TPIA will be responsible for inspection and examination of around 5,000 km of expressways and highway stretches from the start of construction until project completion (PTI Photo). NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over deficiencies in quality of works and premature failures in expressways and NH projects, the road transport ministry will engage a third party inspection…
Mark Carney hits back after Donald Trump ‘renames’ Lake Ontario Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday (local time) rejected US President Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America, declaring that the iconic water body would remain known as Lake Ontario “today and forever.”In a social media post following Trump’s signing of…
India has already suffered one of the worst GLOF disasters in recent times when, on Oct 3, 2023, glacial rocks of 14.7 cubic meters collapsed in South Lhonak Lake in Sikkim NEW DELHI: The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) disaster in Nepal on Wednesday has renewed discussion on India’s own strategy and preparedness to mitigate…
The trail continued into India as Narayani becomes Gandak downstream. SSB teams recovered bodies of two women and a man in Maharajganj. NEW DELHI: Barely seven minutes separated the seismic signal generated by Wednesday’s Himalayan collapse from the destructive surge reaching Rasuwagadhi at the Nepal-Tibet border, but the flood’s trail stretched nearly 200km downstream. Bodies…
PM Modi will begin the trip in Tashkent and will then travel to Bishkek to attend the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic from August 29 to September 1, with Central Asia’s strategic and economic importance high…
E20, which contains 20% ethanol, was introduced nationwide last year. NEW DELHI: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd chairman and MD Sanjay Khanna said Thursday the company was looking into the feasibility of giving consumers the option of E10 petrol alongside existing E20, only to walk back the comment, which was at odds with the Centre’s position.“We…
The road transport ministry has decided to onboard Engineers India Ltd for the inspection work NEW DELHI: As concerns rise over deficiencies in quality of work and premature failures in expressways and NH projects, the road transport ministry will engage a third-party inspection agency (TPIA) for inspection and examination of around 5,000 km of expressways…
“Our focus should be on preparing sportspersons who will qualify and compete in different sports in 2036,” PM Modi said. NEW DELHI: Be it sport or society, the participation of youth is India’s strength, PM Narendra Modi said Thursday, calling upon them to take to sports at a time when more avenues have emerged for…
Party netaSudhanshu Trivedi said Rahul is full of frustration. NEW DELHI: BJP Thursday latched on to claims made by the website ‘jhooth ki goonj’, which has sought to expose Rahul Gandhi’s assertions in his ‘chhatron ki goonj’ events, to dub him a “flag-bearer of lies” and said truth will prevail over his propaganda.“Rahul’s every lie…
PM Modi’s bilateral with Russia President Putin will follow EAM Jaishankar’s visit to Moscow this week NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi will have a bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of the upcoming SCO summit in Bishkek, said govt while announcing Modi’s two-nation central Asia tour to Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan that…