Heavy rainfall in Mumbai threw routine life out of gear on Wednesday, resulting in flight diversions, waterlogging on the city’s arterial roads, and disruptions to suburban railway tracks. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) issued a red alert for Mumbai, effective until 8:30 am on Thursday. Owing to the red alert, the civic body has declared […]

The European Commission (EC) is unlikely to provide Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) tag for Pakistan’s basmati rice in the European Union. This follows the EC’s acceptance of Italy’s opposition to Pakistan’s application filed earlier this year.  The EC made the decision on September 23 after last week’s Committee of Agriculture meeting of the European Union […]

On Wednesday morning, a group of women wearing black Abayas, a loose-fitted full-length robe, entered the Islamia College of Science and Commerce in Hawal area of downtown Srinagar to cast their ballots.   “We want to end this long-drawn-out bureaucratic rule and to have our representative government,” they said before going inside the polling station. The college, which housed […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi raked up infighting among Congress senior leaders Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja at a Haryana election rally in Sonipat on Wednesday. Cautioning voters against bringing the leading opposition party to power, he said it will bring instability and stall development in the State. Reaching out to people in the Jat […]

Malaysia’s IHH Healthcare will grow in India through its “twin engines”, the Gleneagles and Fortis chain of hospitals, said Group Chief Executive Officer Dr Prem Kumar Nair. Looking to grow organically, the group will add 2000 beds over five years at its existing hospital sites across the two networks, Nair told businessline.   IHH had consolidated […]

The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), together with researchers of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, has developed light weight bullet proof jackets, named ABHED (Advanced Ballistics for High Energy Defeat), which offer 360 degree protection. The armour plates for the jackets have passed all necessary R&D trials as per the protocols. The jackets […]

Select batches of popular and commonly used drugs, including the antacid Pan D, the anti-bacterial medicine Clavam 625, and the calcium supplement Shelcal, among basic medicines like paracetamol tablets made by specific manufacturers, have been flagged for failing quality tests in the latest monthly drug alert issued by the country’s drug regulatory agency. In total, […]

The Bombay High Court has held that employee cannot be penalised for employer’s failure to deposit tax deducted (TDS) from salary. “We find that the mandate of Section 205 is absolutely clear that the assessee shall not be called upon to pay taxes himself to the extent to which tax has been deducted from the […]

India is keen to restart discussions with the current Bangladeshi government over rights to operate a terminal at Mongla port. It is also funding development of the Kankesanthurai port in Sri Lanka, senior officials of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW) told businessline. The Ministry also plans to leverage the India Ports Global […]

The Telangana Government will soon launch an internship programme for engineering graduates to improve their job prospects, Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said. Speaking after formally launching a skill training programme for students in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) here on Wednesday, Reddy said a strict vigil will also be maintained on the engineering colleges […]