Intersection redesign, pedestrian safety among top agendas at Cyberabad mobility meet

A meeting on safe and smarter urban mobility organised by the Cyberabad police in collaboration with Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation and the Society for Cyberabad Security Council, on Thursday. Infrastructure redesign, pedestrian safety, and easing vehicular congestion through strategic interventions, were the key focus areas discussed during a meeting on safe and smarter urban mobility…

EV charger making unit opened in Hyderabad

EV charging infrastructure firm EVRE has opened an electric vehicle charger manufacturing facility at the Patancheru Industrial Development Area in Hyderabad. From 3.3 kW AC to 360 kW DC, a diverse range of chargers will be manufactured at the facility that can produce 5,000 EV chargers a month, the company said in a release on…

Karnataka: UGC directive to incorporate IKS in higher education curricula faces opposition

Opposition is brewing among academics, educationists, and progressive organisations regarding the University Grant Commission (UGC) mandate to incorporate Indian Knowledge Systems (IKS) in the higher education system. With an aim to introduce ancient Indian culture to students, the UGC has instructed to incorporate IKS in all undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses based on the…

Deadly clashes in Syria’s Druze areas raise fears of widening unrest

AFP The spiritual leader of Syria’s Druze community condemned the violence as an “unjustifiable genocidal campaign” Deadly clashes between Islamist armed factions, security forces and fighters from the Druze religious minority near Damascus are another sign of the continuing fragility of the security situation in Syria after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad. Outside players have…

U.S. notifies potential sale of IPDMA-related equipment worth $131 million to India

This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the U.S. by helping to strengthen the U.S.-Indian strategic relationship and to improve the security of a major defence partner, which continues to be an “important force” for political stability, peace, and economic progress in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia regions, the…

ED sounded legal issues leading to widespread litigation, stays on proceedings before the Adjudicating Authority

Enforcement Directorate (ED) Director Rahul Navin addresses the celebration of ED Day, in New Delhi on Thursday. (ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Thursday has highlighted two legal hurdles affecting its action against proceeds of crimes. The agency said that it has issued 461 provisional attachment orders valued at over…