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Thursday, August 13, 2026
TopicLucknow-Kanpur expressway

Topic: Lucknow-Kanpur expressway

A 40-minute ride, a road under repair. What went wrong with Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway

The 63-km corridor was inaugurated by Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Yogi Adityanath as a symbol of Uttar Pradesh's new infrastructure push. Less than three weeks later, NHAI had suspended toll collection and begun penal action over damage to the road.

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Dalit finance body beneficiaries nearly halve as House panel flags funding drought, board vacancies

NSFDC beneficiaries fell from 1.18 lakh to 61,394 in a year as a Parliamentary panel flagged no fresh equity, nine board vacancies and weak state agencies.

India seeks 60 new transport aircraft for IAF, invites bids for a $10 billion deal

It is reliably learnt that Airbus, which had initially offered its A400M, is likely to sit it out since its aircraft outweighs requirements with payload capacity of 37 tonnes.

Guru RSS is cautioning shishya Modi govt. Bhagwat’s endorsement of Gen Z has an Indira lesson

It’s evident Bhagwat was watching from a distance and was worried about youth’s anger towards Modi govt. The first thing he did was to demolish any criticism of Gen Z protesters as anti-national.