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Topic: Road accidents

Speeding caused 41% of road crash deaths in Uttar Pradesh in 2022—IIT Kanpur-SaveLIFE Foundation study

Study focused on Kanpur Nagar, Agra, Gorakhpur, Bareilly, districts with highest crash fatality rates. According to report, UP recorded over 13% of country’s total deaths in 2022.

Nitin Gadkari announces cashless treatment of up to Rs 1.5 lakh for road accident victims

The Union Road Transport & Highways Minister said that the government will release a modified scheme by March & NHA will implement the scheme through an IT platform.

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.

460 road deaths every day—10 Indian states have come up with safety models. It’s working

India has ambitiously pledged to halve road crash deaths by 2030. The question is not if we can tackle this crisis, but how swiftly we can act.

Pakistani businessman’s wife crushes 2 with Land Cruiser. People say she’s being saved

The police didn’t present Natasha Ali in court, citing that she was receiving psychiatric treatment in custody. She has a driver's license in London and is the CEO of 2 companies.

Two kanwariyas dead, 14 injured in accident in MP’s Morena

The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday when a truck hit a tractor-trolley trailing the kanwariya procession on NH44.

200 Telangana buses plying highways were fitted with AI-based alert devices. Accidents down 40% in 1 yr

Pilot project was initiated in 2022 as part of Telangana govt’s attempts to reduce accidents on highways. Telangana among states with highest number of accidents, fatalities on highways.

‘We are frustrated citizens in Pune now’. Porsche incident has killed the city’s vibe

Pune police has filed cases against 145 establishments, shut 62 hotels and suspended their liquor licences over the past three weeks. The excise office is flooded with applications for liquor consumption permits.

Holi homecoming that was not to be. Teen’s joyride killed UP woman in Delhi, sister afraid to step out

In March, Sita Devi & her elder sister Puja had stepped out for shopping before leaving for home in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri. Little did they know only one of them would make alive.

Pune Porsche accident has clear message for Indians—if you’re powerful, law is optional

Several institutions enabled a tragedy of this magnitude through their collective dereliction of duty and failure to uphold the law.

On Camera

My grandmother saved her children in Bhopal gas tragedy—and sacrificed her own life

‘Mother kept pouring water in our eyes whenever the burning became unbearable. She pushed our bodies deep into the blanket, making sure not a single part was exposed,’ my father said.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.