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Star <keyword id="19895063" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="India" source="keywords">India</keyword> batter <keyword id="19907934" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Virat-Kohli" source="keywords">Virat Kohli</keyword> expressed his happiness after he and members of the T20 World Cup-winning Indian team met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday. <keyword id="19899320" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="PM-Modi" source="keywords">PM Modi</keyword> met the ICC T20 World Cup-winning Indian <keyword id="19952180" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="cricket-team" source="keywords">cricket team</keyword> over breakfast at his residence. Following the meeting, Virat took to Instagram and expressed his gratitude for the invitation to the Prime Minister's residence. "What a great honour meeting our honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji today @narendramodi Thank you sir for inviting us to the prime minister's residence," he wrote. Virat did not have a great <keyword id="19921630" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="T20-World-Cup" source="keywords">T20 World Cup</keyword> in terms of his batting scores but he played a vital role in the final against South Africa, anchoring the Indian innings after the early loss of wickets and playing a crucial knock of 76. After just 75 runs in the first seven innings of the competition, he stepped up when it mattered the most. His 76 runs in the final came off 59 balls at a strike rate of 128.81 and included six fours and two sixes. The batter ended the T20 World Cup with 151 runs in eight innings at an average of 18.87 and a strike rate of 112.68 with one fifty. He also announced his retirement from international T20s. In 35 T20 World Cup matches, Virat has scored 1,292 runs at an average of 58.72 and a strike rate of 128.81, with 15 half-centuries. His best score is 89*. He is the highest run-scorer in the history of the tournament. In 125 T20I matches, Virat scored 4,188 runs at an average of 48.69 and a strike rate of 137.04. He scored a century and 38 fifties and a best score of 122*. He ends the format as the second-highest run-getter of all time. Post-meeting, the victorious cricketers departed to the Delhi airport to take a flight to Mumbai where a grand victory parade will be held at the Marine Drive and Wankhede Stadium. Shiv Sena leader Pratap Sarnaik told that India captain <keyword id="19899523" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rohit-Sharma" source="keywords">Rohit Sharma</keyword>, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal will meet Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Friday at the Assembly. All of them are Mumbai players. "Today's program in Mumbai has been organised by BCCI. Team India players from Mumbai including Captain Rohit Sharma, Suryakumar Yadav, Shivam Dubey and Yashasvi Jaiswal will come to the Maharashtra Assembly tomorrow to meet CM Eknath Shinde. Being a member of MCA, I invited the players and they have accepted my invitation," Sarnaik said. Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) Secretary Ajinkya Naik has said that there will be free entry for public for the victory parade celebrating India team's win. Earlier today, the T20 World Cup-winning Indian team touched down in the national capital to a warm welcome from fans who waited eagerly to catch a glimpse of their favourite heroes and the trophy. During their meeting with the Prime Minister, the 'Men in Blue' wore a special jersey sporting two stars over the BCCI's emblem. The stars represented the two T20 World Cup wins. The word 'CHAMPIONS' was written on the jersey in bold letters. The squad members, support staff, their families and media were stuck in Barbados, which was hit by Hurricane Beryl. The flight was organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah and departed on July 2 before arriving in Delhi at around 6 am on Thursday morning. Board officials and members of the media contingent were also on the flight. From the airport, Team India reached the ITC Maurya hotel, where they stayed before their meeting with PM Modi. A special cake featuring the T20 World Cup trophy was cut at the hotel to celebrate the win. Rohit, Virat, Dravid and all-rounder Hardik Pandya were among the stars who took part in the cake-cutting. The cake featured the trophy and some pictures of Indian stars. Much like other teams do after winning titles, the Rohit-led side will have an open-top bus ride in Mumbai at Marine Drive and the iconic Wankhede Stadium from 5 pm. India ended a 13-year ICC World Cup trophy drought with victory in the final, defeating South Africa by seven runs on Saturday. Virat Kohli's 76 helped India reach 176/7 while Hardik Pandya (3/20) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/18) helped India restrict Proteas to 169/8 despite Heinrich Klaasen's 52 in just 27 balls. Bumrah, who got 15 scalps throughout the tournament at a stunning economy rate of 4.17, got the 'Player of the Tournament' honours. 