GOOD NEWS: Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) students may start getting lessons on road safety from the next academic year. Chapters on road norms, traffic signs, highway codes, traffic hazards and related topics will be included in the syllabus for subjects such as English, Hindi and Science. The board is also

MV ACT In a country where over 380 people die on the roads every day, the only law governing road safety at the moment is the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. “This law was last amended in 2001. It has been 13 years since any change has been brought to the

With more people living into their eighties and beyond, we are seeing more incidences of neurological disorders. In order to treat these disorders, it is important that scientists and doctors understand the mechanisms that cause them. In a new study, researchers have found that traumatic brain injuries interfere with the

You would be happy to note that IHIF has been requested by the President (Education) of Jaypee Associates to expose all students of various Jaypee Universities, Colleges and Schools to the benefits of taking safety precautions and prevention of head injuries. This entails workshops and programmes for 30,000 students over

In recent times, on numerous occasions the auto industry has been bugged by safety authorities. To ensure a standard process, government had drafted the ‘Draft Road Transport and Safety Bill’ that was floated by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH) for comments, proposing that a vehicle may be recalled

A new study in the US on more than 43,000 children finds that falls are the most common cause of head injuries among young kids. For children under the age of 2, falls accounted for 77 percent of head injuries. For these aged 2 to 12, falls caused 38 percent of head injuries. Many of these serious brain