From toys, footwear and furniture to insulated flasks, smart meters, and air coolers - the Central government over the last decade has mandated higher standards for production and imports of such items. Sample this: Till 2014, there were 14 Quality Control Orders (QCOs) covering 106 products. By the latest count, there are 156 QCOs on 672 products.
World record sprinter Usain Bolt of Jamaica suffered minor injuries on Wednesday when he crashed his BMW sports car on the outskirts of his Caribbean homeland's capital, authorities said. Bolt, 22, lost control of the high-powered vehicle and plowed into a ditch on Wednesday afternoon, police said.
Getting set for his London Olympics debut, Usain Bolt bopped to the music blaring over the loudspeakers, rocking his head back and forth. He drew cheers merely for removing the green T-shirt that covered his uniform, then for yanking the black wool cap off his head.
World 100 and 200 metres champion Usain Bolt is also fixing his sights on the long jump. Long jump world record holder Mike Powell said last Friday that Jamaican Bolt could jump nine metres in the event.
Yohan Blake set himself up as the man to beat in London with a stunning 200 meters victory, beating world record holder Usain Bolt for a second time in three days to bring the Jamaican Olympic trials to an explosive conclusion on Sunday.
Triple Olympic gold medalist sprinter Usain Bolt will take part in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, Organising Committee Chairman Suresh Kalmadi said in Port of Spain.
'The word 'ally' in a coalition is misleading because it suggests someone who is always for you and with you. This is incorrect.' 'They are always for themselves and sometimes with you,' explains Aakar Patel.
Triple Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt will switch his running spikes for cricket pads on Sunday when he takes part in a tournament in Jamaica. Bolt will play in a mini-tournament in Discovery Bay organised by West Indies captain Chris Gayle and featuring current and former players from the region.
Defending champion Usain Bolt eased through Heat 9 of the 200 metres in 20.28 seconds at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday. Nigeria's Ejowvokoghene Oduduru took second place.
Triple world and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt opened his season with a meet record 45.86 seconds for 400 metres at the Camperdown Classic on Saturday.
A year ago Michael Johnson predicted Usain Bolt would probably break his then 12-year-old 200 metres world record, but not yet. An hour later he was eating his words as his 19.32 was taken by the Jamaican's 19.30. Johnson, this time, said on Thursday he thought Bolt was too tired to take it down further, only to watch stupefied as he took 11 hundredths off to complete a clean sweep of world and Olympic sprint titles, all secured with world record runs.
Unlike triple sprint champion Usain Bolt, the Moscow world championships were a slow starter and earned the verdict of seven out of 10, could try harder from the Jamaican.
Jamaican track star Usain Bolt is considering retiring after the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. But any plans of going out to grass at the age of 30 will come after three more years of domination that could include a pop at the Commonwealth Games next year and another shot at bettering his own 200m world record.
Usain Bolt established himself as the fastest man on the planet on Saturday by setting a world record in the 100 metres. Now the 21-year-old Jamaican has his eyes on a bigger prize -- Olympic gold in athletics' blue ribband event.
The Jamaican will need to start better than in Friday's heats but remains hot favourite to triumph at London Stadium in his final individual race.
Kenyan Pamela Jelimo claimed the Golden League's $1 million jackpot on Friday, while fellow Olympic champion Usain Bolt beat Asafa Powell to win the 100 metres at the Memorial Van Damme meeting.
Jamaican Usain Bolt, who shattered the 200 metres world record to win gold at the world championships on Thursday, said he is closing in on his biggest aim of becoming a sprinter the world would not forget. Bolt said he is not interested in convincing those who did not believe the records are a result of his hard work, saying that questions about doping are an inevitable part of athletics.
Jamaican sprint superstar Usain Bolt has reportedly branded the ongoing Commonwealth Games in Glasgow as a 'bit s***' and said that the Olympics were 'better'.
Olympic and world champion Usain Bolt outsprinted fellow Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade and American Justin Gatlin to win the 100 metres at the Zurich Diamond League meeting on Thursday.
Olympic bronze medallist Justin Gatlin is not willing to call his surprising 100 metres victory over world record holder Usain Bolt a fluke.
World record holder Usain Bolt withdrew from Jamaica's Olympic trials minutes before the men's 100 metres final on Friday.
Jamaica's world record holder Usain Bolt was made to work for victory in the 100 metres at the Diamond League meeting in Oslo on Thursday.
The eight-times Olympic gold-medallist sprinter has been enlisted to send the field off for the pre-race formation lap at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
Jamaica's Usain Bolt hopes to become the first man since Carl Lewis in 1984 to win an Olympic sprint double on Wednesday.
Jamaica's triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt believes he can take the 100 metres world record down to 9.58 seconds and go below 19 seconds in the 200 metres.
The two fastest men in the world will go head-to-head on Saturday when world record holder Usain Bolt runs against Asafa Powell in the Jamaican Olympic trails.
Both will be powered by the company's Revotron 1.2-litre turbo-charged petrol engines.
A big prize is up for grabs and competition in fierce in the world of athletics as Usain Bolt, the world's fastest man, joined world high jump champion Bohdan Bondarenko and double Olympic and world 10,000 and 5,000 metres champion Mo Farah in the shortlist for the male Athlete of the Year award announced on Monday.
Usain Bolt retained his 100 metres title at the IAAF World Championship, in Beijing, on Sunday.
Usain Bolt stretched, stifled a yawn and, almost apologetically, extracted his giant frame from his blocks before strolling through his heat as he began his bid for a third successive world 200 metres title on Friday.
World and Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt has cancelled races in China and South Korea later this month and decided to bring his season to a close because of fatigue, the Jamaican wrote on his website on Friday.
A fatigued Usain Bolt will wait until this weekend to decide whether or not to compete in China and South Korea later this month, his agent told Reuters on Wednesday, rebuffing media reports the world's fastest man had cancelled his Asian trip.
Usain Bolt could repackage himself as a big-hitting cricketer in Australia's Big Bash League after defending his sprint double at the London Olympics, local media reported on Monday.
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Carl Lewis minces no words and is scathing in his opinion on giving all attention to recently-retired Usain Bolt
Carter was found to have taken the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Wednesday.
World record holder and Olympic champion Usain Bolt put in a workmanlike display to win the 100 metres on Friday at the Jamaican trials for the World championships.
Even when he slows to a jog, Usain Bolt is as fast as he needs to be. His sidekick, Yohan Blake, is looking like the closest thing there is to a true challenger. Is there anyone in the Olympic 200-metre final on Thursday night who can outsprint both of the Jamaicans to win the gold?
Even god was sidelined, as a church in Hatfield, Manchester, in Jamaica, allowed its members to leave the Sunday service earlier than normal to watch Usain Bolt run in the men's 100 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow, on Sunday.
In-form American Justin Gatlin should beat Usain Bolt to win both the sprints at the World Athletics Championships but it would be foolhardy to write off the Jamaican, three-times world 100 metres World champion Maurice Greene said on Friday.
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