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NDTV, adding the vehicle was reportedly being driven at 230 km per hour. In the accident, three people were injured -- including the occupants of the car and being treated at a Gurgaon hospital. As per the PTI, the injured were identified as Divya and Tasbir from Chandigarh, and Vikas from Delhi, while the two killed were the tanker driver, Rampreet, and his assistant Kuldeep.

Alfred Lord Tennyson’s famous poem, The Charge of the Light Brigade, memorialized the bravery of British soldiers as they attacked Russian forces in the 1854 battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War. “Into the valley of Death rode the six hundred” tolls throughout the poem. Tragically, the soldiers’ courage was betrayed by a careless mistake: they were sent the wrong way. Either the command was poorly communicated, or it was misunderstood by the brigade’s leader. Whichever was the case, the six hundred needn’t have died, if only the right plan had been executed.  

Great Lakes area were slammed with tornadoes as fast as 75 mph on the night of Thursday, August 24, 2023. The effect of the tornadoes was such that over 700,000 people went without power. The area has been facing stormy weather since Wednesday, August 23. As the storm moved into the Northeast on Friday, August 25, there was already destruction and a power outage in the Great Lakes. Over 700,000 citizens had to go without power in the states of Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Cleveland also reported a gust of 75 mph, and Detroit registered one of 70 mph.

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Dwarka Expressway will have to extend their patience. According to officials from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), the final stages of work on the 18.9 km section of the expressway within the city's limits will now conclude in October, a delay from the earlier projected completion date of August, a TOI report stated. The Dwarka Expressway is India's first elevated urban expressway.

IPO subscription status: Vishnu Prakash R Punglia IPO has been subscribed 7.52 times so far on August 25, Friday, the second day of the bidding process. The public issue received bids for 16.49 crore equity shares as compared to 3.12 crore shares on the offer, till 2:40 PM. Vishnu Prakash IPO has been subscribed 9.86 times in the retail category and 11.97 times in the Non-Institutional Investors’ (NII) category.

real estate investment trusts (Reits) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) to make them more acceptable to investors. Mint explains: Reits and InvITs function like mutual funds—a sponsor raises capital and invests it in real estate or infrastructure projects. Both are investment pooling vehicles.

NEW DELHI : The Centre plans to enforce an upper limit of around 50 decibels in a crackdown on loud vehicle horns, a sharp reduction on existing permissible levels, minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari said. Loud, persistent and often-needless blaring of horns remains a bane of Indian roads. The minister said that along with air pollution, noise pollution is a major irritant and poses a serious health hazard for citizens.

National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) convened a high-level meeting to deliberate on different aspects to explore possibilities and remove operational constraints for wider adoption of surety bonds in place of bank guarantees. "The brainstorming session with stakeholders deliberated on different aspects to explore possibilities and remove operational constraints for wider adoption of surety bonds in place of bank guarantees (BGs)," the ministry of road transport & highways said. NHAI has urged insurance companies and contractors to consider insurance surety bonds as an additional means of submitting bid security and performance security deposit.

two-wheeler showroom here early on Thursday morning, a police official said. The fire broke out around 5 am at the showroom located near the national highway (NH-16) and raged for about 90 minutes, the police official added. «The fire accident occurred when new vehicles were being unloaded from a truck which came from Chennai,» Vijayawada Central ACP P Bhaskar Rao said and added that the loss could be around Rs 4 crore, as per preliminary estimates. Five fire engines were deployed to douse the blaze as a result of which as many as 200 vehicles could be saved, he said. No police complaint has been lodged yet, he added. Police are yet to ascertain the cause of the accident, he said, adding there was no loss of life or injuries. Meanwhile, the situation is under control and the fire has been completely doused, Rao said, adding the owner of the showroom is estimating the loss.

₹4,243.64 crore through public private partnership (PPP) mode. "Once complete, the terminal will have annual capacity to handle 2.19 million container units (TEUs) with capability to handle next-generation vessels carrying more than 18,000 TEUs," it added.

₹7, 693.17 crore were assessed," the ministry of commerce & industry said. Dawra stressed the importance of utilising the GatiShakti National Master Plan portal and adopting the 'whole of government' approach for infrastructure planning and execution. She emphasized upon the critical importance of the projects in terms of connectivity to economic and social nodes of the area and accentuated on following an area development approach.

