Tamil Nadu has reported a 5% reduction in the number of fatal road accidents and consequent deaths, from January to July 2024, compared to the data from the same period in the previous year. Attributing the fall in fatal road accidents to effective enforcement of traffic rules and other road safety measures, Director-General of Police … Read more
The secret to avoiding red lights during rush hour in Utah’s largest city might be as simple as following a bus. Transportation officials have spent the past few years refining a system in which radio transmitters inside commuter buses talk directly to the traffic signals in the Salt Lake City area, requesting a few extra … Read more
Products of Rope International and women making them at the factory | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A group of women giggle shyly at me on Google Meet as Pandiselvi, a former firecracker factory worker, proceeds to describe how her life has changed for the better in Sivakasi. She mentions the “random headaches and stomach ailments” … Read more
A private transport bus, heading from Tirupattur to Dharmapuri, with around 30 commuters, hit an empty lorry that was proceeding in the opposite direction, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Twenty two persons, mostly passengers, were injured in two separate accidents after the private buses they were travelling in, hit other … Read more
CNN — Here’s a look at oil spill disasters. Spill estimates vary by source. 1. January 1991 – During the Gulf War, Iraqi forces intentionally release 252-336 million gallons of oil into the Persian Gulf. 2. April 20, 2010 – An explosion occurs on board the BP-contracted Transocean Ltd. Deepwater Horizon oil rig, releasing approximately … Read more
Children going back home in their school transport in Bengaluru. file photo | Photo Credit: MURALI KUMAR K On October 10, a drunk man, who was driving a school bus, rammed into a bike and mowed down two pedestrians near Dodda Banaswadi. One of the three victims died on October 13 following injuries. Before the … Read more
The Kerala Human Rights Commission (KHRC) on Monday issued a slew of directions, such as regulating the use of motorbikes with high-capacity engines, installing speed breakers and increasing police patrolling, to prevent speeding and the resulting accidents on roads in the State. KHRC chairman Justice Antony Dominic also directed the State government and the police … Read more
A scooter rider was killed after a speeding motorcycle collided with him head-on on Karumariamman temple road in Kengeri on Monday. The victim, Pramod, 26, sustained severe head injuries and was admitted to a hospital where he succumbed on Wednesday. The Kengeri traffic police have registered a case and are investigating. In another incident, a … Read more
Bogota, Colombia CNN — Hundreds of families in Colombia are facing a choice: abandon their homes and livelihoods, or face the devastation of a predicted volcanic eruption in the coming weeks. The Nevado del Ruiz volcano, one of Colombia’s highest peaks, sits in a densely populated farming area and is infamous for claiming the lives … Read more
Brisbane, Australia CNN — A massive cyclone swirling off Australia’s western coast will likely make landfall as a category 5 storm – the strongest on the national scale – according to the country’s official forecaster. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) expects Cyclone Ilsa to cross the Pilbara coast of Western Australia Thursday evening or Friday … Read more