NEW DELHI: All commercial vehicles on electric and powered by E85 (85% ethanol), M100 (100% methanol) or hydrogen will be exempt from obtaining permits only for seven years, road transport ministry said in a notification, reports Dipak Dash.Earlier in 2018, the ministry had “exempted” commercial EV, ethanol- and methanol-fueled transport vehicles from obtaining permits to…
Deaths from snake bites may be much rarer than earlier estimated, according to an 11-state survey funded by the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). The survey also shows that 43% of such deaths occurred outside hospital settings or in transit and that snakebite envenomation (SBE) was a disease of impoverishment with 53% of victims…
NEW DELHI: ED Wednesday said it had attached property worth Rs 113 crore of industrialist Bharat Raj Punj and his Lloyd Electric & Engineering Ltd in a case of alleged laundering of over Rs 376 crore of bank funds.The attached assets include land and industrial plots, residential properties in Delhi, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, MP, Telangana, Goa,…
Agency: Funds Used To Buy Aircraft & Chopper For ₹112 cr NEW DELHI: In yet another blow to TMC, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 440 crore in three accounts held by the party with HDFC Bank as part of its investigation into alleged laundering of Rs 160 crore of party funds through a…
ISRO carries out successful Gaganyaan main parachute test NEW DELHI: In another big step towards India’s first human spaceflight mission, Isro has successfully conducted a key test on the main parachutes for the crew module of the Gaganyaan programme. The test was carried out at Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment (ADRDE) drop zone in…
NEW DELHI: In a significant step towards building the country’s first indigenously designed light transport aircraft, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR-NAL), India’s premier research and development agency for aviation, has completed the design phase of the 19-seater Saras MkII aircraft.Announcing the development in a post on X, space, science and technology minister Jitendra Singh called it…
NEW DELHI: India’s higher education system is still expanding, but the latest numbers suggest it is not expanding fast enough to make the National Education Policy’s 50% Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) target by 2035 look comfortably within reach.The education ministry’s All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) 2023-24 report, released on Wednesday along with the…
SRINAGAR: The Indus Water Treaty (IWT) was never in the interest of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said, backing the suspension of the treaty by India.“We opposed the Indus Water Treaty from day one. We stated that if there was any biggest betrayal of India and Pakistan with Jammu…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Wednesday directed that all 62 major airports in the country — including 21 under development and 41 prioritised for development, based on passenger traffic — be brought in line within two years, with standards prescribed by the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), with the objective of enhancing…
NEW DELHI: India and Myanmar held a national level meeting held here on Wednesday and Thursday, reviewing the prevailing security situation along their border, with Myanmar assuring Delhi that it shall not permit its territory to be used against India’s security interests.While Home Secretary Govind Mohan led the Indian side at the 23rd national level…
