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Tuesday, July 22, 2025
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Topic: Public Transport

Why move to junk Indore’s priority bus lanes is drawing flak. ‘Success worldwide, demonised in India’

New Delhi: Launched with much fanfare in May 2013 to address Indore’s traffic problem by prioritising public bus transport, the 11-km-long Bus Rapid Transit...

Dear Bengal govt, don’t steal our memories, land, and clean air by removing trams

Nostalgia, romance, and a love of heritage alone cannot make the beloved trams of Kolkata sustainable. Simple science can. Transport Minister, are you with us still?

SubscriberWrites: Lifeline of Mumbai in evening AC Local

If anyone desires to see the changes happening in Mumbai then one must take a journey from Churchgate to Virar in evening AC Local.

DTC to BEST—public transport a financial burden on states. New Modi govt must bring reforms

The Delhi Transport Corporation suffered a loss of Rs 2,666 crore in 2023-2024. It is a similar story across the country.

Public infra funding, aiding third countries are key areas of Indo-German ties, says envoy Ackermann

Speaking to ThePrint, German ambassador to India Philipp Ackermann highlights areas of Indo-German cooperation including the Partnership for Green and Sustainable Development.

Not enough commuters? Metros have less than 50% projected ridership, says IIT-D report

Report by IIT-Delhi & Infravision Foundation also found that Delhi metro ridership was equal to 47% of projected ridership as against 25-30% for other operational metro rail networks.

This is how London tackled air pollution. Delhi can learn

Although London still does not meet WHO guidelines on air quality, the worst air quality days in the city are better than the best days in Delhi.

Why make buses electric when no one uses them? Delhi’s EV roadmap is hotly contested

Civil engineering professors, climate researchers and transport specialists pushed for behavioural changes and not just structural changes at an event that laid out Delhi's EV roadmap.

‘Ease of moving’ better in Pune & Mumbai than Delhi & Kolkata, think tank survey finds. Affordability a factor

OMI Foundation’s urban mobility survey looked at 40 cities of India, with over 50,000 people responding on nine broad parameters covering 41 indicators. 

37% Indians experienced, saw unruly behaviour on public transport in last 3 years, says survey

According to a LocalCircles survey, 69% are hopeful that creating awareness about unacceptable behaviour onboard public transport will improve the situation.

On Camera

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

In declaring victory over the khap panchayat, we misunderstood the power structure. The real machinery of 'honour killings' never needed a banyan tree.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.