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road accident in Rajasthan's Dausa district on Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred on Mahwa-Alwar state highway near Ukrund village falling under Mandawar police station area today when the truck carrying cold drinks rammed into the passenger jeep carrying 17 people, police said. Local people informed the police after which the injured were rushed to hospital in Mahwa and Mandawar, police said. Police said four injured have been referred to Jaipur owing to their condition while the bodies of six people have been kept at a hospital in Mahwa. Jaipur rural MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has expressed grief over the incident. «Very sad information was received about the untimely death of people in a road accident in Mandawar of Dausa district.

Bihar cabinet on Tuesday approved a proposal to allow in-service doctors of different government medical colleges to opt for Diplomate of National Board (DNB) courses run by the Centre's National Board of Examination (NBE) on successful completion of their postgraduate residency. In-service doctors, who will take admission in DNB courses, will have to mandatorily serve in Bihar as per rules.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari while speaking at the launch of Bharat NCAP said, “Today, we have report which is given to me that request to test and certify more than 30 models of different companies under Bharat NCAP has already been received. I am really happy with the response." Bharat NCAP is a significant step forward in the Government’s commitment to improve road safety through raising the safety standards of motor vehicles up to 3.5 tonnes in India, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways said in an official statement.

New Delhi: The government will launch the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (B-NCAP) in October to assess the safety of new vehicles. The programme will assign star ratings based on a vehicle's performance in crash tests similar to global NCAP and European NCAP, ultimately improving road safety in the country. Minister for Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari, while announcing the launch of B-NCAP on Tuesday, emphasized the importance of safer vehicles in India, where there are 5 lakh accidents and 1.5 lakh deaths annually.

The government will roll out the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (NCAP) on October 1. Under the programme, which is on the lines of the Global NCAP and European NCAP, new vehicles will be checked for safety and assigned star ratings based on their performance in crash tests.

In a bid to enhance road safety, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in India has introduced a game-changing initiative – the Bharat New Car Assessment Programme (Bharat NCAP). This program is all about evaluating the safety performance of passenger vehicles designed to carry up to eight passengers and not exceed a weight limit of 3.5 tonnes.

Supreme Court over the legality of driving-licence holders for light motor vehicles (LMVs) operating commercial vehicles without any additional endorsement has multiple stakeholders including drivers, fleet operators and cab aggregators worried, as a reversal of an older ruling could hurt them. A division bench of the top court in 2017 ruled that holders of LMV licences should be allowed to operate transport, or commercial vehicles, as long as the vehicles were up to 7,500 kg of unladen weight. In 2018, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways issued a notification complying with the court order. Insurance companies appealed against the order before a three-member bench, arguing that this put the safety of people at risk. The bench referred the matter to a five-judge constitution bench, which at a hearing on July 20 asked the ministry to submit its position on the matter.

(Reuters) — U.S. auto safety regulators on Monday proposed requiring future vehicles to have front passenger and rear seat belt reminder systems to boost use and reduce traffic crash deaths and injuries.

Manipur on Monday reimposed an indefinite blockade on two vital National Highways in the state . They accuse the rival community for disrupting supplies of essential communities in tribal dominated areas. The Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) spearheading the indefinite blockade on the Imphal-Dimapur (NH-2) and Imphal-Jiribam (NH-37) National Highway in Kangpokpi district demanding uninterrupted and adequate supplies of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo community inhabited hill areas of the state. The COTU General Secretary Lamminlun Singsit said that we have earlier given an ultimatum that they would blockade both NH-2 and NH-37 from August 21 if the uninterrupted and adequate supplies of food grains, essential commodities and live saving drugs to the tribal areas are not ensured. The NH-2, the surface lifeline of Manipur was blocked for nearly two months after the ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3.

By David Shepardson

Manipur on Monday reimposed an indefinite blockade on two national highways in Kangpokpi district, demanding adequate supplies of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo communities in hill areas of the state. Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) Sadar Hills Kangpokpi began the blockade on NH 2 which connects Imphal with Nagaland's Dimapur and NH 37 which links Imphal with Assam's Silchar.

These changes will make National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corp Ltd (NHIDCL) operate more like Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) that do not have frequent transfers of officers from parent ministries. It is also expected to eliminate the culture of having a senior bureaucrat at the top, allowing cadre officers to climb to the highest rung of the organizational ladder. «A sense of ownership needs to be developed within NHAI and NHIDCL officers,» a top government official told ET, adding that plans are underway to alter the composition of these central agencies.

specific Sentra compact cars produced between the 2020 and 2022 model years. Tie rods play a crucial role in enabling the steering of the vehicle. According to documents released by Nissan and posted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the company has identified that when tie rods become bent, there is a possibility of them breaking.

Nissan is recalling more than 236,000 small cars in the U.S. because the tie rods in front suspension can bend and break, possibly causing drivers to lose steering control

Canada's western province of British Columbia intensified further on Saturday, doubling the number of people under an evacuation order to 35,000 from a day earlier, as authorities warned of difficult days ahead. The province declared a state of emergency on Friday, to access temporary authoritative powers to tackle fire-related risks, as out-of-control fires ripped through interior British Columbia and partially shut down some sections of a key transit route between the Pacific coast and the rest of western Canada, and destroyed many properties. «The current situation is grim,» Premier Daniel Eby told reporters on Saturday, saying some 35,000 people are under an evacuation order, and a further 30,000 were under evacuation alert.

Manipur's ethnic violence and taken refuge in neighbouring Myanmar have returned to the state safely, the government said. All the 212 people, belonging to the Meitei community, are residents of Moreh, which lies along the Myanmar border. Chief minister N Biren Singh thanked the Indian Army for ensuring their safe return.

Nissan is recalling more than 236,000 small cars in the U.S. because the tie rods in front suspension can bend and break, possibly causing drivers to lose steering control

Landslides triggered by incessant rains in the past couple of days have snapped road communication to several Arunachal districts. Continuous landslides have blocked a portion of the Akajan-Likabali-Aalo road at Siji in Lower Siang district.

Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, parts of the Karnaprayag-Gwaldam National Highway got washed away by the Pindar River, which is in spate, officials said on Saturday. Commuters on the route have been left stranded route.

New Delhi: Eight states are lagging behind in meeting objectives under Mission Amrit Sarovar -- a campaign to rejuvenate water bodies -- even as the national target has been achieved, the ministry of rural development said in a statement. "States have taken efforts to achieve the district level target of 75 Amrit Sarovar in each of the districts of the State with an exception in case of West Bengal, Punjab, Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Haryana, Bihar and Rajasthan wherein some of the districts are yet to achieve the target of 75 Amrit Sarovars per district," it added.

Delhi Rains News LIVE Updates The landslide took place in the Totaghati area of Tehri Garhwal district. In the wake of severe damage in Haridwar and Udham Singh Nagar districts, the state government has provided immediate assistance of over ₹11 crore to flood-hit people the area, said Uttarakhand cabinet minister Satpal Maharaj on Saturday. Also Read: Weather update: IMD predicts heavy rains in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and These states till 22 August.