New BIS standard for 'agarbattis' to ensure consumer safety, boost Rs 8,000 cr marketIndia, the world's largest agarbatti producer, has introduced a new quality standard, IS 19412:2025, to ensure consumer safety by prohibiti...
26 Dec, 2025, 04.46 PM IST
US Visa Bulletin September 2025: Employment green cards may freeze; Indian family filings openThe US September 2025 Visa Bulletin keeps most employment-based green card dates for India unchanged, with warnings of possible unavailabil...
13 Aug, 2025, 01.12 PM IST
IT layoffs, short summer and city slump weigh on India’s consumptionGlobal consumer cos are experiencing uneven growth in India, with urban markets underperforming due to softer consumer confidence and job u...
13 Aug, 2025, 10.58 AM IST
Mexico sets minimum export prices for fresh tomatoesMexico has established minimum export prices for fresh tomatoes to safeguard its domestic production and ensure sufficient internal supply ...
10 Aug, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
US Visa Bulletin for June 2025: No major relief for Indian green card aspirantsThe June 2025 Visa Bulletin reveals stagnant Final Action Dates for Indian applicants across family and employment-based categories, offeri...
13 May, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
BMW, UNICEF join hands to empower children in rural IndiaBMW Group and UNICEF joined forces to improve education for 100,000 Indian children. The program targets four states and emphasizes STEM sk...
11 Dec, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
US Visa Bulletin For September 2024: Major green card setback for many countries; are Indians facing EB-3 retrogression?The US Department of State announced significant delays for employment-based green card applicants in the September 2024 USCIS Visa Bulleti...
11 Aug, 2024, 11.04 AM IST
US Visa Bulletin for June 2024: No movement in key Green Card deadlinesUnderstanding the Visa Bulletin is indeed crucial for individuals seeking Green Cards. It serves as a roadmap, offering valuable insights i...
14 Jun, 2024, 02.03 PM IST
US Visa Bulletin for December: Check where your Green Card application standsEvery month, the Department of State assesses the backlog in various immigrant visa categories and uses this data to project priority dates...
17 Nov, 2023, 02.40 PM IST
Govt mulls cactus plantation on degraded land for biofuel, foodBudget 2023-24 could lay out a roadmap for cactus plantation and the use of the plant in driving India's energy requirements. A proposal in...
22 Dec, 2022, 12.29 AM IST
What our politicians are missing: India’s a land of cities, not villagesThe resulting misallocation of resources is making India’s blossoming urban areas well-nigh unlivable.
12 Jan, 2019, 12.29 PM IST
Government's ambitious healthcare scheme to be launched on September 25Asserting that technology will play a crucial role in the implementation of the programme, he said in four to six weeks, testing of these t...
15 Aug, 2018, 12.14 PM IST
Government should consider framing dedicated policy for BPO sector: Parliamentary panelThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, in its report, also highlighted the need to lay more emphasis on skill and ...
09 Aug, 2018, 09.09 PM IST
Delhi projected to become world's most populous city around 2028: UN reportThe projected population size of New Delhi in 2028 is about 37.2 million, surpassing Tokyo's 36.8 million, it added.
16 May, 2018, 09.14 PM IST
Income inequality in India lowest among emerging nations: OECDIndia had the lowest income gap, of the nine emerging economies studied by OECD, followed by Russia, Indonesia, Columbia and South Africa.
21 May, 2015, 06.37 PM IST
- Rough hands, cataract are key biometric challenges in India: Morpho CEO and Chairman Jean-Paul Jainsky
A veteran of the biometrics industry, Morpho CEO and Chairman Jean-Paul Jainsky shares the challenges of a biometric data collection in Ind...
27 Jan, 2011, 01.47 AM IST
- Big firms rush to tap vast mkt of poor consumers
From S Africa to Brazil, companies like Danone and Unilever are tapping rural villages and urban open-air mkts.
04 Jun, 2007, 08.35 PM IST