Enhanced role for immigration officers at US airports as shutdown frustrates travels and screenersPresident Donald Trump is deploying immigration agents to airports to help the Transportation Security Administration. This move comes amid...
23 Mar, 2026, 06.30 AM IST
Certification agency raids Amazon, Flipkart warehouses, seizes thousands of productsThis operation is part of a broader nationwide drive by BIS to enforce quality standards. In the past month, similar raids were conducted i...
28 Mar, 2025, 05.23 PM IST
Infy lays off trainees; Amazon, Flipkart warehouses raidedIT major Infosys has laid off more trainees from its Mysuru campus. This and more in today's ETtech Top 5.
27 Mar, 2025, 07.31 PM IST
AI, cloud companies among 50 China entities in US export blacklistCompanies from Taiwan, Iran, Pakistan, South Africa and United Arab Emirates also were included in the roughly 80 companies added to the "e...
26 Mar, 2025, 11.55 PM IST
NBCC secures Rs 500 cr contract from BISState-owned NBCC has secured a Rs 500 crore contract from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to construct buildings at multiple locations...
05 Nov, 2024, 03.14 PM IST
BIS launches environment department, aims for global impactThe Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) launched a new Environment and Ecology Department (EED) on Monday to set global benchmarks in sustaina...
13 Aug, 2024, 12.40 PM IST
Platforms wary as voluntary BIS standard comes to e-user reviewsAny move to make BIS standards mandatory for e-reviews may lead to onerous conditions, costs.
05 Jan, 2023, 05.25 PM IST
BIS urges consumers to buy toys with ISI markBIS urged consumers to buy toys bearing 'ISI mark' from the market as such products have mandatory quality certification.
21 Jul, 2022, 06.48 PM IST
Centre to examine allegation of low quality steel: Chaudhary Birender SinghSingh said this while reacting to the claim of the First Construction Council (FCC) that 26 TMT bar brands in the country had failed in qua...
03 Nov, 2018, 12.07 PM IST
DHI extends cut-off date for power companies to apply new quality control regulationsManufacturers will be allowed to execute supplies without BIS certifications against confirmed purchase contracts entered into before Febru...
08 Jun, 2016, 03.20 AM IST
China's yuan holds steady as corporates cling to dollarTraders said corporates and individuals are keeping more dollars on hand as investors bet on further policy easing after the central bank c...
27 Nov, 2014, 12.38 PM IST
China, EU sign 45 bn euro currency swap agreementChina and the European Union signed a 350 billion yuan currency swap agreement, a major step in pushing international use of the Chinese cu...
10 Oct, 2013, 08.35 PM IST
Shanghai’s move to trade Yuan may hit Hong KongPlans to adopt a convertible yuan in Shanghai’s new free-trade zone are posing the biggest challenge yet to Hong Kong’s role.
25 Sep, 2013, 04.13 AM IST
- Central banks warn of new crisis if exit left too late
Governments must slash budget deficits decisively and central banks should not wait too long to raise borrowing costs as side effects from ...
28 Jun, 2010, 06.34 PM IST
- Emerging markets vulnerable to US slowdown: BIS
Emerging markets, which economists say are able to withstand the current financial crisis, could still be hurt by an economic slowdown in t...
30 Jun, 2008, 08.07 PM IST
- India's role vital in Bahrain development: PM
Bahrain's PM has praised the role played by the Indian community for the development of the Gulf country, saying the expatriates "have not ...
25 Mar, 2008, 01.34 PM IST
- Free gold import first step to capital account convertibility
The DGFT issued notification on 28 January to allow gold and silver import freely to all persons without any restriction on import through ...
29 Jan, 2004, 12.09 AM IST