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Everyday Courage

Sometimes a nation’s moral temperature is not taken in Parliament or courtrooms, but on a crowded street, in front of a small shop, during an ordinary quarrel that suddenly becomes a test of conscience.

Action prevents tragedy

“Road accidents kill more people than any war,” Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari told Parliament, noting that 485 lives were lost every day on Indian roads, leaving 1,268 people injured or disabled, in 2024.