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Indian Railways unveils new AC 1st coach design: Imagine a compact cubicle for two people in the AC 1st class coach of Indian Railways - and one that possibly offers comforts on par with the business class of an aircraft. The Rail Coach Factory (RCF), Kapurthala has recently unveiled a new concept design for AC 1st coaches, with an “interiors on demand” vision. The concept design with panoramic...

NEW DELHI: Indian visitors to San Francisco are among the first to return to pre-Covid levels as Air India’s nonstops launched to the Golden Gate city in 2015 have given a massive push to desi footfalls there. The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) currently gets 17 Air India nonstops from India weekly, next to New York’s 21. Had United not suspended its 14 weekly flights to SFO, the airport...

KOLKATA: Bengal recorded the first kala-azar death of the year on Wednesday when a 47-year-old man succumbed to the infection at a Kolkata hospital. Avadesh Paswan, the victim, was a resident of Bihar who fell ill during a visit to his in-laws' place in Howrah's Bally. With this, the state has recorded 10 kala-azar cases this year till August. In Bengal, Habibpur in Malda is known to be endemic for...

NEW DELHI: In a first since Russia launched its military offensive in Ukraine, a Ukrainian minister will visit India next week to discuss the implications of the ongoing conflict and seek India’s support. Emine Dzhaparova, the first deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, will hold talks with Indian officials and also deliver a lecture- Russia’s war in Ukraine: why the world should care - at a think...