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China hits back at US probe, sanctions 5 American subsidiaries of S Korean
Updated : 5 months ago IST
China's Transport Ministry has initiated an investigation into how the US Section 301 investigation affects the security and development interests of its shipping and shipbuilding sectors, as well as related industrial and supply chains. South Korea, is China's biggest rival in the shipbuild
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Japan: Fire reported near Tokyo's Haneda airport
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
A fire broke out on Monday at a demolition site near Tokyo's Haneda airport, Kyodo News reported. Citing the first responders and transport ministry, it said that the incident did not affect air traffic and there were no report of injuries.
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Karnataka to receive electric buses under PM E-Drive scheme
Updated : 10 months ago IST
The PM E-Drive initiative, launched under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, aims to augment city bus operations with 14,028 electric buses. The scheme has an outlay of Rs 10,900 crores over a period of two years from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026.
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FASTag-based road toll collection system to remain, Government clarifies
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The central government has clarified that the satellite-based tolling system will not be launched from May 1, 2025, in replacement to the existing FASTag-based toll collection system.
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Government working on a project to address both Pollution and traffic jams
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, admitted on Friday that the Transport Department is responsible for around 40 percent of the pollution, adding that the Ministry is working on a project that will address both pollution and traffic jams in the national capital
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Bus Marshal scheme: Delhi L-G writes to CM Atishi, says matter strictly li
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
Lieutenant Governor (L-G) VK Saxena on Tuesday wrote to Chief Minister Atishi regarding the bus marshal scheme, saying that it is an unacceptable proposition to suggest that a scheme for engaging bus marshals should be formulated by the constitutional head of government.
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UAE's Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure, Emirates Transport to support
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
The move aligns with UAEV's mission of supporting the shift to green mobility and contributing to the country's goal of increasing the share of EVs to 50% of total vehicles on the UAE's roads by 2050.
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Portion of bridge over Bakra river collapses in Bihar's Araria
Updated : 1 year, 8 months ago IST
Meanwhile, Office of Nitin Gadkari said in a post on X, "The bridge that collapsed in Araria, Bihar was not constructed under the Central Road Transport Ministry. Its work was going on under the Rural Development Ministry of the Bihar Government."
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Israeli Police raid Transportation Ministry in corruption probe
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
According to the police, Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman ordered the investigation "on suspicion of crimes in the field of ethical [misconduct] and interfering in legal proceedings that were allegedly done in the Transportation Ministry."
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Teleworking in Japan shrinks after COVID, hybrid working on rise: Governme
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
The online survey, conducted by the transport ministry in October and November, found that 5,832 of the 36,228 respondents, or 16.1 per cent, worked from home or elsewhere outside the office in the last year, down 2.7 percentage points from the previous survey.
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India reaffirms to take inland water transport share to 7 pc by 2047
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
At a two-day conference in Kochi, the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) reaffirmed its goal to boost the share of Inland Water Transport (IWT) to 5 per cent by 2030 and 7 per cent by 2047, as outlined in Maritime Amrit Kaal Vision 2047.
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Haryana govt considers having Alcometers in schools
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Haryana Transport Ministry will launch a campaign to check the fitness of all school buses and is also considering to proposal to have Alco meters for checking whether drivers are drunk.
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