Two-stroke bikes have long ridden into the sunset in cities like Delhi, but in Bengaluru, they power a well-oiled subculture. ‘Passionate people get into this.’
Biking offers freedom, self-expression, and sisterhood for a growing number of women taking it up in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and beyond. There are plenty of riding academies and clubs to pick from.
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.
Sawhney Automobiles, registered under Resourceful Automobile, went in for a modest IPO of Rs 12 crore, but instead received bids 400 times that amount, totalling Rs 4800 crore by the time the issue closed.
Closed-circuit TV footage has shown four men accosting the taxi in the Pragati Maidan tunnel, threatening the two passengers inside with a gun and making away with a bag of cash.
Delhi government's ‘Draft Delhi Motor Vehicle Aggregator and Delivery Service Provider Scheme, 2023' proposes that all bikes taken on board by cab aggregators are EVs.
Launched in 1985, Hero Honda CD100 took India’s two-wheeler market by storm & ruled the roads for at least 2 decades, because of its affordability & mileage. Many remember it as their first bike.
Apart from Covid fear, job losses and pay cuts across industries has increased risk aversion among customers leading to a sharp fall in discretionary spending.
Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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