UP bans sale of halal-certified products, no restriction on exports

The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday banned the production, storage, distribution and sale of food products with halal certification with immediate effect while exempting products manufactured......

Will This DGCA Plan Reduce Pilot Fatigue?

Increasing cases of aviators in India complaining of fatigue and in some cases leading to death have spurred the DGCA to bring in draft rules to reduce stress. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has......

Taliban Bans Beauty Salons

Ahead of the second anniversary of its grabbing power in Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned women's beauty salons in the country. Beauty salons were where Afghan women -- who were forced out of......

Monsoon session of Parliament begins today, set to be stormy

The Monsoon session of Parliament begins on Thursday amidst outrage over the situation in Manipur with the Opposition demanding a statement from the prime minister. IMAGE: Defence Minister Rajnath......

Regulatory woes torpedo PE/VC deals in e-pharma sector

With regulatory uncertainties clouding the future of online pharmacies, deals in the space are showing signs of slowdown, as also fresh investment from private-equity (PE) firms and venture......

Not big players, but small brands catering to the needs of India: CAIT

Thousands of small brands are ruling the consumer market despite the predatory pricing and deep discounting by foreign e-commerce companies and efforts of certain FMCG companies to sideline the......

The Mystery of Narayana Murthy's Retail Biz

In a short span of time, with the help of Amazon, Cloudtail was able to devise a model that could protect it from the vagaries of online retail business.Sai Manish reports. IMAGE: N R Narayana......

How complex is the process of getting approval for a vaccine?

Vaccine development is a long process to ensure safety and efficacy through different stages and involves regulatory supervision every step of the way. Ruchika Chitravanshi takes you through......

Gone Kesh Review: Bald & beautiful

Gone Kesh is a good-natured coming-of-age tale, applauds Sukanya Verma. Losing hair may not be as extreme as losing eyesight, but its trauma can crush a person's self-confidence. Even if one isn't......

Talvar: Closure, first. Propaganda, next. Justice, later

'The propaganda aspect of the movie -- despite it stemming purely from the writer's deepest convictions -- is a clincher for it is highly unlikely that you'll walk out of a screening of Talvar......

When Maradona beat D&G 113,000-0

It is a very different victory of Maradona that fascinates me even more, notes ad guru Sandeep Goyal.A victory Maradona scored over Dolce & Gabbana in December last year. IMAGE: Diego Maradonam at......

Waqar slams PCB for leaking his confidential report

'I can only say what I have written in the report is what I sincerely feel.' 'Cosmetic measures will not bring about any good in Pakistan cricket.' 'Frankly speaking, I am now fed up.' IMAGE:......