Articles for Mr Train

Why you could soon catch a lift to Leeds in a flying taxi
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Why you could soon catch a lift to Leeds in a flying taxi

Daily Mail  

Flying taxis could be the future of aviation – and they're coming to Derby, Stoke and Leeds. Investors are already betting billions that airborne cabs will one day whisk travellers around global cities such as New York, London and Dubai. Quiet and electric-powered, the aircraft are designed to carry small groups of passengers on short distances, avoiding clogged roads and …

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NASA chief says U.S. and India to expand collaboration in space; to train Indian astronaut for ISS
6 months ago

NASA chief says U.S. and India to expand collaboration in space; to train Indian astronaut for ISS

The Hindu  

NASA administrator Bill Nelson has said that the U.S. space agency will expand collaboration with India and it will include a "joint effort" aboard the International Space Station with an Indian astronaut. Mr. Nelson's comments came after a fact sheet issued by the U.S. and India after the iCET Dialogue between U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and National Security …

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Nick Train shares in £14m dividend despite apologising for poor performance
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Nick Train shares in £14m dividend despite apologising for poor performance

The Telegraph  

Star fund manager Nick Train has paid himself an estimated £14m dividend despite apologising last month for a recent run of poor stock-picking. Accounts for Lindsell Train, the investment firm founded by Mr Train and Mike Lindsell, showed its founders shared a dividend pot worth £39m in the year to January. Mr Train, 65, is one of the City’s most …

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London stock market gripped by ‘malaise’, warns star fund manager
6 months, 3 weeks ago

London stock market gripped by ‘malaise’, warns star fund manager

The Telegraph  

A dismal streak for stocks in Mr Train’s portfolio has contributed to his fund’s poor performance. While UK investors value Rightmove at 22 times its prospective earning, a similar rival CoStar trades at 60 times, Mr Train said. In an update for the Lindsell Train UK Equity Fund last month, Mr Train said the £34bn approach for Anglo American by …

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At Bihar rally, PM Modi rakes up Godhra train arson to accuse Opposition of appeasement
7 months, 2 weeks ago

At Bihar rally, PM Modi rakes up Godhra train arson to accuse Opposition of appeasement

The Hindu  

Raking up the 2002 Godhra train arson, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 4 charged RJD president Lalu Prasad with having tried to “save” those responsible for burning alive more than 60 kar sevaks “during the rule of Sonia madam”. Lok Sabha polls 2024 updates, May 4 “It is because of this appeasement politics that the father of Bihar's 'shehzada' …

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Andhra Train Accident | Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik directs disaster management minister to visit site
1 year, 1 month ago

Andhra Train Accident | Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik directs disaster management minister to visit site

The Hindu  

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Monday, October 30, 2023, directed Disaster Management Minister Sudam Marandi to visit neighbouring Andhra Pradesh’s Vizianagaram district where a train accident has killed 14 people. According to a statement issued by the Chief Minister's Office, Mr. Patnaik also asked Mr. Marandi to meet the injured persons undergoing treatment at different hospitals. At around 7 …

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Thargomindah mates train in Queensland's outback for Kokoda Track
1 year, 8 months ago

Thargomindah mates train in Queensland's outback for Kokoda Track

ABC  

Before daybreak, guided by headlamps and surrounded by swarms of insects, Geoff Pike and mate Shane Dare pound the desert plains of south-west Queensland with one goal in mind — to conquer the Kokoda Track. The eight-person Thargo Team includes Mr Pike's 14 and 16-year-old sons, who are training at their boarding school nearly 900 kilometres away in Toowoomba. "They're …

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Central and State support to build skilled workforce, safe accommodation for trainees are needs of the hour: expert
1 year, 9 months ago

Central and State support to build skilled workforce, safe accommodation for trainees are needs of the hour: expert

The Hindu  

If the State and Central Governments could work in tandem with the industry, this would help build a skilled workforce, said A. Ayykannu, chairman, Programmes Committee of the All India Manufacturers’ Organisation. Ahead of next week’s industry-institution meet in Hosur organised by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research and the Union Ministry of Education, Mr. Ayyakannu spoke …

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Gulflander train driver reflects on 12 years at the helm of outback Queensland tourism route
1 year, 11 months ago

Gulflander train driver reflects on 12 years at the helm of outback Queensland tourism route

ABC  

Ken Fairbairn was "just on a holiday" through remote parts of Australia when he struck up a conversation that would change the course of his life. Key points: The Gulflander train has run between Normanton and Croydon in outback Queensland for 131 years After 12 years, its officer-in-charge is moving on to drive steam trains interstate Ken Fairbairn says the …

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Maine relies on its marine life, but climate change will alter what that means
3 years, 2 months ago

Maine relies on its marine life, but climate change will alter what that means

The Economist  

Listen to this story. “It’s a culture.” Warming waters have done more than change lobstermen’s schedules—they have disrupted entire ecosystems, the Gulf of Maine among them. Maine’s overall commercial landings brought in more than $500m last year, but maintaining those profits will require flexibility—at the least, it means acknowledging the gulf may look vastly different in years to come. “But …

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