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Root cause: India’s spice crown under threat as quality concerns trace back to farmsFarm-level traceability, quality, value addition, and branding are key to converting export scale into global trust, according to experts.
Drug regulator oversight sought for nutraceuticals; NGO flags quality, pricing concernsA Gujarat NGO is pushing the government to regulate nutraceuticals like medicines. They cite concerns about product quality and unregulated...
Western ghats panel aims at 'acceptable formula' for ecologically sensitive areaThe recent landslides in Wayanad have reignited calls for finalizing the long-pending Ecologically Sensitive Area (ESA) notification for th...
CAG audit flags huge cost overruns in Dwarka Expressway projectThe National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)'s decision to opt for elevated carriageway on the Haryana portion of the expressway has pus...
Pegasus snooping row: SC appointed expert committee submits interim report; hearing on Feb 23Last year, the apex court had appointed an expert technical committee, headed by former top court judge to look into the allegations of sno...
Covid measures for poor, job loss to come under house panel scrutinyParliamentary standing committees, led by Opposition MPs, have added new subjects for examination by the panels which would bring under scr...
UGC ‘derecognises’ open courses of 35 universitiesOn Friday, the UGC’s distance education bureau notified that universities not running the same/similar course in regular mode for the past ...
Will PNB investors suffer?The biggest ever banking fraud, which has engulfed PNB, could trigger a rating downgrade.
Likely credit downgrade to spell loss for MF investorsEmails sent to some fund houses did not elicit response, although several fund managers, speaking on conditions of anonymity, acknowledged ...
Promoters of the 200 delisted firms told to buy back sharesWhole-time directors, promoters & group cos will also be debarred from securities market for 10 yrs.
Top-ranking institutions to be exempt from UGC's reviewThe framework for `Graded Autonomy' will hinge on the score of an institution given by the AAA peer team and the National Institutional Ran...
From now on performance to determine autonomy of educational institutionsThe blueprint for this new regime is ready and the draft UGC (Grant of Graded Autonomy to Institutions of Higher Education) Regulations 201...
Ambedkar National Award: Shortage of deserving candidates working for upliftment of weaker sectionInstituted in 1992 as part of Babasaheb’s birth centenary celebrations, award was to be conferred on a person or organisation working for s...
Government may cut subsidy to P&K fertilisers if MRP is unreasonableThe government has been implementing Nutrient Based Subsidy policy for decontrolled phosphate and potash (P&K) fertilisers since April 2010.
CBFC may approve grading system, separate screens for movies with ‘A’ contentThe committee headed by Shyam Benegal, set for its first meeting on February 16 in Mumbai, is likely to make several recommendations, he to...
Certain provisions in Trademarks Act unconstitutional: Madras High CourtMadras High Court declared asunconstitutional a sub-section of Trade Marks Act, 1999 whichqualifies a member of Indian Legal Service to the...
Government to review senior public sector bank appointmentsSenior finance ministry officials told TOI that a review has become necessary in view of the irregularities that have come to light.
- Sesa Goa expects iron ore production to drop by 24%
Sesa Goa expects iron ore production in the current fiscal year to fall by about 24% due to regulatory constraints and production caps.
- No differences with government on Pay Panel: General Kapoor
The armed forces said they had no differences with the government, amid reports that Defence Minister A K Antony had conveyed his unhappine...
- Moody's begins investigation on report bug caused ‘Aaa’ grades
Moody’s Investors Service said it’s conducting ‘a thorough review’ of whether a computer error was responsible for assigning ‘Aaa’ ratings ...