As India’s economy expands, providing uninterrupted power is paramount. Besides enhancing capacity and augmenting infrastructure, it’s essential to minimise losses and make...
The government’s ambitious vehicle scrapping policy runs aground as states are tardy in implementation, private players hesitant and owners reluctant to part with old vehiclesAbhishek K Kaiho’s registered vehicle scrapping facility at Fatehpur, Haryana. Established with Japanese collaboration, the unit currently processes only some 200 vehicles per month against its capacity of around 1,800; (Photo: Rajwant Rawat)ISSUE DATE: Jan 22, 2024 | UPDATED: Jan 12, 2024 15:40 ISTEvery winter, as the veil of air pollution descends upon...
The Indian Railways' anti-collision system, Kavach, holds great promise for reducing train accidents. But its slow rollout remains an issueA view of the Kavach interface inside a train engine; (Photo: Krishnendu Halder)ISSUE DATE: Dec 25, 2023 | UPDATED: Dec 16, 2023 17:05 ISTIt was sometime in March last year, when two trains, travelling at 100 kilometres per hour, were racing towards each other from opposite sides, somewhere between Hyderabad and Lingampalli in Telangana. Just when you thought...
Seeking to channel football's all-pervading popularity in Bengal towards extending political control, the Trinamool Congress is spreading its tentacles in the sport's administrationDODGE AND DRIBBLE: Mamata Banerjee inaugurates the Durand Cup in Kolkata, Aug. 3 (Photo: Debajyoti Chakraborty)ISSUE DATE: Dec 11, 2023 | UPDATED: Dec 1, 2023 20:32 ISTBengal’s all-consuming and undiluted love for football has an early milestone. In 1911, Mohun Bagan became the first Indian side to win the IFA Shield after defeating the East...
Governors in Opposition-ruled states are again in conflict with the elected governments there, forcing the judiciary to step in. A constitutional ambiguity has helped them sit endlessly on bills passed by the state legislaturesCAN’T SEE EYE TO EYE: Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi with CM M.K. Stalin. (Photo: ANI)ISSUE DATE: Dec 4, 2023 | UPDATED: Nov 24, 2023 17:13 ISTFormer governor of Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir B.K. Nehru once described the constitutional position as one reserved...
