Since He Got a Raise, This Traffic Cop Has Helped 111 People in a Unique Way!
Commuters in Hyderabad need not worry about emergency petrol and difficult-to-find petrol pumps any more. If they get stuck with an empty tank, and there is no time to get delayed because of the...
View ArticleDon’t Burn out, Track Daily Fuel Prices With an Easy Step-By-Step Guide!
Starting today, petrol and fuel prices will undergo daily revisions by state-run oil marketing companies (OMC). The move by state-run fuel retailers like Indian Oil Corporation, Hindustan Petroleum and...
View ArticleStudents Give the Iconic Maruti 800 an ‘Electrifying’ New Age Makeover
Students of the Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology in Kerala recently decided to revive the Maruti 800 and make it battery powered to create a vehicle for the ages. For many of us, a glimpse...
View ArticleHere’s What Centre & State Govts Can Do To Cut Fuel Prices, According to...
Rising petrol and diesel prices are having a deleterious effect on the disposable income of consumers. In Delhi, the price of petrol is Rs 78.43 per litre, and diesel stands at Rs 69.31, while it is Rs...
View ArticleFuel Price Crisis: Kerala Becomes 1st State to Cut ₹1 per Litre for Petrol &...
Fuel prices in India had hit an all-time high following 16 days of incessant price hikes, angering people across the country as the Centre continued to refuse to link domestic and international prices....
View ArticleIIT Madras Students Turn Plastic Waste Into Fuel Using Solar Power!
“India produces approximately 15,000 tonnes of plastic waste in a day. Centralised systems for plastic waste management cannot work to effectively deal with this much plastic waste on a daily basis”,...
View ArticleKnow Your Rights: 6 Free Services You Can Avail at Any Petrol Pump Across India!
We may not think of a petrol pump during a roadside emergency, because we mostly go there only when our vehicles indicate an empty tank and leave right after. But did you know that you can avail these...
View ArticleNot Cash or Cards, You Can Now Use Your Thumb to Pay at Petrol Pumps.
With digital payments and plastic money becoming increasingly popular, carrying a lot of currency notes is becoming redundant. Every establishment accepts cards or other methods like Paytm and similar...
View ArticleOwn a Car? By Sept 30, You Could Have Coloured Hologram Stickers Pasted on It
In a bid to battle pollution, the Supreme Court has accepted the Central government’s proposal to mark vehicles in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) region with different hologram-based coloured...
View ArticleSC Bans Sale of BS-IV Vehicles From April 1, 2020: Why It Matters & What It...
The Supreme Court yesterday refused to extend the deadline for the pan-India rollout of Bharat Stage VI (BS-VI)-compliant vehicles from April 1, 2020. In other words, from the said date, only BS-VI...
View ArticleIIT Jodhpur Develops Low-Cost ‘Future Fuel’ Made From Sunlight & Water!
Battling air pollution and meeting the fuel demands of an ever-growing population present two seemingly intractable problems for policymakers. One solution before them is the availability of hydrogen...
View ArticleBank-Neutral FASTags Introduced: Use Them to Buy Petrol, Pay Tolls & Parking...
Buying petrol and paying parking fee charges is now all set to become easier with the use of FASTags. These newly-issued FASTags by the Indian Highways Management Company Ltd (IHMCL) will also be...
View ArticleIT Notice to Pension: 6 Changes in Monetary Policy Impacting You From October
Since 1 October 2019, five changes in the country’s monetary policy have been affecting your finances. In this article, we take a look at these changes and how they affect your financial decisions....
View ArticleBengaluru Startup Will Soon Convert Your Petrol Scooter to Electric Hybrids!
Rakesh Meladath Karunakaran and his wife Winnie Gangadharan established Meladath Auto Component, a startup based in Bengaluru, in 2016. The intention was to become an IC (Internal Combustion)...
View ArticleElectric vs Petrol Vehicle: How The Purchase Will Affect Your Pocket in 10 Years
This article is part of a deep dive into Electric Vehicles in India. #EVinIndia is the first chapter of ‘Shaping Sustainability’, an exclusive series by The Better India to give our readers an...
View ArticleEngineering Student Converts Grandpa’s Petrol Car Into EV in 3 Days, Saves Rs...
Mihir Vardhan has been fascinated by tools since the age of three. The 20-year-old was introduced to the world of engineering by his parents, and received his first toolbox from his father when he...
View ArticleTired of Long Queues? Here’s How to Get Petrol & Diesel Delivered at Your...
A Zomato employee grabbed many eyeballs — both on the streets and on social media — as he was seen trotting along the roads of Hyderabad on a horse to deliver food. He ditched his bike and chose this...
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