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Topic: Drivers

2 dead, 2 injured after 19-yr old driver hits bicycle, ploughs into jhuggi in Delhi’s Janakpuri

The accident took place early Thursday, when the teenager lost control of his speeding car and rammed into the roadside slums. The identity of the dead has not been revealed yet.

NIOS chief Saroj Sharma in dock after driver dies by suicide, blaming her. FIR lodged under SC/ST Act

Days before his death, Ram Kumar wrote to education ministry & National Commission for Scheduled Castes, accusing Sharma of insulting him over his caste, 'illegally' transferring him.

Govt wants more women at the wheel in rural India, but that might not be easy to achieve

A new government scheme wants more women driving commercial transport vehicles in rural India. A look back at the experiences of women behind the wheel in India suggest the road ahead may be bumpy.  KAVEESHA KOHLI 

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?