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The state of Rajasthan has the highest number of general universities in the country with a total of 50 universities. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh (47) and Gujarat (42). Tamil Nadu has the highest number of technical universities (18) while Uttar Pradesh (UP) has the second-highest number of technical universities with 13, followed by Gujarat (12), Rajasthan (11), Delhi (10), and Maharashtra (10). Rajasthan and Karnataka have the highest number of medical universities in the country with eight medical universities in each of the two states. These are some of the findings of the recent Deloitte-CII report on ‘Annual Status of Higher Education in India’ called 'ASHE Report 2021'.

A report by a technical audit committee set up to probe the October 12, 2020 power outage in Mumbai concluded that the hours-long breakdown occurred due to cascade tripping, and not due to cyber sabotage by Chinese hackers as suggested by an international cybersecurity firm and a Maharashtra minister.

The report, prepared by the eight-member committee headed by Professor B Fernandes of IIT-Mumbai’s Department of Electrical Energy, was submitted in November 2020. “The report has said the outage happened due to cascade tripping. The Talegaon Kalwa line was damaged in heavy rains on October 10. This led to a load on three other lines,” Principal Secretary in the Energy Department, Dinesh Waghmare, told media.

India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer Tata Motors today unveiled 21 new commercial vehicles across all segments. These 21 new vehicles are in medium and heavy commercial, intermediate and light commercial, small commercial and buses categories.

The company unveiled 7 new vehicles in the M&HCV category across construck, tractor-trailer and rigid truck range with higher fuel efficiency. The I&LCV category comprises 5 new vehicles of 4-18 tonne GVW with CNG powertrains, increased deck length and ultra sleek cabins. In the SCV category, Tata Motors unveiled four multi use vehicles and five new buses, including an E-bus.

"Designed and engineered to cater to the evolving needs of cargo and people transport across segments and applications, these state-of-the-art vehicles further enhance Tata Motors’ established ‘Power of 6’ benefit proposition to address specific usage and applications while delivering higher productivity and lower total cost of ownership," Tata Motors said in a statement.

Pointing out ego as the biggest drawback of senior functionaries in the government, Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari said that everyone should be open to consultations as “no one can claim to be the perfect”.

While addressing an event to launch “Cunsult”, an app for getting instant advice on different issues from experts, Gadkari said, “Most people have ego and it’s more in the case of higher level functionaries in the government. They feel they know everything and they understand everything. So, there is less or no consultation. But we all need to understand that none is perfect and none can claim that he is perfect. We all have some shortcomings. We must consult others,” he added.