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Bullet Trains in India

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So its official!!! Today Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid down the foundation stone of India's first bullet train project- 509 kms long, worth 20 Billion USD, running between Ahmedabad in Gujrat state and megacity Mumbai. The project is to be completed in 5 years, and to be started on 15th August, 2022. Japan is Financing 90% of the project through a soft loan @ 0.1% rate of interest. This was mighty generous of Japan, made possible by mutual diplomatic interest and understanding between Modi and Japan, over the years. This is beginning of a brand new phase of the friendship of India and Japan, and also signals greater the ever closeness between the two, to the dragon. Politics aside, the train will cover the journey of 509 kms in 2 hours, which takes 7 hours right now through Indian Railways. With a top speed of 350 kms/hour, Japanese bullet trains boasts of being one of the safest train system in the world, more than

Darkness Within: The Grand Deceit

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This is 5th and final episode of the fiction- Darkness Within, pls read the first 4 episodes before reading any further if u haven't already. Last night was tough. Talking to Leo was intense for Sabrina. She had no idea how fraudulent every facet of her friend Avantika was. She couldn't sleep all night. Thinking about everything that has happened, hoping for it to get over soon enough. What she didn't knew was this was the lucky day. At sharp 10 the phone rang, Sabrina dare not pick up the phone once again, like the last day. It ran a full 11 rings and peace returned to the living room, but alas! it started again. Sabrina grew anxious with each passing ring. She finally decided to face the unknown. Picking up the phone and bringing it to ears felt like too much of work for her, her heart was pacing while her mind was lost in all the possibilities of what might be in the call. A faint Hello was all she could utter.... "Hello Ms Sabrina, Ajay Maakan here. I hop