Every year, approximately 1.5 lakh people die on Indian roads due to accidents, which converts into 1130 accidents and 422 deaths every day, writes Vaidyanathan Subramanian.
The tractor carrying devotees was returning from Unnao when it overturned in the Kanpur district late Saturday evening. Police & locals rushed to the spot and started the rescue operation.
Programme to be implemented in 14 states across India that account for 85% of total road accidents and fatalities in India. India has among the worst road safety records in the world.
Poor eyesight is a major problem among Indian drivers. Forty per cent need corrective glasses, while another 5 per cent need urgent treatment for cataract.
Two people including the driver have sustained serious injuries and have been admitted to the hospital. The deceased belonged to Danda & Kathoti villages of Kakanai in Uttarakhand.
The rules will allow only those private driving training schools to function which have been granted accreditation either by the state transport authority or central government.
The DRDO official, identified as Gaurav Batra, allegedly injured a pedestrian before ramming his vehicle into a cycle rickshaw on which Agal was heading home.
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.
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.
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.
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.
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