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As Indian startups face turbulence in the global funding winter, experts on Monday said they need to reserve cash, create a long-term goal and adopt a culture of customer feedback to survive in 2023. On the occasion of the 'National Startup Day', envisioned by Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="Orion">Narendra Modi</keyword> last year, industry experts said that the founders must continuously monitor the trends which are happening in the world. Indian startups fired more than 18,000 employees in 2022 amid a funding winter and macroeconomic uncertainty. "Investing in R&amp;D can be one of the finest ways to actually tackle disruption. Make sure that as a business, you keep some of your profits or your balance sheet reserves for investing into R&amp;D to actually learn more," Dr Ritesh Malik, Director, <keyword id="6365866" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="alliance" source="Orion">Alliance</keyword> for <keyword id="2947744" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="digital-india-foundation" source="Orion">Digital India Foundation</keyword>, or <keyword id="1429787" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="adif" source="Orion">ADIF</keyword>, told IANS. "If you feel that there is a platform like Instagram where the go-to-market strategy is more efficient, start learning Instagram and start promoting your products there," he added. According to <keyword id="6061635" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="tejas-khoday" source="Orion">Tejas Khoday</keyword>, Co-Founder and CEO of trading platform FYERS, this year is special as India has emerged to be the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. "While the past year was turbulent with IPOs of several well-known startups not doing too well, the ongoing funding winter and related layoffs, in the long run, all this will be a blip on the radar," he said. That said, this will help the ecosystem to mature and hopefully and we will see startups achieve a better balance between scale and profitability in 2023, Khoday noted. While interacting with over 150 startups, <keyword id="2238662" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="pm-modi" source="Orion">PM Modi</keyword> last year announced the commemoration of National Startup Day on January 16 every year. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and the <keyword id="6416832" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="ministry-of-commerce-and-industry" source="Orion">Ministry of Commerce and Industry</keyword> marked an entire week as <keyword id="16072714" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="national-startup-week" source="Orion">National Startup Week</keyword>, from January 10 to 16. According to Malik, startups must hear back from their customers. "The more you hear from your customers, the more you will be able to understand their changing needs. And the more your product becomes dynamic and you constantly change that product to the whims and fantasies of the customer," he noted. <keyword id="3337958" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="ravish-naresh" source="Orion">Ravish Naresh</keyword>, CEO and Co-founder of Khatabook, said that there is a stronger acknowledgment of Indian startups' role in solving core problems of emerging economies to bridge the socio-economic gaps. "This year, our primary aim is to turn profitable and scale up the digital lending offerings to meet the unmet credit demand of Indian MSME businesses. We are optimistic about the Indian economy and its opportunities for the startup ecosystem," he said. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/logistics-startup-locad-raises-11-million-in-series-a-funding-led-by-reefknot-investments/articleshow/97020396.cms">Logistics startup Locad raises $11 million in Series A funding led by Reefknot Investments</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/foreign-investors-pull-out-15000-crore-from-stocks-in-the-first-two-weeks-of-2023/articleshow/97019987.cms">Foreign investors pull out ₹15,000 crore from stocks in the first two weeks of 2023</a>

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<ul><li>UK and <keyword id="3658" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="india" source="Orion">India</keyword> have signed an MoU mutually recognising each other’s education degrees.</li><li>The two countries also signed two more agreements – on maritime education and a framework agreement on the healthcare workforce.</li><li>Negotiations for the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) are ongoing and will be concluded by August 31, commerce secretary <keyword id="6641896" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="bvr-subrahmanyam" source="Orion">BVR Subrahmanyam</keyword> said.</li></ul>The United Kingdom is one of the most popular choices among Indian students, as the country is home to some renowned universities like Oxford, Cambridge, LSE etc. On Thursday, July 21, the Indian government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the UK government, which will be highly beneficial for Indian students who wish to study in the island nation. “From today onwards, UK degrees will be recognised as equivalent to Indian degrees. You can take a degree there (in the UK) and will be eligible for employment in India. However, professional degrees such as medicine, pharmacy, engineering, architecture will not be covered under the pact,” commerce secretary BVR Subrahmanyam said at a media briefing on July 21. Undergraduate and postgraduate degrees will now be recognised in both the countries. This means that an Indian student who has a degree from one of the Indian colleges will now be eligible to pursue higher studies in the UK and vice versa. This also means that Indian degree holders will now be treated on par