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Is One Of India's Deadliest Highways Now Safer? | Fatality Count On Mumbai Pune Expressway Down 50%
The Mumbai Pune expressway is India's first 6-lane, concrete, high speed expressway. It's a busy one too, with around 1.5 lakh people using it on a daily basis. But for a few years, it's been infamous for being one of India's deadliest roads. Now in 2024, according to a study, there has been a 58.3% reduction in road crash fatalities on this expressway since 2016. Since 2022, it's declined 32%. This is due to an initiative called the 'zero fatality corridor'. Watch to know more
7 Mar 2024Why Did China Include Cash-Strapped & 'Friendless' Afghanistan In CPEC?
China along with Afghanistan’s neighbour to East Pakistan agreed to strengthen ties by extending the Beijing-backed CPEC or China-Pakistan Economic Corridor to Afghanistan. Desperate for friends, money, trade, and technology Afghanistan didn’t have much of a choice.
10 May 2023India condemns Pak for transferring Kartarpur gurudwara's management to trust
In November last year, the two countries threw open a corridor linking Dera Baba Sahib in Gurdaspur in India with Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib in PakistanKartarpur Sahib Gurdwara is located in Pakistan's Narowal district across the river Ravi
1 min read5 Nov 2020Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s special assistant AS Bajwa resigns amid scandal
Asim Saleem Bajwa will keep working as the head of more than $60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, also known as CPEC under China’s Belt and Road Initiative
1 min read12 Oct 2020Will take decision in accordance with Covid protocol: India on Kartarpur Corridor reopening
The Ministry's reaction comes after Pakistan Ministry of Religious Affairs issued a notification saying that Indian visitors are allowed to come to visit Kartarpur Gurdwara daily from dawn to dusk
1 min read3 Oct 2020Haryana Orbital Rail Corridor gets nod from cabinet
The Orbital Rail Corridor project is expected to be completed in five years at an estimated cost of ₹5,617 crore
1 min read16 Sep 2020Going beyond coffee’s third wave
Coffee growers and roasters are trying processing techniques like cold-smoking and fermentation for that differentiated cup
3 min read11 Sep 2020Dedicated Freight Corridor project further delayed: Rail Board Chairman
'Dedicated Freight Corridor will be commissioned, June 2022 is our target,' Vinod Kumar Yadav said, adding that worked related to the project had come to a halt for two-months due to covid-19 induced nationwide lockdown
1 min read20 Aug 2020Indian Railways constructing world's first electrified tunnel to run double-stack containers
Cross-sectional area wise, it is one of the biggest railway tunnels in IndiaOnce operational, a double-stack container goods train will be able to run at a speed of more than 100 kmph in this tunnel
2 min read27 Jul 2020Pakistan conveys to India its readiness to reopen Kartarpur corridor from June 2
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says he has conveyed to the Indian side about Pakistan readiness to reopen the 4.7-kilometre passage to the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur
1 min read27 Jun 2020Popular Topics
Budget
The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared