching a no-holds-barred attack on the Narendra Modi government while the ruling BJP leaders resorting…

The Times of India

Trinamool Congress behind Odisha train accident, alleges Suvendu Adhikari

The Leader of Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari accuses Trinamool Congress of being behind the Balasore triple train accident in which at least 275 people were killed.

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Indian train crash: police open criminal negligence case

Ministers accused of trying to shift blame for Friday’s disaster in which 275 people died

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#BalasoreTrainTragedy: Kharge writes to PM Modi, asks 'Why were grave red flags ignored'?

Kharge said the latest audit report of CAG makes a special mention of how between 2017-18 and 2020-21, about seven out of 10 train accidents happened due to derailment. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Trains resume service 51 hours after deadly India crash

BALASORE, India: Passenger and freight trains were running again on Monday at the site of India's deadliest train disaster in decades, which officials said was caused by failures linked to signal systems.

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Probe into India rail disaster begins as train services resume

Official investigation into India’s deadliest rail crash in 20 years begins as trains cross the disaster spot in Odisha.

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Odisha Triple Train Crash: Indian Railways resume passenger trains services on tracks in Balasore

Indian Railways on Monday has started running passenger trains on the tracks in Bahanaga village in Odisha's Balasore which were affected due to the triple train accident. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Odisha train tragedy | First train chugs out of accident-hit area in Balasore after 51 hours

The first train on the section where the accident happened in Balasore started its journey at around 10.40 p.m. on Sunday, 51 hours after the horrific crash which killed 275 people, officials said.

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Railway Minister ‘lauds’ Andhra Pradesh’s initiatives in tracing Odisha train accident victims

Besides setting up a committee to monitor the situation at the accident spot, the government has arranged control rooms and announced ex gratia to the victims, IT Minister Gudivada Amarnath tells Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

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AAP criticises BJP over Balasore train accident

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Balasore train accident, and said that before the accident, there were complaints of problems with the signalling system and a shortage in manpower, but the Central government had not done anything about these issues.

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Stop politicising Balasore train accident: BJP on opposition’s demand for Railway Minister’s resignation

The Congress had earlier demanded the resignation of Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Guardian - UK

India train disaster: signal fault identified as cause, says minister

Train was diverted on to wrong tracks before collision, says railways minister as efforts to clear crash wreckage continue in Odisha

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India says rescue operations have concluded after train crash

Indian authorities say they had concluded rescue operations after the country's deadliest rail crash in more than two decades.

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