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Enraged over pay cut, Pune driver set afire vehicle using benzene: Police

Enraged over pay cut, Pune driver set afire vehicle using benzene: Police

Rediff.com20 Mar 2025

A disgruntled driver allegedly set a minibus on fire near Pune, killing four employees and injuring ten others. The driver, Janardan Hambardekar, was angry after his salary was cut and procured benzene to start the fire. He is currently hospitalized and will be arrested later.

One worker killed as blast triggers fire at IOCL refinery in Vadodara

One worker killed as blast triggers fire at IOCL refinery in Vadodara

Rediff.com11 Nov 2024

The blast at the IOCL refinery in the Koyali area on the outskirts of Vadodara occurred at 4 pm, triggering the blaze.

Fire on cargo ship off Karwar under control, 1 crew member missing

Fire on cargo ship off Karwar under control, 1 crew member missing

Rediff.com20 Jul 2024

The fire on a merchant vessel off the Karwar coast has been brought under control after more than 24 hours but one of the ship's 21 crew members was missing, the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) said on Saturday.

Why Aarti Industries Tanked

Why Aarti Industries Tanked

Rediff.com22 Aug 2024

The Street will thus keep an eye on the operating profit margins over the next couple of quarters.

Air Pollution: How to Stay Safe

Air Pollution: How to Stay Safe

Rediff.com13 Nov 2023

Don't ignore symptoms like coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath, warns Dr Sandeep Tilve.

Nirma's new clothes: The journey of detergent brand towards healthcare

Nirma's new clothes: The journey of detergent brand towards healthcare

Rediff.com12 Oct 2023

Nirma's tryst with the pharmaceutical space started in 2006 when it acquired the ailing Core Healthcare in a deal reported to be worth Rs 300 crore. The Ahmedabad-based manufacturer of intravenous fluids was subsequently renamed Nirlife. Pharma industry insiders say Nirma, which broke open the detergent market in the 1990s with low prices and massive advertising, tried an encore of the low-price strategy in pharma, but with mixed results.

Gas leak at pharma plant in Vizag leaves 2 dead

Gas leak at pharma plant in Vizag leaves 2 dead

Rediff.com30 Jun 2020

The leakage of benzimidazole gas occurred at Sainor Life Sciences Pvt Ltd in Visakhapatnam on Monday night.

Netherlands is now India's 5th-largest export destination

Netherlands is now India's 5th-largest export destination

Rediff.com23 May 2022

The Netherlands has emerged as India's fifth-largest export destination in 2021-22 (FY22), jumping from its 10th position a year ago. Exports to the fifth-largest economy in the European Union (EU) bolted 94 per cent to $12.5 billion in the financial year ended March 31. In FY22, the Netherlands surpassed Hong Kong, Singapore, the UK, Germany, and Nepal to become India's largest export destination in the EU. Germany, which was earlier India's top European export destination (eighth position), has now dropped two ranks to 10th place.

Lockdown brings Delhi pollution levels to half: CPCB

Lockdown brings Delhi pollution levels to half: CPCB

Rediff.com23 Apr 2020

The CPCB said reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 levels primarily indicate depletion in combustion and industrial sources of pollution which are common to both fractions of particulate matter.

Pollution: WHO report misleading, says government

Pollution: WHO report misleading, says government

Rediff.com18 May 2016

The minister said the government will soon come out with air pollution data of major cities.

Duty cuts to benefit carbon black producers

Duty cuts to benefit carbon black producers

Rediff.com2 Mar 2011

Overall, Union Budget 2011-12 maintained status quo for the Chemical Industry.

'Retain customs duty on dyestuffs at current levels'

'Retain customs duty on dyestuffs at current levels'

Rediff.com7 Mar 2012

Industry expects that the import duties on dyestuff should be at least retained to the present level to enable them to compete with the imported products.

Romantic candle-lit dinners can lead to cancer

Romantic candle-lit dinners can lead to cancer

Rediff.com21 Aug 2009

A candle-lit dinner with your date may actually be harmful for the environment, and lead to cancer, suggests a new study.

HC order on central excise duty on kerosene

HC order on central excise duty on kerosene

Rediff.com3 Jan 2008

Central Excise - Kerosene used for extraction of paraffin retrospective exemption to returned kerosene no unjust enrichment refund entitled : Madras High Court

Clean fuel in India? Not yet

Clean fuel in India? Not yet

Rediff.com24 Dec 2004

India may miss the April 1, 2005 target of conforming to Euro-III emission norms in metro cities and Euro-II norms in the rest of the country due to inability of refiners to supply the specified category of petrol and diesel.

