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Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Inaugurates Integrated Security Systemin Mumbai

July 1, 2015 No comments

Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated theIntegrated Security System (ISS) at 6 railway stations in Mumbai,Maharashtra.The system was inaugurated Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST),Dadar, Kurla and Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT), Kalyan andThane.

The ISS is advanced security systems that aims at improving security on Railwaypremises and also ensure safety of the people and avert terror attacks in extreme case.The system has a total of 118 CCTV cameras. They will beam the live images of railwaystations under its coverage on six monitors.In the first of the project which was completed in June 2015 it covered four stationsCST, Dadar, Kurla and LTT. The second phase is expected to be completed by December2016.Apart from this, he also inaugurated a modified foot over bridge (FOB) to facilitatepassenger movement at Diva.Tags: Indian Railways • Internal Security

Indian Railways, Indian Army among world’s biggest employers:  WEFStudy

June 30, 2015 No comments

Two Indian organizations, India Army and Indian Railways areamong the world’s biggest employers.It was revealed in a research published by the World EconomicForum (WEF). Both organisations employ around 2.7 millionpeople together.Indian Railways was placed at 8th position with 1.4 million staff,

while Indian Army was placed at 9th position with 1.3 million employees in the list ofworld’s biggest employers.

Top 10 world’s biggest employers are:US department of Defense: It is the world’s biggest employer with over 3.2 millionemployees.

People’s Liberation Army (PLA): Chinese military is 2nd biggest employer with 2.3million employees.

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Walmart: US supermarket giant is 3rd biggest employer with 2.1 million workers.McDonald’s: Fast food giant is the 4th biggest employer with 1.9 million employees.

National Health Service of UK: It is 5th biggest employer with 1.7 million.China National Petroleum Corporation: It is 6th biggest employer with 1.6 millionemployees. It is Chinese state-run company.State Grid Corporation of China: It is 7th biggest employer with 1.5 million employees.Indian Railways: 1.4 million staff.

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ISRO’s GAGAN to provide navigational support to Indian RailwaysJune 19, 2015 No comments

ISRO has announced to provide navigational support to IndianRailways through GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation(GAGAN) system.The navigational support along with space technology-basedtools will be provided to Indian Railways for unmanned levelcrossings safety.

By using GAGAN software system, a train will get to know the location of any unmannedlevel crossing by a warning signal. Once this warning signal is given, the train’s hooterwill automatically start when it comes near an unmanned crossing.

About GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN)GAGAN was jointly developed by the ISRO and Airports Authority of India (AAI) for theadvancement of air navigation.It is an indigenous navigational guide system developed on the lines of GPS system ofthe US.

Presently, GAGAN signal is broadcasted through two Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO)satellites-GSAT8 and GSAT10.The system was launched in 2011 as a payload with GSAT-8. With this launch Indiahad joined the club elite nations comprising of US, Europe and Japan who have thesame level of space-based augmentation for navigational purpose.

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