One in every three accidents on Indian roads leads to a fatality. Developing road infrastructure cannot compensate accident fatalities that can be prevented with better facilities.
It’s a misconception that airbags save lives no matter how bad an accident. If you’re not belted in, hitting an airbag can feel like an uppercut from Mike Tyson.
New rules to kick in from October 2023, mandate six airbags per car, but increasing domestic manufacturing capacity is crucial if this target is to be met, said the ratings agency.
Many would consider Cyrus Mistry’s Mercedes-Benz GLC 220d ‘safer’. But there were several bad hot-takes on social media about the car's ‘rear’ airbags not getting deployed.
Canada faces serious foreign interference issues, but these challenges must not be weaponized to unfairly target friendly and important allies like India.
In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.
Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.
While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.
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