Preparations For Amarnath Yatra

The 43-day Amarnath Yatra 2022 begins on Thursday, June 30, and concludes on Thursday, August 11. COVID-19 compelled the suspension of the Amarnath Yatra in 2020 and 2021. Glimpses of the......

Quad unveils new initiative to monitor maritime activity across Indo-Pacific

Four-nation grouping Quad on Tuesday launched a major new initiative for the Indo-Pacific that allows the partner countries to fully monitor the waters on their shores and help ensure peace and......

'We expect bigger crowd for Amarnath Yatra'

'Definitely, crowd management will be a challenge, but we will ensure we have enough forces at hand to take care of any situation.' IMAGE: Ganderbal Senior Superintendent of Police Nikhil Borkar,......

Amit Shah holds 3 meetings on J-K, including on Amarnath Yatra security

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held three back-to-back meetings with top officials of the security establishment to assess the prevailing situation in Jammu and Kashmir, including the......

How roads are turning smart with IoT, AI, telematics

The key element of high-tech highways will be their ability to converse with vehicles. Pranjal Sharma reports. Roads are becoming smarter even if the people driving on it are not. A set of smart......

How India will be toll plaza free in 2 years

Photograph: PTI Photo   Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari says the use of GPS-based (Global Positioning System) toll collection will ensure India becomes 'toll plaza......

How both car owners and govt stand to gain from FASTags

While the most obvious beneficiary of this roll-out will be manufacturers of FASTags, or the Radio Frequency Identification chips, a PwC report says implementation of a pan-India electronic toll......

Tech, service firms gear up for FASTag

Fintech giant Paytm claimed it is selling more FASTags than all the banks put together on a daily basis. While the transport ministry has given a two-week extension to the roll-out of electronic......

Revealed! The security plan for the Delhi Games

The Indian government has drawn up an elaborate security plan at the cost of hundreds of crores to thwart any terrorist strike during next month's Commonwealth Games, by installing systems to......