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Here are the top 10 facts on the new law: Common offences like the use of mobiles, jumping traffic lights and driving on the wrong lane will be categorized as "dangerous driving". Drivers will be fined Rs.10,000 for not giving way to emergency vehicles and Rs. 10,000 for driving despite disqualification. Taxi aggregators violating driving licences will be fined up to Rs. 1 lakh. Drivers caught speeding will be fined  Rs. 1,000-2,000. For driving without insurance, there will be a fine of Rs. 2,000; those driving without helmets will have to shell out Rs. 1,000 and can face three-month suspension of their licence. In case of any road offence by underage drivers, the guardian or owner of the vehicle will be held guilty; the penalty will be Rs 25,000 along with three years in jail and the registration will be cancelled. For traffic violations, people will be fined Rs. 500 instead of Rs. 100. Those defying the authorities may have to pay a minimum penalty of Rs. 2,000 in

Rajya Sabha on Thursday passed the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill for replacing the corruption-plagued MCI with a new body, in what was described by the government as one of the biggest reforms for medical education in the country. The Lok Sabha had on July 29 passed the NMC Bill 2019. The NMC Bill which seeks to repeal the Indian Medical Council Act 1956 was passed by a voice vote, amid a walkout by AIADMK and protests by a number of doctors in New Delhi. Several doctors were detained by the Delhi Police while they were marching towards Parliament to protest the passage of Bill in the Rajya Sabha. When the House was debating the bill, several IMA wings, medical students held protests and marched towards Parliament, demanding the government to withdraw the bill. Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, in his reply, on the debate on the bill, tried to address their apprehension, saying that he himself fought for the rights of doctors and to maintain the sanctity of t