with UK degree holders and will be eligible for jobs in the UK as well. The UK government has plans to attract more international students to its universities and hence, will be giving an economic boost. “The agreement will make UK universities even more appealing to Indian applicants and is likely to provide an economic boost, as the benefit to the UK of welcoming non-EU students is estimated by industry to be around £109,000 per person,” the UK government said in a statement. The two countries also signed two more agreements – on maritime education and a framework agreement on the healthcare workforce. The latter pact will facilitate the training of healthcare professionals and nurses in India by the UK government, as the country is facing a shortage. The maritime MoU paves the way for the governments to recognise the degrees, training and competency in maritime education in the respective countries. The MoUs are part of the UK-India Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP), which was agreed upon by Prime Minister <keyword id="6380867" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="boris-johnson" source="Orion">Boris Johnson</keyword> and Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="Orion">Narendra Modi</keyword> last year. Negotiations for the India-UK free trade agreement (FTA) are ongoing and will be concluded by August 31, said Subrahmanyam. Currently, the fifth round of negotiations for the FTA is underway. “In August, we will be negotiating every day. The hope is to conclude the deal by August 31 and I am confident that we are on track,” Subrahmanyam said. The trade between both the countries is worth $24 billion. “Our investment relationship supports over half a million jobs. Since 2017 the UK Government has secured new access to India’s market, which businesses estimate will unlock approximately £92m of additional UK exports every year in spirits, oats, pork products, and more. India is projected to become the world’s third largest economy by 2050,” the UK statement read. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/enterprise/news/thrifting-is-the-latest-trend-on-indian-instagram-and-it-is-a-great-one-for-the-environment/articleshow/93052751.cms">Thrifting is the latest trend on Indian Instagram, and it is a great one for the environment</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india/news/india-had-3x-more-women-pilots-than-the-global-average/articleshow/93044874.cms">India had 3x more women pilots than the global average</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg should probably be feeling a little embarrassed now.</li><li>This week, the tech billionaires discussed cage fighting as a way to settle their disputes.</li></ul>The CEOs of Apple, Google, and Microsoft attended a White House dinner with India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, on Thursday as Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-twitter-meta-cage-fight-2023-6">escalated their beef with each other. </a>Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, and Satya Nadella appeared as Silicon Valley's adults in the room when they visited Washington for President Joe Biden's state dinner during a crucial diplomatic visit to the US by Modi this week, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-22/apple-google-microsoft-ceos-attend-modi-dinner-at-white-house?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;utm_campaign=twitter#xj4y7vzkg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bloomberg reported.</a>The dinner's guest list also included a wide range of high-profile figures and celebrities, including Ralph Lauren, James Murdoch, and Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/06/22/white-house-releases-state-dinner-guest-list-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">per a list of attendees published by the White House.</a> <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/modi-heads-to-washington-to-talk-oil-arms-and-indias-sovereignty-1032402748">Modi's visit to the US this week</a> has been a crucial one for Biden, as the White House looks to build closer ties with India. The meeting was held amid growing hostilities with China over its increased aggression towards Taiwan and its economic decoupling with the US. Though Musk and Zuckerberg weren't on the guest list, their absence from the dinner this week comes at an embarrassing moment for the tech billionaires. The Twitter owner and world's richest man chose to escalate his rivalry with the Meta boss this week by <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-elon-musk-cage-match-send-location-jiu-jitsu-2023-6">challenging him to a cage fight on Tuesday</a>. Zuckerberg responded to the challenge by asking Musk to "send me location" on an Instagram post. On Thursday, the same day the White House dinner took place, <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1672004064480034816?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Musk tweeted "let's go full MMA,"</a> suggesting that his fight with Zuckerberg should involve the style of combat seen in UFC bouts. Musk and Zuckerberg have beefed with each other for some time, but recently become more antagonistic amid <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-considered-twitter-competitor-amid-elon-musk-crisis-report-2022-12">reports that Zuckerberg plans to launch a rival service to Twitter.</a> Musk and Meta did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment made outside of normal working hours.