₹94 to ₹99 per equity share and book build issue has made debut in grey market as well. According to market observers, shares of Vishnu Prakash R Punglia Limited are available at a premium of ₹65 per equity share in grey market today. 1] Vishnu Prakash IPO GMP today: According to market observers, Vishnu Prakash IPO grey market premium (GMP) today is ₹65.

NEW DELHI : Contesting claims of a cost overrun in the construction of the Dwarka Expressway by the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG), Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari asserted that the project did not experience any cost overrun or corruption. Speaking at the Mint Sustainability Summit 2023 on Wednesday, he, however, added that ministry officials erred in not providing a written response to CAG’s findings. “In the Bharatmala programme, there was no detailed estimated cost.

Rolls-Royce Phantom collided with an oil truck moving on the wrong side. The oil truck overturned and caught flames after the accident, claiming the lives of the driver and his helper. As per the TOI report, the driver and helper were trapped inside the tanker and couldn't excape when it caught fire.

Central Vigilance Commission for 2022. The CVC's annual report added that 272 of the requests have been pending for over three months. The government departments are supposed to decide on the requests seeking sanction to prosecute a corrupt official within three months.

Himachal Pradesh, blocking over 200 more roads, including the Shimla-Chandigarh highway, and damaging some houses in Solan district, officials said on Wednesday. No loss of life has been reported so far. With 200 more roads blocked, a total of 530 roads in the state are now shut. The Shimla-Kalka National Highway 5 connecting Shimla and Chandigarh was again blocked near Chaki Mor besides NH 21 (Mandi-Kullu road) and NH 154 (Mandi-Pathankot) road, according to the data of the State Emergency Operation Centre. Some houses have been damaged in Shakal village on the outskirts of Solan city as gushing waters entered houses and reports of damage to few houses and vehicles in Sabathu area following the landslide have poured in, Deputy Commissioner, Solan, Manmohan Sharma told PTI. As a safety measure, three houses were vacated in Panthaghati and Sanjauli areas of Shimla city and landslides and uprooting of trees have been reported in some parts of the city, Deputy Commissioner, Shimla, Aditya Negi said.

Snoop Dogg concert in Houston, causing 16 individuals to be taken to nearby hospitals. The event took place at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion and temperatures reached 104 degrees during the day. Around 35 people displayed signs of heat-related issues and were assessed at the venue. An additional group of more than 12 individuals were sent to hospitals from the concert site. Misti Willingham, the public information officer of Montgomery County Hospital District, stated that the MCHD EMS took these 16 adults to hospitals in stable condition. Due to the ongoing effects of global climate change contributing to an exceptionally hot summer, the local fire department was deployed to the scene as a precaution. The fire department's intervention was considered an effective measure when enacted early. The Atascocita Fire Department shared that they were assisting overheated concert goers at the Snoop Dogg show through a tweet during the event. Snoop Dogg is currently touring with Too $hort and Wiz Khalifa on the High School Reunion tour. Their next stop is scheduled for the Isleta Amphitheater in Albuquerque, NM on August 22. This occurrence is part of a series of heat-related incidents this summer. In a previous incident, during an Ed Sheeran concert in Pittsburgh on July 8, 17 people were hospitalized due to heat-related illnesses. Moreover, Jason Aldean had to cut short the start of his Highway Desperado Tour on July 15 in Hartford, CT, due to dehydration and heat exhaustion.

NEW DELHI : At the COP27 Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, in November, UN Secretary-General António Guterres painted a sobering picture of the global climate trajectory. “We are on a highway to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator," he said in a stark warning about the perilous journey ahead. While nations are embracing the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) defined at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in 2012, corporations are also trying out sustainability initiatives in the ESG (environment, social and governance) space.

Evera), the company said on Tuesday. «The collaboration will feature an integration of 200 EV charging points super hub in Delhi.

RBI is warranted on inflationary pressures which may remain elevated in coming months due to global uncertainty and domestic disruptions, finance ministry said in its latest monthly economic review. The warning about price pressures comes in the context of consumer price index (CPI) based inflation hitting 7.4% in July, way above the RBI's tolerance range, posing a headache to policy makers. Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government, which will seek a return to power at next year's national polls, has already imposed export restrictions on rice and wheat and resorted to administrative steps and import of onion to cool local prices.