Come April 1 India will boast of world's cleanest fuel

Come April 1 India will boast of world's cleanest fuel

Rediff.com19 Feb 2020

India will switch to the world's cleanest petrol and diesel from April 1 as it leapfrogs straight to Euro-VI emission compliant fuels from Euro-IV grades now -- a feat achieved in just three years and not seen in any of the large economies around the globe. India will join the select league of nations using petrol and diesel containing just 10 parts per million of sulphur as it looks to cut vehicular emissions that are said to be one of the reasons for the choking pollution in major cities.

Delhi polls: Here's what BJP manifesto promises

Delhi polls: Here's what BJP manifesto promises

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

Delhi BJP chief Tiwari said each poor family will be provided good quality, subsidised 'atta' (wheat flour) at a rate of Rs 2 per kilogram. The BJP will bring an ambitious 'Samridh Delhi Infrastructure Scheme', with a provision of Rs 10,000 crore, to ensure "focussed and priority" development of roads, flyovers, foot over-bridges and other key infrastructure projects, the manifesto stated. The manifesto promises to set up a 'Colonies Development Board' for undertaking development of various civic amenities.

Refrigerators, washing machines, ACs likely to cost more

Refrigerators, washing machines, ACs likely to cost more

Rediff.com30 Apr 2018

Most analysts as well as company executives say the rally in commodity prices is ill-timed coming just when firms were recovering from disruptions such as demonetisation & introduction of GST

Does anyone care what air Delhi breathes?

Does anyone care what air Delhi breathes?

Rediff.com21 Nov 2017

'The greatest danger is that the current crisis will clear a little, we'll be able to see our hands in front of our faces, and with great relief we'll forget all about it and willingly breathe poison until next November', says Mitali Saran.

Worried about the air you are breathing? Read this

Worried about the air you are breathing? Read this

Rediff.com21 Nov 2018

Hazardous pollution has made anti-pollution gear and gadgets a near-necessity, says Khalid Anzar.

Nirma cements $1.4-bn Lafarge India buyout

Nirma cements $1.4-bn Lafarge India buyout

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

Ahmedabad-based firm to fund deal through equal amount of equity and debt.

Why Nirma's Lafarge deal makes sense

Why Nirma's Lafarge deal makes sense

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

Now with 13-14 million-tonne capacity, Nirma will emerge as a serious player in India's cement landscape.

Did you just buy poisoned fruit?

Did you just buy poisoned fruit?

Rediff.com16 May 2017

Use of chemical compounds to artificially ripen, colour and increase the shelf life of fruit is rampant in India.

GST: These 27 items just got cheaper!

GST: These 27 items just got cheaper!

Rediff.com6 Oct 2017

Small and medium enterprises had complained of tedious compliance burden under the Goods and Services Tax

A cancer interview we must all read

A cancer interview we must all read

Rediff.com12 May 2017

'Our body functions in a particular system. We pass urine. We pass motions. We swallow food. We drink water. We breathe properly.' 'If there is an obstruction to any of these things -- difficulty swallowing, difficulty passing urine, passing blood in the urine, passing blood in the stools or severe pain anywhere, lasting for more than a month, or for example the skin, which covers our body, has a few moles that start increasing or bleeding... then you need to see a specialist.'

How Nirma tries to reclaim the golden days of 1980s

How Nirma tries to reclaim the golden days of 1980s

Rediff.com19 Jul 2016

Many see Nirma's Lafarge deal as some kind of second coming for the Patels.

Not just Modi, even Manmohan Singh has something to cheer

Not just Modi, even Manmohan Singh has something to cheer

Rediff.com17 May 2017

The new IIP numbers should spread cheer among those who were part of the Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance, earlier accused of having presided over a steady deterioration in industrial performance, particularly in the last two years of its tenure, says A K Bhattacharya.

Paharpur Business Centre: Inside the 'healthiest' building in Delhi

Paharpur Business Centre: Inside the 'healthiest' building in Delhi

Rediff.com14 Dec 2015

A chat with employees at Paharpur gives you a brief glimpse into a happy and energetic workplace.

Bangalore neighbourhood's toxic air threatens India's future

Bangalore neighbourhood's toxic air threatens India's future

Rediff.com22 May 2015

Once called India's garden city, this upper middle-class residential area in Bangalore has India's most toxic air, says Devanik Saha, IndiaSpend.com.