'The prime minister's comment on 'revdi culture' was welcome. But I am disappointed he did not follow up on that.' 'All political parties, including the BJP, have been guilty of this.' 'Now, Modi's guarantees, the Congress's 'nyay' path and both ruling and Opposition parties are vying with each other for freebies in my home state Andhra Pradesh.'
'The ministry may like to consider setting up an ombudsman similar to electricity ombudsman and insurance ombudsman, to ensure a time-bound resolution of consumer issues within the airline sector.'
Parle Agro, which sells beverages such as Frooti in small tetra packs, has already started importing paper straws. Dabur India, which sells its fruit juices in tetra packs under the brand Real, is also considering importing paper straws.
The hallmarking of gold, which is voluntary in nature at present, is a purity certification of the precious metal.
Pant, a 1991-batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Rajasthan cadre, is currently secretary in the ministry of ports, shipping and waterways.
'If you are a strong-minded, opinionated woman, scars are inevitable.'
One in five Indian students now prefer new and unconventional study destinations like Ireland, Turkey and Spain. The number of Indian students in Germany grew by 20.85 per cent in the winter semester to stand at over 25,000.
'Elections are fought to win.' 'In our party, the leadership takes the final decision, and our leaders are very clear about it.'
More than 6,000 URLs, accounts or websites were blocked in 2021, Parliament was informed on Wednesday.
'Just the amount of work which is there just to become more and more successful in banking. For this to happen you need to have leaders who understand technology.'
Gold hallmarking is a purity certification of the precious metal and is voluntary in nature at present.
'An entire operation was running systematically prior to the revoking of Article 370.'
According to industry sources, domestic toy manufacturers are seeing a sharp rise in sales during the current financial year. On January 1, 2021, India had banned the sale of toys that are not certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). This meant that all factories churning out toys to be sold in India had to be certified by the bureau along with mandatory product testing, including for units abroad.
In the June quarter of FY24, 51 per cent of consumers who took small-ticket personal loans already had more than four credit products at the time of accessing yet another new loan, compared with just 17 per cent in the June quarter of FY20, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Sanjay Bhandari, an accused arms dealer wanted in India on money laundering and tax evasion charges, is pursuing a separate legal battle of his own in France over an alleged unpaid cut from a large Indian defence contract dating back over 10 years, according to a UK media report.
If a majority of the countries vote in favour of Microsoft, the world will have to contend with two open-source formats -- ODF and OOXML -- and 'multiple standards are always bad,' according to ODF supporters.
The government on Tuesday said it is fully prepared to implement mandatory hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts from June 1, 2021. Gold hallmarking is a purity certification of the precious metal and is voluntary in nature at present. The Centre, in November 2019, had announced that hallmarking of gold jewellery and artefacts would be made mandatory across the country from January 15, 2021.
Lok Sabha Deputy Leader Vijay Kumar Malhotra said Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss' reaction to the CSE study was highly condemnable as the minister said there was no need for an inquiry.
Warrant Officer Ashok Kumar of the Indian Air Force has participated in the Republic Day parade every year for 26 years.
Microsoft suffered another major blow when India said "no" to the software major's format Office Open XML (OOXML). The software major now awaits a final verdict from the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on March 31 this year when the standards organisation recompiles the votes from all countries.
Despite the hope that lessons will be learnt, the next accident invariably shows that nothing has been learnt -- or if learnt, they have been ignored, observes Prosenjit Datta.
Focuses on meeting non-traction demand through renewables.
In the last 9 years, the BJP govt has marked some anniversaries and events with more zeal than Congress-led governments.
Indian Bottled Water Manufacturers' Association said on Monday that industry players were ready to upgrade technology to ensure better quality of water, entailing additional investments and 30-40 per cent hike in prices.
Hallmarking will guarantee the purity or fineness of the precious metal.
'The reason why people are underweight and short is because they have not got quality food during their growing years.'
The committee set up by the consumer affairs ministry to probe into the alleged presence of pesticides in bottled drinking water has asked the Bureau of Indian Standards to overhaul its procedures for developing standards
Next time, when you drink your favourite black tea, it would come with a quality certification.
In a first for India, bullion derivatives contracts will be settled on a blockchain platform. This will help in global acceptance of gold refined by Indian bullion refineries, giving a fillip to the local industry, exports, as well as investments. From November 1, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will accept gold delivery only on the blockchain platform.
In a swoop against manufacturers of fake ISI-marked goods, the Bureau of Indian Standards conducted 42 raids nationwide, seizing large number of sub-standard household products.\n\n
The government has taken action against 28 manufacturers of packaged drinking water and natural mineral water for deviating from prescribed specifications, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
Eyeing the inevitable construction boom in India, cement companies in Pakistan are readying for huge exports to the neighbouring nation now.
In a swoop on errant bottled drinking water manufacturers, the government has cancelled the ISI quality mark licence of seven plants including three producing the popular Bisleri brand.\n\n
Two Bangladesh-based companies have received the approval of the Bureau of Indian Standards for selling cement in the Indian market.
A survey by BIS has found that only 14 of the 120 gold samples collected from various parts of the country conformed to the standards, meaning that most consumers are almost certain to buy substandard gold than the metal of desired purity.
According to figures available with the Central Ground Water Board, while 1,940 licences have been issued in the country for packaged drinking water, only 12 of them have been issued for bottling of mineral water. Andhra Pradesh -- with 471 licences to manufacture packaged drinking water -- leads the tally, according to the Bureau of Indian Standards.
