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Union government has sanctioned 80 electric buses for Chandigarh under Phase-II of the FAME India Scheme , 40 electric buses will hit the roads in September. The UT transport department has issued letter of intent (LoI) to a private firm, shortlisted after proper tendering process. Talking to TOI, UT adviser Manoj Parida said they have issued work to a private firm, and electric buses will start plying on city roads in September. According to the agreement, the company will provide buses within six months. Three companies had submitted bids to run 40 electric buses in the city. However, the lowest bidder was awarded the contract for a period of 10 years on the basis of km scheme. The department will pay Rs 60 per km to the company. All maintenance expenditure, including consumables (except electricity and water charges), expenditure on account of tyres, replacement of batteries, bus charging stations, spare parts, suspension and HVAC system and running, major and ... » Learn More about 40 electric buses to hit Chandigarh roads in September

A Coimbatore-based birder recently sighted and photographed a Himalayan griffon vulture (Gyps himalayensis) at Anaikatti, the first recording of the large raptor in the district. An old world vulture native to the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau, Himalayan griffon vulture has previously been sighted at Moyar Valley in the Nilgiris and at Point Calimere in Tamil Nadu. According to D. Gajamohanraj, who sighted the vulture, he spotted a large raptor on flight from Anaikatti ghat section around 5.10 p.m. while returning home after a regular birding session with his family at the Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park on February 21. “I immediately stopped the car and took some photographs, and was surprised to see that it was a vulture. As I followed it with my camera, it circled down into the valley below and perched on an Acacia tree, while being mobbed by a group of over 100 crows,” he said. Mr. Gajamohanraj noticed that the bird was quite large in size, unlike any of the other vulture ... » Learn More about Himalayan griffon vulture spotted in Coimbatore district

In the first administrative shuffle after the model code of conduct for the Assembly polls came into force in West Bengal, the Election Commission transferred Jawed Shamim, Additional Director General ( Law and Order) of West Bengal Police. Director General of West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services Jag Mohan, will be the new ADG ( Law and Order) and Mr. Shamim will take the role of DG, Fire and Emergency Services. Mr. Shamim was appointed ADG (Law and Order) only a few weeks ago by the State government. About 10 companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have arrived in the State from Patna. The forces have been deployed in Basirhat, Bongaon and Barasat areas of North 24 Parganas and parts of Kolkata. Eight additional companies of CAPF are likely to arrive from Assam for north Bengal. More than 20 companies of CAPF have already been deployed . A day after the Assembly election schedule for West Bengal was announced, campaigning in the State gathered momentum. ... » Learn More about EC shunts out top police official in West Bengal

There are currently nine manned inter-State border check-posts and 12 motorable inter-State roads in the district. The number of inter-State border check-posts shall be increased in the coming days, said Collector V. Jayachandra Bhanu Reddy here on Saturday. Speaking on the sidelines of an all-party meeting on the heels of the announcement of Assembly elections and the coming into force of the Model Code of Conduct, Dr. Reddy, who is also the District Election Officer, added that an inter-State coordination meeting with the officials of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh has yielded to a proposal to put up eight checkposts each on the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh side of the border. A total of 19 flying squads and static surveillance team have already been constituted. The proposed polling booths for the district were 2298. These include additional polling booths of 435. Of these, there were 286 vulnerable polling stations and one critical polling station. The total number of ballot ... » Learn More about ‘Number of border check-posts to be increased’

UT administration has decided to frame guidelines for installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on public land in the city. UT adviser Manoj Parida said Debendra Dalai, director, environment, has been made nodal officer to coordinate with departments for setting up stations across the city. “As the process involves different departments, Dalai was made the nodal officer,” he said. The need to minimise carbon emissions and other pollutants call for shift to electric vehicles . However, for this to happen effectively, there is a requirement of installing strategically located charging stations and infrastructure for the ease of consumers. This, in turn, throws up the challenge of managing the increasing electricity consumption and pricing effectively through a self-regulated grid, without making a compromise on network operational performance. All this calls for formulating a comprehensive strategy to make adoption of EVs viable. Times View Dalai, who is also ... » Learn More about UT administration to frame rules for electric vehicle charging stations

