Road safety annual report 2023
The Road Safety Annual Report 2023 provides an overview of road safety performance for the 43 countries participating in the International Transport Forum’s permanent working group on road safety, known
Traffic Accidents
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Australia to help Tamil Nadu reduce road accidents
The State Traffic Planning Cell of the Tamil Nadu Police is planning to identify most accident-prone stretches in the State and bring in foreign collaboration to reduce the number of accidents. The
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Mumbai is noisiest city in the world
Mumbai is hostage to air and water pollution at dangerous levels, and is probably the n the world, ahead of Delhi and Kolkata. Maharashtra's economic survey , released a day before World Environment Day
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Sign Boards a Threat to Pedestrians
Metal sign boards, unscientifically placed or in an awkward manner, are posing a threat to pedestrians in Sasthamangalam. The boards, maostly made of metal, are erected along the Sasthamangalam-Peroorkada
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Even PILs fail to move officials on road safety
NAGPUR: A host of public interest litigations (PILs) on traffic safety are pending in Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court but with a few exceptions, those have failed to move the Nagpur Municipal Corporation
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Weak traffic laws powerless against irresponsible driving
Gopinath Munde's tragic and untimely death is one more desperate wake-up call for road safety in India. For me, the news was particularly distressing as seven months ago, it was on the same road-Aurobindo
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21% rise in fatal accidents in Ahmedabad this year
AHMEDABAD: Union minister and BJP leader Gopinath Munde's death in a road accident in New Delhi on Tuesday morning has brought the issue of vehicular accidents and subsequent fatalities to focus in the
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Road safety has been a victim of India’s policy paralysis
Need to actualise goals of UN Decade of Action for Road Safety The numbers say it all. Every four minutes a life is lost in a road accident in India with 1,40,000 deaths recorded in 2012 alone. In the
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Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde passes away after a road accident in Delhi
Rural Development Minister and the OBC face of BJP in Maharashtra Gopinath Munde died apparently of shock and cardiac arrest suffered during a road accident early this morning. 64-year-old Munde, who
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BRICS and global health
The influence of the BRICS countries – Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa – in the international arena has risen enormously in recent decades. These five countries represent
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Report on road safety to talk of implementation
PUNE: The enforcement of six road-safety measures, including helmet and seat belt compulsion, will be part of the report that the Maharashtra government will submit before the Supreme Court-appointed committee