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| India's train disaster may be signal fault |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 05-06-2023, 11:44 AM - Forum: News and Current Affairs
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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65801807
[b]"India's railway minister has suggested a signal fault led to the Odisha rail disaster, with a "change in electronic interlocking" the likely cause.[/b]
A report into India's worst rail accident this century is due later.
Meanwhile the death toll has been revised down to 275 after some bodies were counted twice, officials said.
Of the 1,175 injured people taken to hospital, 793 have been discharged. Some families are still searching for their loved ones.
In railway signalling the electronic interlocking system sets routes for each train in a set area, ensuring the safe movement of trains along the track.
The crash saw a passenger train collide with a stationary goods train and derail, after being wrongly directed onto a loop track by the side of the main line. Derailed carriages   
then struck the rear carriages of a second passenger train passing in the opposite direction."
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| ACT on the brink of holding some power; what does it mean? |
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Posted by: Lilith7 - 04-06-2023, 04:07 PM - Forum: Opinion and Politics
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Extremely bad news in the form of an even harder struggle for any of those of us who aren't wealthy Neo Liberals seems the most likely answer to that one. These are not people who care about their fellow humans except for any possible profit which can be made from them.
Education seems to be top of their list.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politic...-that-mean
  
"In many ways, Seymour is the new Winston Peters, sucking up his support ÔÇô and many of his populist tricks, albeit with a 21st century twist.
ACT is also gaining support in its own right. Half a decade ago, you couldnÔÇÖt have paid people to go to an ACT rally.
Now Seymour is charging for the privilege ÔÇô on Sunday 600 people are expected at a SkyCity stage show, paying $50 a ticket
Last weekend, he did a whistle-stop tour of the Coromandel and his public meetings pulled crowds in the hundreds.
In flagrantly ACT fashion, he travelled between events in a helicopter, with the pilot briefly handing control to his parliamentary passenger.
For these reasons, on election night (and barring the usual caveats of scandal or unknown unknowns), we could see ACT breach the 12% mark, and even get as high as 15%.
So, what does that mean?
In essence, that Luxon should, too, be preparing for a co-pilot. ACT will be asking National to ÔÇ£share powerÔÇØ.
What does it want?
ItÔÇÖs testament to ACTÔÇÖs confidence that Seymour sees one of his caucus as education minister. This is potentially a fish hook for Luxon who also sees the portfolio as a priority.
ACT wants enormous reform ÔÇô and that goes far beyond the return and expansion of charter schools (which Luxon has already committed to).
School funding would depend on digital quarterly reporting, especially of attendance (importantly, income wouldnÔÇÖt be dependent on the results, but the frequency of reporting.)"
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