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Pakyong airport: PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Sikkim’s first airport

September 25, 2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Sikkim’s first-ever airport at Pakyong. Prior to this airport, Sikkim was only state in India remaining without functional airport. Pakyong airport is India’s 100th functional airport and one of the country’s five highest airports. Pakyong airport The airport is spread over 201 acres and was constructed by Airports Authority of ..

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Hyderabad International Airport: World no 1 Airport in 5-15 Million Passengers Per Annum category

September 15, 2018

Hyderabad International Airport (Rajiv Gandhi International Airport) was awarded Airports Council International Airport Service Quality World no.1 airport awardin the 5-15 Million Passengers Per Annum (MPPA) category. This is for the second consecutive year Hyderabad airport has won this award. It was adjudged World no 1 Airport in this category earlier in 2016. The award ..

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Bengaluru airport set to become first in Asia to use face recognition as boarding pass

September 10, 2018

Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, capital of Karnataka is set to become first airport in Asia to introduce face recognition based passage system technology from 2019. For this, Bengaluru International Airport Ltd. (BIAL), which operates KIA has signed agreement with Portuguese software firm Vision Box. Key Facts The face recognition based passage system will ..

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Bengaluru Smart City testing prototype Intelligent Traffic Management Solution

April 24, 2018

Bengaluru Smart City is testing prototype of an intelligent traffic management solution in collaboration with the Electronics City Township Authority (ELCITA) to improve traffic management in the city. It aims to provide traffic information that is currently unavailable and help improve management of commuter traffic. Intelligent Traffic Management Solution It involves capturing video streams from ..

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Madhubani railway station in Bihar gets makeover with Mithila paintings

April 8, 2018

Madhubani railway station got complete makeover with Mithila paintings. The makeover project was unique initiative of Indian Railways to experiment with local artists voluntarily painting works in short span of two months. More than 225 artists, 80% of them women, volunteered to paint station free of cost. The total wall area of railway station covering ..

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