{"id":116404,"date":"2021-06-28T08:32:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T08:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/?p=116404"},"modified":"2021-06-28T08:32:06","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T08:32:06","slug":"first-bullet-train-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/first-bullet-train-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"First bullet train in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Question: On which date China operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet ?<br><\/strong>(a) 25 June 2021<br>(b) 23June2021<br>(c) 20June2021<br>(d) None of the above<br><strong>Answer &#8211; (a)<br>Related facts &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>China on June 25 operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital Lhasa and Nyingchi, a strategically located Tibetan border town close to Arunachal Pradesh.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Inauguration &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The 435.5-km Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway has been inaugurated ahead of the centenary celebrations of the ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) on July 1.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Background &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>In November, Chinese President Xi Jinping had instructed officials to expedite construction of the new railway project, connecting Sichuan Province and Nyingchi in Tibet, saying the new rail line would play a key role in safeguarding the border stability.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By &#8212; Pankaj Pandey.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Link:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/china-launches-first-bullet-train-in-tibet-close-to-indian-border-7374907\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/china-launches-first-bullet-train-in-tibet-close-to-indian-border-7374907\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: On which date China operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet ?(a) 25 June 2021(b) 23June2021(c) 20June2021(d) None of the aboveAnswer &#8211; (a)Related facts &#8212; China on June 25 operationalised its first fully electrified bullet train in the remote Himalayan region of Tibet, connecting the provincial capital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":116405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[2529],"class_list":["post-116404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-intne","tag-international-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116406,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116404\/revisions\/116406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edristi.in\/hi\/%e0%a4%b9%e0%a5%8b%e0%a4%ae\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}