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Nivedita Singh

Nivedita Singh is a data journalist and covers the Election Commission, Indian Railways and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. She has nearly seven years of experience in the news media. She tweets @niveditasingh__

- Business
- July 23, 2024, 2:51 PM IST
New Bridge Over Ganga In Buxar, Patna-Purnia Expressway: Budget Fillip Puts Bihar On Progress Path
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said a total of Rs 26,000 crore is kept for roads in Bihar that included a new bridge on river Ganga in Buxar
- Business
- July 22, 2024, 7:55 PM IST
Capex Sees Three-Fold Rise Compared To 2020, Roads, Railways Major Beneficiaries: Economic Survey
“With increased public investment over the past five years, India has witnessed significant expansion in physical and digital connectivity and social infrastructure, including sanitation and water supply, helping improve quality of life of the people,” the economic survey states
- India
- July 22, 2024, 9:45 AM IST
Multi-Lane, Access-Controlled Highways Across India: Decoding Road Ministry's 'Vision 2047'
It is expected that FM Nirmala Sitharaman, who will present the Union Budget on Tuesday, will announce the ministry’s plan in her speech, which is to make roads in India at par with international standards and improve logistics speed
- India
- July 20, 2024, 9:44 AM IST
Unplanned Pregnancy Reason for Almost Half of India's Abortions, Delhi Tops at About 75%
Andhra Pradesh, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu were the three top states/UTs where economic reason has been cited for abortion – eight to 10 of every 100 abortions
- Auto
- July 20, 2024, 8:00 AM IST
Why Do Car Owners Go Slow on Sticking FASTag to Windshields? Shattering The Myths And Misinformation
On Thursday, the NHAI issued an order saying that national highway users who deliberately do not fix FASTag on the windscreens of their vehicles will have to pay double the user fee on entering the toll lanes
- Auto
- July 18, 2024, 8:01 PM IST
No FASTag on Front Windshield? 'Double Trouble' for Defaulters as NHAI Set to Charge Twice The Toll
Issuing the order, the ministry of road transport and highways explained that deliberate non-affixation of FASTag on the windscreen leads to unnecessary delays at the toll plazas, causing inconvenience to fellow national highway users
- Politics
- July 18, 2024, 7:32 PM IST
EC Allows Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena to Accept Public Contributions Ahead of Maharashtra Polls
In February 2023, the ECI allotted the ‘bow and arrow’ poll symbol to the Eknath Shinde camp paving the way for it to be the “real Shiv Sena”
- India
- July 18, 2024, 5:38 PM IST
Namo Bharat Trains: Parking Planned for 1,600 Cars, 6,500 Two-Wheelers Across Stations on RRTS Corridor
The biggest parking space is at Meerut South station where around 300 cars and 900 two-wheelers can be parked
- India
- July 18, 2024, 2:23 PM IST
AAP To Contest Haryana Assembly Polls Alone; Leaves No Scope For Alliance
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set to contest on all the 90 seats of Haryana Assembly in the upcoming elections later this year
- Politics
- July 18, 2024, 7:00 AM IST
With Recent Relief for Kejriwal from Trial And Apex Courts, Party AAP-beat about CM's Release Soon
Speaking to News18, AAP’s Delhi state unit convener Gopal Rai said that when both courts – trial and apex – have given relief to Arvind Kejriwal in the ED case, he is still in jail because of the CBI case
- India
- July 17, 2024, 4:42 AM IST
Ujjain Set to Get New Transit 'Lifeline' with Mahakaleshwar Temple Ropeway Project Approved by Centre
In a post on social media site X, union minister Nitin Gadkari said that the project will reduce travel time by almost 75%, from 25-30 minutes now to a mere seven minutes with the ropeway. It will connect Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga with Ujjain railway station
- Elections
- July 16, 2024, 8:17 PM IST
'Burnt Memory Check, Mock Polls, Mix & Match': ECI Gives More Choices to Candidates to Verify EVM Tampering
The order was issued after candidates moved the Supreme Court to check for tampering in EVMs in the recent Lok Sabha polls
- India
- July 16, 2024, 5:49 PM IST
Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train: 3rd River Bridge Between Vapi And Bilimora Stations Ready; 9th in Gujarat
The Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train project has a total of 24 river bridges in Gujarat alone
- Politics
- July 15, 2024, 3:50 PM IST
Average Representativeness of Andhra Pradesh MLAs Up from 2019, Nara Lokesh Scores Highest: ADR
Representativeness is the percentage of representation which is calculated by dividing the votes polled for the winner by the electorate i.e. the total number of registered voters
- India
- July 13, 2024, 8:00 AM IST
Hit-and-Runs Killed 6 Indians Every Hour in 2018-2022; Only 18 Convictions Per Day | Numberspeak
The numbers issued by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) in its annual report ‘Crime In India’ show that a total of 2.45 lakh deaths were reported in the country between 2018 and 2022 in hit-and-run cases, while just 33,212 cases reached convictions during the same period