India's economy stands at a critical juncture, shaped by evolving trends in consumer behaviour, investment patterns, and structural wage growth. Recent data underscores a complex mix of recovery and stagnation, pointing to significant headwinds that demand immediate attention.
Nomura lowered its financial year 2025 third-quarter estimate for India's passenger vehicle (PV) industry to 1% year on year, which was 4% earlier. It maintained its estimate at 6% YoY for FY26/3F.
The number of registered hybrid vehicles is on track to surpass 2 million this year for the first time in the country, data showed on Sunday.
Procured for Rs 40 crore to expand Dial-112 operations to 22 cities, these vehicles have yet to serve their purpose due to administrative lapses and alleged irregularities in the tender process.
More than one lakh vehicles were booked for not possessing valid Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates while six thousand overage vehicles were impounded under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) restrictions in the national capital.
For the first time, the state transport department is all set to limit maximum speed of vehicles plying across the state to prevent an increase in the number of deaths caused by road accidents.
South African authorities have said that the country's disaster management teams are still searching for the 10 missing people caused by heavy rains in KwaZulu-Natal Province, which also killed six people.
One person died and eight others were injured after a bus rammed into several vehicles in Surat on Saturday, officials said.
Locals protested after a privately-owned tertiary care hospital started parking place work on a piece of premium land, which was already allotted for a community hall in Durgapur town by the state urban body.
The Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) has barred the entry of vehicles from 25 December to 1 January in order to restrict the crowd in the tourist spot of Maithon Dam, situated at the Bengal Jharkhand border.
