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Road Safety is a multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional issue. It incorporates the development and management of road infrastructure, provision of safer vehicles, legislation and law enforcement, mobility planning, provision of health and hospital services, child safety, urban land use planning etc.

Minting of coins started in 18th Century in India. It was started in Calcutta Mint.

New Delhi: India today successfully flight tested its surface-to-surface strategic Prithvi (P-II) Missile developed by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO). It was flight tested at 9.00 am Indian Standard Time from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Chandipur, Balasore District in Orissa, according to the sources in the Defence Ministry.

New Delhi: India has beefed up its coastal security to prevent any entry of arms and terrorists as had been the case before the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack. Indian Navy will also ensure safe sea lanes of communiation (SLOCs) in the neighbourhood.

Will the Akali Dal be able to repeat its SGPC polls performance in the February 2012 Assembly elections as optimistically wished by the Akali Dal President Sukhbir Singh? Or, will the party face humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections as fondly hoped by the State Congress Chief Capt. Amarinder Singh and Peoples Party of Punjab Chief Manpreet Singh Badal?

KOLKATA: Environmentalists are deeply concerned over the strength and impact of the recent earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale in Sikkim.

After a meeting of the finance ministers of the BRICS countries in Washington on September 22, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee observed that there is a chance of a currency war breaking out if the global economic crisis deepens. He may be somewhat behind the market in his observation. It is ironical that the currencies of the BRICS countries, let alone others, have already moved in wide banks between August 1 and September 21.

Jagannath Sarkar who died early this year at the ripe age of 92, was one of the veterans of the communist movement in India. He played a leading role in building up of the CPI’s mass base in Bihar in the 1960s and 1970s. The Left base faced erosion following the Mandal agitation and there has been no reversal till now. Sarkar in this perceptive analysis elaborates on the reasons of the decline of left base in Bihar. We are reproducing his article here on the eve of his birth anniversary on September 25.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party which has already taken lead over its rivals in election campaign demonstrated its strength in Bundelkhand which not only boosted the moral of party leaders and workers but also unnerved other political parties, especially the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

Leh: The Defence scientists have developed a composite herbal formulation called `Perfomax’ for improving the physical and mental performance in the high altitude and hypoxic conditions of the Ladakh region.