The Union health ministry addressed cough syrup quality. A meeting reviewed drug norm compliance. This followed child deaths linked to syru...

Addressing a conference here, Consumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare noted that India is poised to become the third largest economy in the ...

The secretary said MSMEs need to be more proactive in sharing their problems and asked the industry to demand new standards as well as part...

The mines ministry has proposed enforcing quality controls on the sale of primary lead, refined nickel, zinc, and tin ingots in the country...

The government issued the new quality norms for e-tailers a year ago, prohibiting them from publishing paid reviews and demanding disclosur...

The DCGI's move comes a few days after ET reported that industrial excipients are used in manufacturing medicines and over 50 companies man...

The Tea Research Association (TRA) has started a collaborative study to assess the carbon footprint of the tea industry. The study aims to ...

The other light-engineering industry products for which these norms are under consideration include pumps, door fittings, cookware and uten...

The department has floated draft control orders for all these products after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).

The move comes at a time when the government is working to formulate technical regulations, which include safety and quality standards, for...

BIS, which deals with marking and certification of goods, is also revamping its website, incorporating quality standards and information ab...

The CBSE has 20,783 schools affiliated to it across the country and abroad, with over 1.9 crore students and more than 10 lakh teachers.

With the hazard level because of air pollution plunging into the 'severe' category across Delhi, the Centre has said that it has taken conc...

"The government is giving high priority for public partnership in lane discipline, car pooling, vehicle maintenance, pollution under contro...

The U.S. regulator had in January banned imports from a separate central Indian manufacturing plant of Ipca, citing violations of standard ...

There is also a proposal to set up a dedicated group at the BIS to ensure that these standards are not just formulated, but also implemente...

Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan informed Rajya Sabha that CPCB is monitoring air quality and steps have been taken to control pollu...