Bengaluru: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari wants a system to sound an alarm if the rear seat passengers are not wearing seat belts. Gadkari said that steps are in progress and the rules will be released soon.

Even though seat belts are mandatory for rear seat passengers, many people do not follow it. Newer cars have a system that sounds an alarm if the seat belt is not worn. Gadkari said that it is under consideration to make such a system mandatory in the back seat as well.

After the death of former Tata Group CEO Cyrus Mistry in a car accident, the seat belt debate has been revived in the country. The police informed that Mistry, who was traveling in the back seat, was not wearing a seat belt.

Gadkari said the government is planning to launch a nationwide campaign on wearing seat belts. Gadkari also informed that Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar have informed that they will collaborate with this for free.

New Delhi: As illegal loan apps are on the rise in the country, the Center will release a list of legitimate lending apps. This was clarified in a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to discuss various issues related to this.

The Reserve Bank of India will prepare a list of legitimate loan apps to curb illegal loan apps, the ministry said. Illegal loan apps charge exorbitant interest rates and associated money laundering.

Nirmala Sitharaman also opined that various problems like tax evasion and misuse of data are increasing. The Union Finance Minister directed that all ministries and agencies should take all possible steps to curb the activities of such illegal loan apps.

New Delhi: Export of broken rice banned. Export duty of 20% was also imposed on various grades of rice. The action is to prevent a price rise.

Export restrictions were imposed to increase domestic supply and maintain local prices. The importation of rice has been banned from today.

Exports as per earlier agreements have been relaxed till September 15. A 20 percent export duty has been imposed on rice other than Basmati from today. India, the world’s largest producer of rice, exports rice to more than 150 countries.

This time, India imposed restrictions on rice exports, anticipating that bad weather and lack of monsoon would severely affect paddy cultivation. Pakistan, another major rice producer, has been hit hard by floods and heat waves. It is estimated that this will cause a huge price increase in the international market as well.

New Delhi: Clash on India-Bangladesh border. The firing took place in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal.
One person was killed in border security firing. It is reported that one of the smugglers who attacked with weapons was killed.
The encounter took place on the border between Raiganj and Murshidabad in North Dinajpur, West Bengal. The BSF team was conducting a night search at the Hariharpur outpost in Sector Raiganj.

Meanwhile, a group of smugglers with weapons were attacking near the border fence. Meanwhile, two assailants tried to snatch the soldier’s rifle. The jawans then fired two rounds. The deceased was a native of Bangladesh.

Chennai:  Four Malayalees died in a car accident in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi. The deceased have been identified as Ashokan, wife Shailaja and one-year-old grandson Aarav, a resident of Chala, Thiruvananthapuram. One of the dead has not been identified. The accident happened this morning while returning from Palani temple.

10 relatives of the deceased went to Thoothukudi yesterday to visit the temple in Innova. The accident happened after it collided with a bus after returning. Six relatives are undergoing treatment in a private hospital. They went to Tamilnadu in connection with the baby’s hair cutting ceremony.

Meanwhile, a car rammed into the back of a parked van near Parashala Kurumnkutty RTO check post in Thiruvananthapuram, injuring three people. Shahul, couple Hameed, Shakina and their son Abdul Rahman, natives of Nagercoil, were admitted to Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.

Abdul Rahman’s condition is serious. The accident happened when he was returning home from Thiruvananthapuram airport. The car hit the back of the van which was parked near the RTO check post. The front of the car was completely destroyed.It is concluded that the cause of the accident was lack of light at the check post and drizzling rain.