Orissa collegium cleared names despite objectionsThe recommendations were among the last files cleared by outgoing CJ Vineet Saran on May 15, who has since been appointed a Supreme Court j...
BS Bassi was short-listed twice for Information Commissioner post, D.P. Sinha was surprise choiceDocuments show Search Committe short-listed Bassi’s name for the post on November 16 last year and again on January 19.
Textiles Ministry terms proposed effluent norms as 'stringent'In a letter to the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Textiles Secretary SK Panda has said the proposed standards would make the zero liq...
Markets could rise 2% more from Thursday’s closingOI on mkts hitting 8K rose to 78 lakh shares on Thursday from 62.5 lakh shares on Tuesday, while the price per share rose 74%.
Soon, a direct benefit transfer scheme for cotton farmersThe centre plans to introduce a Direct Benefit Transfer scheme for cotton farmers in response to a slowdown in global cotton consumption.
Lot size revision in F&O puts small traders in a spotThe National Stock Exchange (NSE) increased the market lot sizes of derivatives contracts in 151 stocks including several blue-chip compani...
Textile ministry considers duty cut as Indian garment sector loses out due to heavy fibre dutyThe textile ministry is in consultation with the finance and revenue departments to examine the possibility of a duty cut on man-made fibre.
How Modi government is planning to make Varanasi the hub of handloom products"The government is serious about linking fashion and modern designs to handloom," says SK Panda, Union textiles secretary.
- Making One Plus One Eleven: Union textiles secretary SK Panda’s book packages Tripura’s best practices
The book is an attempt to highlight some of the administrative achievements witnessed in the North-eastern state of Tripura.
8 apparel manufacturing centers to be set up in North-eastAccording to the new policy, assets of the proposed factories will be jointly owned by the Centre and the state government concerned.
Government's bid to aid Varanasi weavers: Making Banarasi sari appealing to youth“We are trying to do innovative ways to make Banarasi more desirable to the urban customer,“ said SK Panda, secretary at the textiles minis...
Election Results 2014: Left's performance in Lok Sabha polls sees drastic declineIn a severe jolt, the Left parties were rendered virtually politically irrelevant in the elections to the 16th Lok Sabha winning only 10 se...
- Naveen orders judicial probe into students death
Orissa CM Naveen Patnaik announced that retired Orissa High Court judge S.K. Mohanty would conduct probe into the deaths of two students in...
- Montek expects inflation to hit single digit by March next
Planning Commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has said that the soaring inflation in the country is likely to cool down furthe...
- SBI rejigs top deck, Guha in key position
The top management at the State Bank of India and its subsidiaries have been silently rejigged.
- Tribals get more say over forests at last
The Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Bill to give triba...
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In response to the argument that academicians don’t facilitate industry demands, there is a small group of professors who are actually tryi...