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Produce 3-wheeled bikes, prevent reckless riding

With reference to the report titled, 'Motorcycle race in Verna claims life , injures one," in The Goan Everyday dated December 10, it would be best to prevent reckless bike riding with fenced off bike lanes having sonorous tiles  which make a buzzing sound when a lane is broken and speed cameras and CCTV  cameras and the mandatory use of luminous crash helmets  for the rider and pillion rider and affordable air bag suits. The authorities should promote the use of the safer and more stable  and more affordable three-wheeled bike by mass producing it and make written and practical tests mandatory for bike riders when they renew their bike licenses. In this way, one can and must prevent reckless bike riding -- properly and quickly.


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Assad’s fall may spawn rise in terrorist organisations

GREGORY FERNANDES, Mumbai
Published Dec 9, 2024, 7:11 PM IST
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The ouster of President Bashar Al Assad marks the return of the frozen Syrian civil war with the region now fragmented and divided among three dominant factions that include the Syrian opposition led by Hay’at Tahrir al Sham, the Kurdish and Alawite forces. This may see a rise in terrorist organisations with chaos and instability in Syria that was witnessed in Libya and Iraq after their long-standing regimes were ousted from power. Unfortunately, the Assad regime that…

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