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Attributing the party's victory in Bihar and in various assembly bypolls to the people's faith in <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="prime-minister-narendra-modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>, the BJP leaders on Tuesday said the voters of Bihar have rejected dynasty, casteism and politics of appeasement. The party leaders and ministers also credited the victory in Bihar to the Modi government's success in navigating the country during the COVID-19 crisis. Describing the BJP's victory as the reimposition of faith in the Modi government's pro-poor policies, the party president J P Nadda said the entire nation has reposed its trust in the welfare work done by the Centre, as shown by results of the Bihar assembly elections and of by-elections in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Manipur and Telangana. "In the difficult times of the COVID-19 epidemic, when the country was struggling with crisis and challenges, Modi government took all possible steps to help the poor and the needy and provided them free ration and financial assistance as well. It was a unique example of serving the humanity," Nadda said in series of tweets. Union Home Minister <keyword id="6355521" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="amit-shah">Amit Shah</keyword> on Tuesday complimented the people of Bihar for electing the NDA in the just concluded assembly elections, saying the people of the state have chosen development over "hollow politics, casteism and appeasement". In a series of tweets in Hindi, Shah also said that the victory of the NDA was the win of the "double engine" development of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. "Every section of Bihar has once again chosen the development of NDA by denying hollow politics, casteism and appeasement politics. I thank all the brothers and sisters of the state from the core of my heart for re-choosing development, progress and good governance. I especially thank the youth and women who formed the NDA government with absolute majority by choosing security and a bright future in Bihar," he said. Another senior party leader and Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said the victory in Bihar is a win of the NDA's commitment to good governance and development and expressed his gratitude to the people of the state. BJP's general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh said the way Prime Minister Modi navigated the country during Covid-19 crisis was the most important factor for BJP's emphatic win in Bihar and pan-India assembly bypolls, along with the party engaging in a massive programme of feeding the needy during this crisis. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/india/news/checkout-here-bihar-assembly-election-2020-results-and-updates-online/articleshow/79142084.cms">Bihar Election Results 2020: Outcome of 28 constituencies announced, NDA leads with five more seats than the Grand Alliance</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/defense/news/prime-minister-modi-hits-out-pakistan-and-china-during-sco-summit-attempts-are-being-made-to-rake-bilateral-issues/articleshow/79148767.cms">Prime Minister Modi takes a dig at Pakistan and China during SCO summit — ‘attempts are being made to rake up bilateral issues’</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/tech/apps/news/instagram-down-users-complain-of-frozen-timelines-and-likes/articleshow/79146012.cms">Instagram down for over four hours— users complain of frozen timelines and likes</a>

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<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354576" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="facebook">Facebook</keyword> has banned a right-wing politician in <keyword id="3658" type="COUNTRY" weightage="60" keywordseo="India">India</keyword> with a history of Islamophobic comments for violating its rules on promoting violence and hate.</li><li>The politician, <keyword id="990615" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="T-Raja-Singh">T Raja Singh</keyword>, is a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party, the <keyword id="14666" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="BJP">BJP</keyword>.</li><li>Facebook's attitude to Singh and other right-wing figures has been at the center of a political debate following a report last month that a Facebook exec in India opposed applying hate-speech rules to Singh on the grounds it might harm the company's business interests.</li></ul>Facebook has taken the decision to ban an Indian politician and member of the ruling party with a history of Islamophobic comments on the grounds that he violated the platform's rules on inciting hatred and violence.T Raja Singh is a member of Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and in the past has said <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/mla-raja-singh-sticks-to-his-stand-on-rohingya-muslims/articleshow/77600747.cms">Rohingya Muslims should be shot</a>, called Muslim Indians traitors, and advocated for the destruction of mosques.<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-under-pressure-in-india-bans-politician-for-hate-speech-11599105042?mod=djemalertNEWS">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported Thursday that Facebook said it had banned Singh from its platforms, including Instagram. "We have banned Raja Singh from Facebook for violating our policy prohibiting those that promote or engage in violence and hate from having a presence on our platform. The process for evaluating potential violators is extensive and it is what led us to our decision to remove his account," a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to Business Insider.Per the <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/facebook-bans-bjp-politician-raja-singh/articleshow/77905014.cms">Times of India</a>, Singh responded to the ban by saying he hasn't used Facebook since April 2019, and requested he be allowed to make a new Facebook account. He also claimed his account was hacked in 2018.Facebook's approach to Singh has become the center of intense political debate in India following an explosive<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-hate-speech-india-politics-muslim-hindu-modi-zuckerberg-11597423346"> Wall Street Journal</a> report last month. Facebook India employees told The Journal, the company's head of public policy in India Ankhi Das had resisted applying Facebook's "dangerous individual" rules to Singh because it could damage the company's business interests