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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicAmbulance service

Topic: Ambulance service

Better than a ‘proper’ ambulance — how Karimul Hak’s free bike service won him a Padma Shri

In ‘Bike Ambulance Dada’, Biswajit Jha writes about how Karimul Hak saved 4,000 lives with his free bike-ambulance service.

Saving lives or driving the dead, Covid ambulance drivers slog it out without rest or raise

Three ambulance drivers in Delhi speak about the difficult working conditions, hostile neighbours, and the experience of carrying the dead.

Maharashtra plans to use Mumbai seaways to launch boat ambulance for remote villages

The health department has approved the project to set up the water ambulance service between Gateway of India in south Mumbai to Mandwa in Raigad district.

Maharashtra plans app-based ambulance service like Uber, Ola

Maharashtra govt wants to outsource the entire process — from procuring GPS, GPRS technology, installing them in ambulances and maintaining them.

On Camera

How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.