NEW DELHI : Since the launch of the Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy in August last year, a total of 465 new electric four-wheelers have been registered, with more vehicles being added each day, indicating that Delhiites have started switching to electric vehicles in large number. The AAP government is currently running the ‘Switch Delhi’ campaign, which focuses on sensitising Delhiites on the benefits of electric four-wheelers, along with the incentives that EV adopters can avail themselves of under the new policy. “Incentives of up to Rs 3 lakh is provided under the Delhi EV policy, which includes Rs 1.5 lakh subsidy, registration, and road tax exemption. This is the highest subsidy in India and makes the cost of ownership of an electric car in Delhi the same as a diesel car,” transport minister Kailash Gahlot explained. The subsidies provided on electric vehicles under the EV policy, Gahlot claimed, reduced the total cost of ownership of EVs by up to 30%. “An individual can ... » Learn More about 465 electric four-wheelers registered since August in Delhi

President Joe Biden scored his first legislative win as the House of Representatives passed his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package early Saturday, though Democrats face challenges to their hopes of using the bill to raise the minimum wage . Democrats who control the chamber passed the sweeping measure by a mostly party-line vote of 219 to 212 and sent it on to the Senate , where Democrats planned a legislative maneuver to allow them to pass it without the support of Republicans. The American Rescue Plan would pay for vaccines and medical supplies and send a new round of emergency financial aid to households, small businesses and state and local governments. The bill's big-ticket items include $1,400 direct payments to individuals, a $400-per-week federal unemployment benefit through Aug. 29, and help for those in difficulty paying rents and home mortgages during the pandemic. In brief remarks on Saturday from the White House's Roosevelt Room, Biden said he called ... » Learn More about Biden scores legislative win as House passes $1.9 trillion Covid relief plan

The Centre on Saturday advised states and UTs reporting an increase in coronavirus cases to enforce Covid-appropriate behaviour by dealing firmly with violations and ensure effective surveillance in case of potential super spreading events so as not to squander last year's gains. Cabinet Secretary Rajiv Gauba chaired a high-level review meeting with chief secretaries of states and UTs of Maharashtra, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir. These states and UTs have been reporting a high Covid-19 active caseload or an increasing trend in new cases in the last week. "They were advised not to lower their guard, enforce Covid appropriate behaviour and deal firmly with violations. It was strongly underlined that they need to follow effective surveillance strategies in respect of potential super spreading events," the Union Health Ministry said in a statement. The need for effective testing , comprehensive tracking, ... » Learn More about Centre, states discuss fresh spurt in cases; Focus on strict enforcement of surveillance and testing

Video Player Close HEFEI, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Holding a picture taken 53 years ago, Chen Xinge live streamed the tale of her 92-year-old grandfather on the video-sharing app Douyin, which is known as TikTok overseas. It was a black-and-white photo taken in the Great Hall of the People, featuring a group of young, passionate soldiers around China's late chairman Mao Zedong and premier Zhou Enlai. "It's one of the proudest moments for my grandfather who joined the army at the age of 19 and the Communist Party of China (CPC) at 22," said 28-year-old Chen from Huoshan County, Lu'an City, east China's Anhui Province. Chen is among a group of young people participating in an online campaign to display old artifacts of the CPC on Douyin, which has attracted over 137,000 viewers. This year marks the centenary of the CPC. Founded in 1921, it has grown into the largest political party in the world with over 91 million members. The trendsetting Chinese youth, however, have broken ... » Learn More about Across China: Young people innovate narration of Party history

Television couple Mohit Malik and Addite Malik are all set to embrace parenthood. The actress who is heavily pregnant had a grand baby shower in Maharashtrian style and invited their close friends and family for the bash. Mohit's Kullfi Kumarr Bajewala co-actress Anjali Deshraj was also present and danced with daddy-to-be. Mohit posted pictures of his Addite and himself decked in traditional Maharashtrian outfits. He captioned them, "Navari aali ❤️ Congratulations my love ! @additemalik #aditikigodhbharai #babyonboard #thankful #waheguru." Addite also shared videos of Mohit dancing his heart out on her Instagram's story section. The mommy-to-be also danced her heart out, and the pregnancy glow is visible on her face. Talking about how Mohit is preparing for their new phase, she says, future, she says, “I somehow feel that Mohit is going to be way better than me because he is preparing for it in full swing. He is reading books and he keeps telling me things. So ... » Learn More about Mohit Malik shares pictures from wife Addite’s baby shower; father-to-be dances and has a gala time at the bash