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Smart traffic lights or Intelligent traffic lights are a vehicle traffic control system that combines traditional traffic lights with an array of sensors and artificial intelligence to intelligently route vehicle and pedestrian traffic.

Of late several fundamentalist and radical groups have sprung up causing religious/ethnic polarisation, socioeconomic unrest and new security concerns. This is a new phenomenon that poses a silent long term threat to India’s integrity, unity and peace and progress.

Nehru-Gandhi watchers claim that this, not the first time that Rahul has gone after a tiff with his mother. Rahul is said to have inherited this tendency from his great grandfather Jawaharlal Nehru who too was known for his obstinacy and short temper.

Child marriage is strongly entrenched in the customs of Rajasthan. Rajasthan is the only state in the country where the mean age at marriage for boys and girls is lower than the legal age at marriage. Rajasthan accounts for the second highest number of child marriages and ranks second in the world in this social evil.

The elderly poor in India live in a state of perpetual crisis. Pension amounts continue to be "criminally low and completely insufficient"

Is it going to be the beginning of bad times for PM Narender Modi? The thinking in the BJP and RSS is that Modi is enjoying too much power than required. A powerful lobby wants to show him his place.

Mamta Bannerji’s Trinamool Congress has no structure, organization or ideology. It is just a loose group of people against the more than three-decade-old Left rule in the state. She has nobody to blame for her fate except herself.

Is frequent sex among married couple, bad for their health and longevity? Recent medical researches have suggested having regular sex can make you feel closer to your partner but the BJP MP from Bhopal does not think so.

Hereditary imamat is un-Islamic. Shahi Imam means Imam of the emperor. It is not relevant today. All an imam does is to lead the prayer. Imamhood is not a license for power plays or monopoly of one family. It should be possible to remove Imams who bring a bad name to the community.

Less than two months ago al-Qaida unsuccessfully tried to hijack two Pakistani frigates PNS Aslat and PNS Zulfikar. Ostensibly its aim was to use them against Indian ships. All this should have been enough reason for the Indian government agencies responsible for coastal security to be on their toes. They aren’t.

Guess what might happen when a bunch of unruly school boys are suddenly appointed to manage the affairs and maintain discipline and decorum in the school affairs. This is exactly what is happening in the BJP.

Sugar sweetened beverages are responsible for nearly 1,80,000 deaths every year. High fructose corn syrup which is the most frequently used sweetener in processed foods, particularly fruit-flavoured and fizzy drinks.