Nidhi Kesarwani, joint secretary, department for promotion of industry and internal trade Chennai: Expanding beyond the traditional leather and non-leather footwear clusters of Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh and aiming to boost exports, the Centre is setting up mega leather, footwear and accessories clusters in different states. The facilities will be established in Muzaffarpur in…
This armoured dinosaur sat undisturbed in an Alberta rock layer for 110 million years until a mine worker noticed something odd. Image Credits: Wikimedia Commons In 2011, a heavy equipment operator at an oil sands mine in northern Alberta was having a pretty normal work day when he spotted something unusual in the rock. What…
CHENNAI: Former Tamil Nadu BJP chief K Annamalai received a grand welcome at Chennai airport on Friday, after announcing his resignation from the BJP. Hundreds of supporters gathered to greet him and express support for his newly launched political movement, ‘We The Leader’. Several supporters were seen heading to the airport to receive Annamalai, while…
Kolkata: After a prolonged and sluggish start to monsoon, Kolkata was lashed by a torrential downpour on Friday, which ended a week-long dry spell and plunged temperatures. However, it left several city pockets waterlogged, resulting in slow traffic.According to Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) in Alipore, the city recorded approximately 53 mm of rainfall in the…
NEW DELHI: More than six years after the 2020 northeast Delhi riots rocked the capital, a special court recorded the first murder conviction in the violence, holding then Aam Aadmi Party councillor Tahir Hussain guilty of killing Intelligence Bureau (IB) staffer Ankit Sharma.Additional sessions judge Parveen Kumar Singh, presiding over a specially designated court in…
Inquiry find lapses in Covid PPE kits procurement Nearly £9.9 billion worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) bought during the Covid-19 pandemic was wasted in the UK, a public inquiry has found. It concluded that the country entered the health crisis with inadequate stockpiles and an emergency procurement system that was ill-prepared for the surge…
MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday said that widespread monsoon rainfall across the state is unlikely before June 15 and advised farmers against rushing into sowing activities based on the current spell of rain.Sharing a weather update issued by the state government, Fadnavis said that while the southwest monsoon has entered the South…
The day opens with a brighter current for you, Pisces. The Moon supports learning, expression, and intelligent choices, while Jupiter gives confidence to think ahead. You may feel more active than usual, more willing to get moving, answer pending calls, finish paperwork, or sort out a plan that’s been hanging in the air.Students especially benefit…
Pune: CM Devendra Fadnavis on Thursday said govt would examine the feasibility of developing Bhor taluka as a food processing special economic zone (SEZ) or an export hub.“We will explore the possibility of developing a food processing export hub or SEZ here. Our team will hold discussions with food processing business owners in the region…
Representative image (ANI) JAMMU: Panic gripped a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Monday after subsidence caused large cracks in agricultural fields, roads, and residential buildings, prompting district administration to shift the occupants of two severely damaged houses to safer places.Four other houses that have developed cracks have been kept under close observation,…
