8th SEPTEMBER 2023 ENGLISH TNPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS PDF TNPSC SHOUTERS
Odisha government has made safety features mandatory in vehicles
- The objective of the scheme is to monitor the vehicles plying on the roads and ensure the safety of passengers, especially women and children, which include buses, taxis, goods vehicles and ambulances. New vehicles registered on and after October 1 must be equipped with these devices when registering.
- At the same time, old vehicles registered on and before September 30 must be equipped with these devices by December 31. Newly registered vehicles, if they do not have these devices, will not be registered.
- On the other hand, it has been announced that if these safety features are not done in old vehicles, the vehicle owners will not be able to do any work including registration on the 'Vagan' website after January 1.
- Also, for the development, management and operation of these devices, Odisha State Transport Authority, in October last year, P.S. NL has signed an agreement with the company.
- Arun Roy, who was the Tamil Nadu Small, Small and Medium Industries Secretary, has been appointed as the Industries Secretary. Arun Roy has been appointed temporarily after S.Krishnan, who was already the Industries Secretary, left for the Union Government job.
- Chief Justice of the Supreme Court TY. Chandrachud is on a state visit to Singapore. At that time, Chief Justice Chandrachud, President of the National Judicial Academy, and Chief Justice of Singapore Sundaresh Menon signed an MoU on enhancing cooperation in judicial education and research between the two countries. Also, India and Singapore signed another MoU on judicial cooperation.
