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The national carrier is slowly releasing the reign of its travel fleet across the nation. With over 200 new trains starting from today i.e. June 1, the railways is set to carry 1.5 lakh to 2 lakh travellers across the nation every day. The boarding rules have been revised as the travellers with RAC tickets can also now board the train. Indian Railways has decided that for all trains notified to run, the advance reservation period (ARP) shall be incresed from 30 days to 120 days Booking of ...

Indian railways has proved to be the major carrier for the nation during this pandemic. The only trusted saviour to carry lakhs of stranded workers from different parts of India to their respective native places. Handling such a huge traffic was not an easy task for any other mode of transport. Moving forward, IRCTC has decided to run 200 more special trains from June 1st. People who are stranded across the nation could expect a big relief with this update. The government has allowed resumption ...

The vert essence of every festival is to bring people together and share their love for each other through exchanges of gesture and things we all love. Eid Ul Fitr, being the biggest of all celebrations for Islamic community is being celebrated and it marks the end of holy month of Ramzan or month of compassion, love and practicing restraint. On this pious day, people visit mosques or gather in open spaces to take part in communal prayers; they also do charity, organise a feast and visit each ot...

In recent major on-going developments across the country, IRCTC has moved a step forward again and has planned to open the counter ticket booking facilities for trains running currently amidst lockdown. Most of the people who were trying to book tickets via online modes were facing a lot of issues, once the railway announced a set of special trains to resume during lockdown 4.0. Major issues faced while booking services via IRCTC initially were slowing down of the web portal and sudden errors wh...

Indian Railways finally got a green signal to run a few special trains under strict surveillance during this lockdown period. Indian Railways plans to restart passenger trains in a phased manner from Tuesday, five days before the end of the national lockdown to break the coronavirus chain of transmission, according to a statement released on Sunday. This came as breaking news to everyone who is left stranded in this lockdown. Railrecipe in its endeavor to keep u updated about everything happenin...

Stranded citizens across the nation have finally found a big relief as the Indian Railways and govt. of India decided to run multiple special trains across different states carrying them to their respective destinations. Earlier, the Ministry of Home & Family Welfare had run 5 trains as a pilot travel option to see the movement arrangements across the nation. Now, keeping in mind the growing demands of movement and also the extension of ongoing lockdown, Indian Railways has planned to run over 2...

All speculations came to an end when lockdown 3.0 was announced yesterday by ministry of home and family welfare (MOHFW). This time, the decision was backed by scientific approach as per zones classified across India. As we are aware that MOHFW has classified geographical areas and districts across nation into 3 prime zones as Red (Cases growing every 24 hours), Orange (Cases growing every week) and Green (No cases reported in last 14 days). Based on this classification grounds, Govt. of India h...

More than half of the worlds population is under lockdown for more than a month now and this is expected to continue further in coming days. The next verdict on what would be called as Lockdown 3.0 will be announced by the government most probably on 3rd of May, 2020. But the trends shows not an affirmative answer for people who are expecting calling off of the restrictions or lockdown. The consumers who were searching more about travel, online food order or gym memberships are now shifting thei...

It's too tough for a travel hungry souls to stay confined between the walls and it gets tougher when we mock on to those idiot box channels who don't have anything to show except for their rising infection charts across the nation and world wide. Every mornings be like there would be some ray of hope or someday when we can wake up with the sign that things are working fine and we can have a ball like ever before. Watching landscapes over the screens is something that brings relief to travel enth...

“HE who gives Iftar to another fasting person shall earn reward equivalent to a fasting man without detracting from the reward of the latter” The positivity arrives with the beginning of pious month named as "Ramadan" or "Ramzan. It’s time this year again as the holiest month of Islam religion is about to kick off. A festival which marks a sense of self control and practice holy deeds. Every year Ramzan witnesses millions of followers across the world partaking in what is called Roza, the...

"This too shall pass."- A ray of hope sparks our minds as we read this proverb. Everyone's suggesting ways to stay motivated and also find ways to grow during this lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Improving upon internal business solutions for better tomorrow is what everybody is focusing upon. Indian Railways can also use the current crisis as an opportunity to create a new business model by overhauling its passenger and freight segments, and that there are three areas the railway may foc...

It becomes pretty tough for startups to manage when the cashflows plateau. The biggest impact of the coronavirus pandemic has been on the travel sector, which has had to bear the brunt of flight cancellations, hotels being shut down and movement restrictions across the world. First came the international travel bans and then strict national lockdowns, which eventually led to all travel and food delivery in train and other apps coming to a grinding halt. The current pandemic and crisis have broug...