Indian bicycle brand, Atlas Cycles, shut down its last manufacturing unit in Sahibabad, outside Delhi on June 3, stating lack of funds and resources to run the factory. CEO NP Singh Rana, however, informed the shutdown is temporary and the company will resume operations once it can raise enough money. The company also let go of remaining employees while paying ÔÇ£lay-off wagesÔÇØ
Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari on April 1 announced the opening of 'Delhi Meerut Expressway' for common traffic. Notably, the 14-lane expressway will reduce the travel time from Meerut to Delhi to just 45 minutes. Earlier, it used to… read-more
TAGS: Highway, Nitin Gadkari, Delhi-Meerut Expressway, Road transport and highways
Delhi’s National Zoological Park on April 1 witnessed over 1600 visitors as it reopened after being shut for almost a year due to the pandemic. Zoo director Ramesh Pandey informed that 483 tickets worth Rs 1.18 lakh were sold as the visitors came… read-more
TAGS: Delhi, zoo, Covid-19, animals, delhi national zoological park
In a humanitarian move, the Border Security Force (BSF) handed over an eight-year-old boy to the Pakistani rangers, who accidentally entered India on April 2. The boy identified as Karim, a citizen of Pakistan’s Nagarparkar district entered India… read-more
TAGS: Pakistan, BSF, India Pakistan relations, Pakistani Ranger, Barmer District
With an increase in the number of functional drug cartels across India, Canada, and Australia, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has dubbed Mumbai as the cocaine capital of India. Reportedly, 2,499 kilograms of cocaine seized in Sri Lanka, Port… read-more
TAGS: drug peddlers, cocaine, Mumbai, NCB, Sri Lanka, Panama
Justice NV Ramana has been confirmed as the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) as President Ram Nath Kovind cleared his appointment on April 5. Justice Ramana will be replacing incumbent CJI SA Bobde from April 24. Justice Bobde had suggested… read-more
TAGS: CJI, NV Ramana, SA Bobde, Ram Nath Kovind, SH Kapadia
Azim Premji University researchers have transformed an eight-year old ecological research into a storybook to aware people about Bengaluru's environment and wooden grooves. Titled 'Where have all our gunda thopes gone?', the 56-page story gives… read-more
TAGS: bengaluru, Karnataka, Azim Premji University, environment