Bengaluru is set to manufacture India's first bullet train, with BEML leading production. The high-speed trains will run on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad corridor, expected by December 2026.

The bullet train will have seven bogies with a standard 3+2 seating arrangement and one executive bogie with 2+2 seating.

A measure of India’s dominance at the Chess Olympiad is that all four of the Iranians had not lost a single match at the Olympiad. In Round 8 against India, Iran was introduced to defeat thrice.

India's perfect start at the 45th Chess Olympiad continued after the rest day and both the men's and women's team won their seventh-round ties in cinematic fashion to stay unbeaten. The men overcame China in a tricky tie while the women's team beat Georgia coming back from two early draws in Budapest on Wednesday.