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Repeat offenders beware: Three or more violations & you could lose your driving license in DelhiDelhi may soon implement stricter traffic regulations, penalizing habitual traffic offenders with license cancellation. Approximately 178,0...
Nitin Gadkari announces 'cashless treatment' scheme for road accident victimsUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced a 'Cashless Treatment' scheme for road accident victims. The government will cover up to Rs 1.5 lakh...
Air ambulance facility soon from AIIMS Rishikesh: Jyotiraditya Scindia"We are working with the Road and Transport Ministry and the Health Ministry to look at Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). The '...
Lockdown 2020: Over 8,700 people died on railway tracks during the year, many of them migrantsThe Railway Board shared the data on such deaths for the period between January and December 2020 in its reply to a question by Madhya Prad...
Despite curtailed railway services, 8,700 people died on tracks in 2020, many of them migrantsWhile the fatalities during 2020 were lesser compared to four years immediately before that, the numbers are still significant given the fa...
1.54 lakh people killed in road crashes in India in 2019, over-speeding reason in 60% cases: DataAccording to the statistics, 38 per cent victims of road accidents were riders of 'two-wheelers' followed by trucks or lorries, cars and bu...
Road accidents claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in 2018, over-speeding major killerIndia ranks 1st in the number of road accident deaths across the 199 countries reported in the World Road Statistics, 2018 followed by Chin...
Accident-prone teens drive up mortality ratesNot surprisingly, even in the younger age-band, teenagers seem more prone to accidents.
Death, Disability and Disease – Fears of a modern lifestyleWhat is your biggest fear in life? Losing a job, falling from a cliff or suffering from a disease? These are not things that are in one’s c...
74 tiger deaths since January drive home poaching, other threatsMadhya Pradesh fares the worst with 19 fatalities.
PM Narendra Modi speaks on road accidents, social issues; avoids politicsThe project will be launched in Gurgaon, Jaipur and Vadodara and then to Mumbai, Ranchi, Rungaon and Maurya national highways.
Road transport ministry signs Aamir Khan as safety ambassador, another pro bono roleThe star has been signed by the Road Transport Ministry as its safety ambassador as the govt looks to lower accident rate and stop dangerou...
Railways (Amendment) Bill, 2014 to amend Railways ActInitiating the discussion on the Bill, Venugopal narrated an incident in Kerala where a girl lost her life after jumping from a train to es...
- IIA seeks exemption of helmets from levy of Central Excise Duty
eyond Central Excise Duty applicable @ 10.3%, the item is also subjected to VAT @ 12.5% in many states.
- BMW developing cars that 'sense' danger to pedestrians
BMW is refining a car-to-car communication system that offers more pedestrian protection by "sensing" situations and persons that cannot no...
- Judicial activism not a bad idea to fill up for policy shortcomings
The high court directive had imposed a penalty of Rs 500 on violations of traffic rules, over and above the usual fee for such offenses.
- Largest number of road accidents in Tamil Nadu,Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra have earned the dubious distinction of having the largest number of road accidents in the country, accounting to...