BIS holds industry awareness seminar in Malda
A seminar on licensing and standardisation under the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) was held at the Narayanpur Industrial Estate in Old Malda on Thursday.
A seminar on licensing and standardisation under the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) was held at the Narayanpur Industrial Estate in Old Malda on Thursday.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials were left stunned by the opulent interiors of the rural residence of Sheikh Jinnar Ali, chairperson of the National Anti-Trafficking Committee (NATC), during a 12-hour raid in Kshemta village, Raina, yesterday.
Traditional wisdom on environmental governance, captured through the Environment Kuznets curve, posits that countries grow first and clean up later. This empirical insight is informed by the experience of now developed countries which exploited the natural environment, at home and abroad, to feed the resource requirements of the growth process.
The Dalai Lama’s decision to formally affirm the continuation of his lineage is far more than a spiritual announcement ~ it is a geopolitical act of defiance, a quiet but profound assertion of Tibetan selfde termination.
In an era where global fashion often blurs the line between appreciation and appropriation, the recent uproar over a luxury brand’s reinterpretation of Kolhapuri sandals serves as a timely reminder of how cultural heritage continues to be commodified without credit.
In line with the zero-tolerance policy against corruption adopted by the Punjab government under Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has arrested Jatinder Singh, a stenographer posted in the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Raikot, Ludhiana district, for accepting a bribe amounting to ₹24,06,000, said an official statement on Friday.
Leader of the house in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) said on Friday that the civic body is focused on making the city clean and green.
Kasaragod District Collector K Inbasekar on Friday suspended a Revenue Department official for allegedly making derogatory remarks against Renjitha Gopakumaran Nair, the Kerala nurse who died in the Ahmedabad plane crash on Thursday.
In an unusual development, Uttarakhand High Court has asked Indian Army for its advice on how to keep river Ganga free of 121 stone crushers set up in Haridwar. The court deplored the ongoing illegal mining of building materials from Ganga riverbed and setting up stone crushers on its banks.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Friday reviewed the working of the security grid and various significant steps being taken by the Army, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), and J&K Police to ensure foolproof security for the Amarnath Yatra.