New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Bangladesh’s garment industry, which generates nearly 80 per cent of the country’s export earnings, has left its rivers heavily polluted, a new report has claimed, citing the World bank data.The report from Bangladesh-based The Daily...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) has launched its largest-ever global shipbuilding tender for six container ships at an estimated cost of $720 million (around Rs 6,858 crore), according to a report.According to analysis by...
Seoul, Aug 8 (IANS) The number of heat-related illness cases reported in late summer nearly tripled in the past 10 years in South Korea, government data showed on Saturday.An annual average of 215 heat-related patients were reported from "ipchu" to...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) BRICS health ministers’ recent declaration committed the bloc to deeper cooperation in health care, and pooled expertise for collectively working towards achieving universal health coverage (UHC), a new report has said."By pooling expertise, BRICS is...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) China’s refusal to cooperate makes it extraordinarily difficult for the US to determine conclusively whether the Covid virus was engineered in Wuhan, a new report has said, adding that determining whether American agencies funded or...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Crude oil prices are likely to remain volatile next week as markets track developments around the Strait of Hormuz, while the Indian rupee could gain further ground against the US dollar if geopolitical risks remain...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The US Senate’s approval of a bill empowering President Donald Trump to impose tariffs of up to 100 per cent on top importers of Russian energy has raised concern about engineering exports from India, an...
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Gold prices surged 4.73 per cent on a weekly basis as the US Dollar weakened and weaker‑than‑expected US labour data cut the odds of further US Federal Reserve tightening.On Friday, gold futures (October) gained 0.11 per...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday said that Bihar's talent and products are now carving out a new identity in global markets.In a post on social media platform X, the minister said that...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The government has asked Meta to take corrective action against deepfakes and other harmful AI-generated content on its platforms, according to sources.They also indicated that the issue is whether a platform that actively decides what...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Consumers should continue to use E20 petrol with confidence, as the fuel supplied through the OMC network conforms to the prescribed quality specifications and is backed by robust quality assurance and monitoring systems designed to...
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The Coordinators' Conclave‑cum‑Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CSIR Integrated Skill Initiative reviewed the progress made during the first year of Phase III of the initiative, an official statement said on Saturday.The statement from...