-The Indian Express   Cities in India and China drowned in a sea of automobiles are experiencing maximum health issues, like "acute" as well as "chronic" respiratory problems and lung cancers, due to air pollution, a UN body has said. The rising population of SUVs (sports utility vehicles), Cars and two-wheelers in Indian cities, where it is a status symbol for middle classes to posses the latest automobiles, is having a deadly impact...

30 per cent of Cars sold last year were with diesel engines The growing gap between the prices of petrol and diesel has given a boost to the sale of diesel Cars even as environmentalists cry foul over the public health impact due to the increasing use of diesel, which is also referred to as “dirty fuel” in Indian cities. While petrol consumers are paying market-linked prices of Rs. 66.84 per litre...

-The Hindu   Nothing is more reflective of the confusion and mix-up of priorities of the United Progressive Alliance government than the mismanagement of fuel pricing. While struggling to control inflation through monetary policy, the government sees no problem in allowing oil marketing companies to continually raise the price of petrol. The latest hike, by more than Rs.3 a litre, comes on top of the two substantial increases earlier this year. Although...

-PTI   Encouraged by support from Haryana labour authority and its parent Suzuki Motor Corp in the ongoing tussle with workers at the Manser plant, Maruti Suzuki India is understood to be planning to recruit new permanent employees to replace the existing ones. With no signs of an end to the standoff that started on August 29, the company has decided to give the current workers time till Monday to sign the "good...

Country's top carmaker, Maruti Suzuki, plunged into another crisis as production at its Manesar plant was abruptly stopped for the second time in past two months after its sacked around twodozen workers. The assembly lines for Maruti's top selling Cars such as the new Swift, AStar hatchbacks and Sx4 sedan came to a grinding halt after it terminated services of 11 workers and also suspended another 10, on charges of indiscipline...