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Topic: Delhi roads

20 lives lost in road accidents every hour in 2023. Half the victims bike riders, Delhi deadliest city

With an average of 55 crashes per hour, India recorded 4,80,583 road accidents in 2023, a 4.2% increase from 2022, according to data shared by states with the ministry.

NDMC cleans up service lane after Danish ambassador’s ‘great, green, and trashy New Delhi’ post

Freddy Svane, who is serving his second tenure as ambassador, in an X post Wednesday flagged the garbage-strewn lane in the diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri.

Govt plan to make Delhi ‘beggar-free’ still distant dream with 5-yr rehab project at standstill

Delhi govt plans to relocate beggars ahead of September G20 Summit. But details of implementation of 2021 Union scheme for rehabilitation 'under consideration' since pilot project end.

Cycling on Delhi streets? Study shows cyclists face 40 times higher threat to life

IIT Delhi study published on 31 January shows between 2017 and 2019, for same distance travelled, 20.8 cyclist deaths were reported annually, compared to 9.5 motorcyclists & 0.53 car occupants.

GS Caltex India launches the 2nd edition of #GaadiKeDoctor campaign to honor the Mechanics on its 13th Anniversary

The campaign #GaadiKeDoctor highlights GS Caltex India’s 13th anniversary & dedicates 2nd Feb day to the mechanics of the country and honor them for keeping the vehicles safe for driving. 

Anjali Singh, Delhi’s hit-and-run victim, ‘risked life’ to earn for family & hoped to open salon

After her father died around 8 yrs ago, Anjali took over as the sole breadwinner of the family, initially working at a salon and later, after she lost her job, at weddings and events.

Just seat belts and airbags won’t protect you. India’s deadly roads need to be fixed too

Mumbai-Ahmedabad highway or Delhi's Peripheral Expressway, one thing is certain — poor road design has a huge role to play in accidents in India.

On Camera

Mark Tully made me a journalist. The profession was religion to him: Satish Jacob

The death of Mark Tully means that India has lost a good friend. That's the end of the chapter on journalism, as far as I'm concerned.

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.