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New Delhi: Union minister PiyushGoyal has said that the railway ministry is planning to build a modern signalling system on the lines of European Train Control System with a view to mitigate safety risk.

He said the development, once in place, would also help control crime and make train travel safer in the country.

"To make Indian railways safe, I am planning to build the most modern signalling system through the entire railways network in India which will mean over 1.18 lakh kms of railways on the line of European Train Control System (ETCS)," he said.

New Delhi: Prime Minister NarendraModi says that the government wants to take medical education and health facilities to remote areas of the country. 

Speaking after inaugurating the new DorjiKhandu state convention centre in Arunachal Pradesh capital, Itanagar, Mr. Modi said government has taken steps to minimize the medical expenses. 

He said, about 800 medicines are now available at very cheap rates through Jan AushadhiKendras. Mr. Modi said the Ayushman Bharat Scheme will bring medical revolution in the country. 

New Delhi: The Communist Party of Nepal (UML) Chairman K.P. Sharma Oli has become the new Prime Minister of Nepal. 

President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Oli in Kathmandu on Thursday evening. 

This is the second time Mr. Oli has become the prime minister. He had served as prime minister from October 2015 to August 2016. 

Mr. LalBabuPandit and Ms. Tham Maya Thapa, both from CPN (UML), have also been administered oath of office as ministers. 

New Delhi: More than half of PM Jan Dhan Yojna account-holders are women and they are also carrying out transactions rather than merely opening accounts, according to a sample survey by a financial inclusion consulting firm.

The “State of the Agent Network 2017” report released by Microsave has found that there has been a more than 200% increase in volumes of cash-in, cash-out between 2015 and 2017. 

The Modi government’s drive to encourage opening of these accounts was to offer banking services to the poor for more reliable transfer of government benefits and to enable the less well off to avail credit or loans.