1.HIGHLIGHTS OF RAILWAY BUDGET 2010:
E-TICKET service charge lowered for Sleeper (Rs.10) and AC class(Rs.20)
Freight rate for food-grains,kerosene down Rs.100/wagon
54 new trains , 10 Duranto trains introduced
Tourist tran 'Bharath Tirth' introduced on 16 routes
101 new sub-urban services for Mumbai
SMS updates for reservation status,train timing, wagon movement
Free travel for cancer patients in III AC, sleeper class
Gross earnings for Railways in 2009-10 -Rs.88,281 cr.
Expenditure -Rs.87,100 cr.
2.Sachin Tendulkar scored the first ever double century (200 not out)in ODIs at Gwalior ODI against South Africa February 24.
3.An explosion in a coal mine near the town of Dursunbey in Balikesir province (Ankara)killed 17 persons on February 24.
4.Nicolas Sarkozy, French President visited Gabon and Rwanda recently.
Gabon:- President-Ali Bongo Ondimba;PM-Paul Mba; Capital-Libreville
Rwanda:-President-Paul Kagame; PM- Bernard Makuza; Capital-Kigali
France:-PM- Francois Fillon
5.Harsh Pati Singhania is the President of FICCI.
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