The long-pending Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill has been cleared by the Rajya Sabha. The bill is primarily focused on reducing deaths by road accidents. It has revised penalties for traffic violation and categorization of increasingly common traffic offences on the roads.
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According to the latest national tiger census released, on Monday, by the National Tiger Conservation Authority, there has been nearly 33 per cent rise in the number of tigers in India. The count of tigers has reached to 2,967 compared to the count of 2,226 in 2014.
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Taking note of the growing incidences of religious hate crimes and mob lynchings in the country, 49 eminent intellectuals, including renowned film directors and actors have expressed deep concern in a letter written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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The Indian Space Research Organization in a landmark mission, has successfully launched Chandrayan-2, carried by GSLV-Mark III, the most powerful rocket built so far by India, from the second launchpad at the Sriharikota spaceport.
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The government has planned to form a holding company named the Indian Railway Rolling Stock Company, like CRRC Corporation Limited of China, that will independently control and manage the private companies.
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Three men were beaten to death at a village in Bihar's Saran district by a crowd that accused them of stealing cattle. Although, three men have been arrested in the case but the police have not yet verified if they killed in the attack.
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The income-tax department has recently attached a benami commercial plot in Noida belonging to the Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati’s brother and his wife.
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Diplomats of United States, Russia, China and Pakistan have met in Beijing over a weekend to discuss the peace process in Afghanistan with the Taliban. However, India seems to have been left out from the talks.
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India’s most ambitious space mission so far, Chandrayaan-2, which was was scheduled to be launched at 2.51am on Monday, has been called off less than an hour before the lift off. The mission involves landing a rover on the Moon’s south pole.
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Swiss authorities, with an adherence to the “Automatic Exchange of Information” (AEOI) agreement signed between India and Switzerland, are likely to share the volume of details of all Indian bank accounts in Switzerland with Indian tax authorities.
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