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Indian Rail to adopt Telemetry Device

Kolkata, Mar 21 (UNI) Stone India has received the ''letter of acceptance'' from Indian Railways for supply of End-of-Train Telemetry device for an initial trial.

This device is an advanced solid-state telemetric safety product and is interfaced with an existing Air Brake System, of which the company is a prime supplier.

This system not only improves the brake system integrity but has a number of other added advantages - continuous brake system performance monitoring and data logging, brake application at the end of train by the train driver, remote communication and train parting information.

In addition, the system can replace the break van at the end of the train with a wagon, thereby generating additional revenue for railways, company sources here today said.

Indian Railways plans to install such a system in all goods trains over a period of time. This is one of the major future products of the newly-formed Railway Electionics division of the company, sources added.

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Saddam calls for unity to fight invaders

Dubai, Dec 28: Saddam Hussein said in a letter that his pending execution should be seen as a sacrifice for the nation and called on Iraqis to unite and fight US-led forces in the country. In the letter, obtained by Reuters in Jordan today, he called on Iraqis to ''direct your enmity towards the invaders. Do not let them divide you''. But he urged them ''not to hate the peoples of the countries.....
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