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TopicTraffic violations

Topic: traffic violations

Tattling to bosses of traffic violators won’t solve Bengaluru’s gridlock. It will hurt jobs

Bengaluru police's answer to the city’s infamous traffic troubles is naming, shaming, and treating citizens like unruly children. It’s passing the buck and sidestepping the core issues.

Online glitches see Delhi traffic challan dues pile up, police plan collection counters

Police personnel could be deployed to collect fines for 8 hours on Saturdays and Sundays, but plan and its date of commencement are not final yet.

New motor vehicle law won’t change, states can decide penalty amounts: Nitin Gadkari

In interview to ThePrint, Nitin Gadkari says new law not aimed at generating revenue, but to check road accidents and deaths caused due to violation of traffic rules.

Can steep fines & jail time under Motor Vehicles Bill be enforced and deter people?

The proposed Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019 seeks to levy prohibitive penalty and stricter punishments for road-related offences.

On Camera

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.