Tagging the Congress tweet, Tharoor said, Indeed! We should also acknowledge all those who revived and popularised yoga, including our government, @PMOIndia & @MEAIndia, for internationalising International Yoga Day through the @UN.
Prime ministers turning up with such frequency to launch trains is an indication of the political mileage resident in public transport.
Will our railways step out of the government s shadow?
After all, they are the ones manufacturing trains and running them, notes Shyam G Menon.
PM Modi in Kerala: As Kerala gets India’s first water metro, digital science park and the state’s first Vande Bharat train, PM Narendra Modi’s presence says a lot. The visit assumes significance as the BJP is going all out to make inroads in the state in the run-up to the 2024 general elections
Vande Bharat, the semi-high-speed train from Thiruvananthapuram to Kasaragod, will cover the distance between the two places in about eight hours, thereby reducing the average travel time by almost three hours.