in India. The employees said this was part of a wider trend of "favoritism" towards the BJP and Hindu nationalist figures.Facebook's top exec in India Ajit Mohan was called to testify for two hours before a parliamentary panel on Wednesday to answer questions on <keyword id="1140913" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="political-bias">political bias</keyword> within the company. <a href="https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-facebook-india/indias-opposition-parties-quiz-facebook-over-political-bias-idUKKBN25T1EY">Reuters reports</a> lawmakers laid into the tech giant for failing to take down inflammatory posts from accounts linked to the BJP.Conversely the BJP has also accused Facebook of anti-conservative bias. The BJP's minister for communications, electronics and information technology Ravi Shankar Prasad <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/fb-workers-abusing-pm-ravi-shankar-prasad-writes-to-zuckerbeg-over-political-bias/articleshow/77873516.cms">wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday</a> claiming there were instances of "bias and inaction" on Facebook towards people with "right of center ideology." He also accused Facebook employees of "abusing" Prime Minister Narendra Modi.Facebook's policies on how it applies its moderation rules to political figures has come under intense fire this year. It announced in February <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-sheryl-sandberg-political-ads-argument-2020-2">it would not fact-check political ads</a>, and in May it left a post from President Trump which <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/twitter-warning-trump-tweet-george-floyd-glorifying-violence-2020-5?r=US&amp;IR=TIR=T">Twitter placed behind a warning for violating its rules on "glorifying violence"</a>

Facebook has banned an Indian politician from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party for violating its rules on hate speech

<ul><li>Union Minister <keyword id="26680" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nitin-gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</keyword> on Monday said "dead assets" who neither take decisions nor allow others to work, will be shown the exit door and red-tapism will not be tolerated.</li><li>Those officials who compromised on road safety by not taking timely decisions or are accountable for faulty DPRs (detailed project report) or road engineering will have to face stringent actions. </li><li> India topped the list of accidents globally with 65% of victims falling in the age range of 18-35 years.</li></ul>In a clear warning to "non-performing" officials in the ministry, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday said "dead assets" who neither take decisions nor allow others to work, will be shown the exit door and red-tapism will not be tolerated.
 Addressing the 'Road Safety Stake-holders Meet,' Road Transport and Highways Minister made it clear that "there is a limit to testing one's patience" and those officials who compromised on road safety by not taking timely decisions or are accountable for faulty DPRs (detailed project report) or road engineering will have to face stringent actions.
 India is a country where more people die on roads than in militancy or extremism related incidents, he said and termed the scenario as "unfortunate and painful".
 The minister further noted that notwithstanding the the massive efforts to curb accidents there has been an increase in this space and India topped the list globally with 65 per cent of victims falling in the age range of 18-35 years.
 "Those non-productive, non-performing, dead assets in the Government ... should be shown the exit door. There should not be any hesitation. They lack sensitivity, they lack decision making, they make wrong DPRs and sit on the file for years. They neither take decisions nor allow others to take decisions. ... There is a limit to testing one's patience," Gadkari said.
 The Minister said: "We can not allow this to function. The government needs to take instant decisions. Those who do not work, those who do not take decisions and those who are involved in red-tapism... will be shown the exit."
 He said huge work has been done for building roads and adding highways but now was the time to weed out unproductive people from the system as was stressed by Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword>. "We will touch 30 km a day road building this year. The Prime Minister asked what steps have been taken against those who do not work. How many of such people were given retirement. I have asked my Secretary about how many people were shown the doors for not working," the minister said.
 Reiterating government's commitment to road safety, the minister said 22 driving centres have been opened and another 1,000 are on the anvil as there is a shortage of 22 lakh drivers.
 He said massive work was being done on accidents spots with Rs 7,000 crore assistance from the World Bank, Rs 7,000 crore from ADB and urged automobile manufacturers also to come forward in this direction.
 He also called upon teachers to join the crusade for imparting education among students on road safety.
 The Minister urged states to follow the example of Tamil Nadu which has reduced its accidents by 24.4 per cent in the last 2-3 years on the back of various initiatives.
 He said that Tata Trust NGO has proposed helicopter services at high accident spots and organ donation could be promoted in those cases where victims can not be saved.
 Defence Minister <keyword id="6355121" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Rajnath-Singh">Rajnath Singh</keyword> said it was a matter of concern as to why road safety was lagging behind and wondered why Indians "who could know the way of reaching to the Moon or Mars, failed to learn the ways of safety in reaching homes and offices." He urged the youth to use social media platforms like Whatsapp, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok for creating awareness among masses.
 Crediting Gadkari for massive works in this direction he reiterated Gadkari's words to imbibe sensitivity and said it was shocking to come across incidents where people instead of saving victims had been found making videos.
 He stressed the need to fight "terrorists" within oneself to tackle <keyword id="84827" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="20" keywordseo="Road-rage">road rage</keyword> issues and safe driving. NAM DRR

Transport minister Gadkari says that officials who are 'dead assets' will be shown the door

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