The Union government has asked e-commerce company Amazon to stop selling devices designed to disable seat belt alarms in cars, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Wednesday. While the sale of such devices is not illegal, they have come under intense scrutiny
Two days after the death of Cyrus Mistry in a car accident, Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday announced that those who sit behind cars and do not wear seat belts will soon be fined. Mistry, the former Tata Sons chairman, was
According to the latest governzment data, India registered 52,974 cybercrime cases in 2021, an increase of over 5% from 2020 (50,035 cases) and over 15% from 2019 (44,735 cases). According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) Crime in India 2021 report,
Karnataka, Manipur and Chandigarh have topped in their respective categories in the third edition of NITI Aayog’s India Innovation Index, which was released today by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Suman Bery. While Karnataka has topped again in the ‘Major States’ category, Manipur
Gujarat and Karnataka have emerged as the ‘best performers’ in Category A, while Meghalaya was nominated as the ‘best performer’ in Category B in the States’ Startup Ranking 2021 that was released today. The States Startup Ranking 2021 was released by Commerce
In the financial year 2021-22, Mumbai-based Asian Paints spend Rs.71.01 crore on its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for various social development projects. The company has fully utilized the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) required amount and no CSR amount is required to transfer
LinkedIn has announced its partnership with the UN Women, Under the partnership, LinkedIn will invest US $500,000 (Rs.3.88 crore) in three years. The partnership is dedicated to gender equality, the association seeks to promote the economic empowerment of women. According to a
According to a report prepared by the Aurangabad Divisional Commissioner’s office, only seven out of 76 urban centres in eight districts of Maharashtra’s Marathwada region are getting daily water supply, which paints a grim picture highlighting the acute water shortage. The gap
A report filed by Attorney General Ashutosh Kumbakoni in the Bombay High Court stated that in the last three years, around 15,000 children have suffered from malnutrition in 16 districts of Maharashtra. All these 16 districts are inhabited by tribes. The mothers
On April 18, a National Green Tribunal bench headed by its chairperson, Adarsh Kumar Goel, directed the Central and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to shut down the unauthorised brick kilns operating in the environmentally sensitive zones of Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary and
