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Friday, September 26, 2025
TopicBharat NCAP

Topic: Bharat NCAP

Automatic braking isn’t for Indian roads. Bharat NCAP should avoid making it mandatory yet

Carmakers like MG, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, and Tata have realised that buyers want Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, despite complaints about automatic emergency braking.

Dear drivers, ESC, VSM, HDC make driving safe but they are no substitutes for road sense

ESC is something that manufacturers will be forced to install on all cars if they want a three-star or above rating in the new Bharat-NCAP safety tests.

Our take on Chess World Cup, Chandrayaan-3 and BRICS summit — in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Bharat NCAP norms to raise standards of cars in India. No more sasta & tikau hatchbacks

With Bharat NCAP, manufacturers such as Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai India will be expected to raise their standards. Unsafe cars will not sell in India.

On Camera

Muslims at garba—whenever a festival becomes exclusionary, we lose a piece of India

Conservative clerics warned Muslims against garba as impermissible; now Hindu right-wing groups call their presence provocative—different reasons, same outcome.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.