India, Pakistan to soon ink customs cooperation deal
September 4th, 2012 - 7:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) India and Pakistan will sign deals in the next few weeks for cooperation and mutual assistance in customs matters and redressal of trade grievances, Commerce ... Read more...
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Centre, Bengal spar over food grain allotment utilisation
July 11th, 2012 - 12:37 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 10 (IANS) Accusing the West Bengal government with under-utilising food grain allotment for backward districts, union Food minister K.V. Thomas Tuesday said the state used just 12.7 percent ... Read more...
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Krishna meets top Egyptian leaders
March 4th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, March 4 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna met top Egyptian leaders including Supreme Council of Armed Forces chairman Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and Prime Minister Kamal ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan to ink three trade deals
February 14th, 2012 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Feb 14 (IANS) India and Pakistan are likely to sign three pacts Wednesday that will substantially reduce barriers to bilateral trade.A Pakistan cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister ... Read more...
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Standards made mandatory for consumer items
January 31st, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Manufacturers and traders of consumer items like mineral water, baby food, tea, coffee and soap, besides other articles, will have to sell the products only ... Read more...
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Indian delegation to educate Pakistani businessmen
January 24th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 24 (IANS) An Indian delegation is to visit Pakistan to familiarise the country's business community with the best practices required to enter the Indian market.The delegation will consist ... Read more...
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BIS working on nano-technology standard
January 17th, 2012 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) Gearing up for the future, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) is giving priority to standardization in new areas like nanotechnology, energy efficiency, new renewable ... Read more...
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Hallmarking of gold made mandatory
January 4th, 2012 - 3:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) The union cabinet Wednesday made hallmarking of gold mandatory for greater quality control in the trade of the precious metal, official sources said.It also decided ... Read more...
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Two held for kidnapping, killing lawyer’s son
November 26th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IANS) A 28-year-old employee of the Bureau of Indian Standards, the son of a senior advocate, was abducted and murdered by two acquaintances after they failed ... Read more...
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‘No increase in drug resistance in cholera bacteria’
April 13th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday said that there had been no evidence of increase in drug resistance in cholera and other diarrhoea causing bacteria and these ... Read more...
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IGNOU centre at Tihar gets quality certificate
December 9th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) study centre at Tihar Jail here has received a certificate of quality from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), an ... Read more...
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Hallmarking of gold as quality assurance stuck in logjam
October 24th, 2010 - 5:13 pm ICT by IANS
By Rana Ajit
New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) All that glitters is gold, or is it really so? A quality benchmark survey has revealed 15-20 percent adulteration in 22-carat gold jewellery, but the ... Read more...
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Govt. approves new symbol for Indian Rupee
August 26th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug.26 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved new symbol for the Indian Rupee to be used by all individuals/entities within and outside India after its incorporation in `Unicode Standard', ... Read more...
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Delhi to crack down on illegal plants bottling water
June 21st, 2010 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) With illegal plants bottling water springing up in the capital, the Delhi government said Monday it would crack down on such units and also carry out checks ... Read more...
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Check illegal bottled water units, court tells Delhi
May 30th, 2010 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) In an attempt to prevent spread of water-borne diseases in summer, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to tighten the noose around illegal units manufacturing ... Read more...
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Court bans 15-year-old commercial vehicles in Tripura
March 26th, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, March 26 (IANS) Guwahati High Court has directed the Tripura government to phase out commercial vehicles that are more than 15 years old to check pollution.
The court also told the traffic ... Read more...
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Indo-US ties to go beyond trade standards, conformance
February 16th, 2010 - 6:51 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Feb.16 (ANI): With trade ties between India and USA set to further expand, the role of standards and conformance assessment in facilitating global trade was re-emphasised by Rajiv Agarwal, Secretary, ... Read more...
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Antony inaugurates state-of-art office of defence accounts
October 7th, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 7 (ANI): Defence Minister AK Antony inaugurated today a new building complex of the Defence Accounts Department (DAD).The state-of-the-art headquarters of the DAD, built by the Defence Research ... Read more...
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Court tells dealers to sell helmets with two-wheelers
July 30th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) It's official and it's also compulsory - the Delhi High Court Thursday asked all two-wheeler dealers in the capital to make sure that their customers take home ... Read more...
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Sabarimala temple prepares for annual pilgrimage frenzy
November 13th, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 13 (IANS) Kerala's famed Sabarimala temple is getting set to receive nearly five million devotees during the two-month-long annual pilgrimage season that begins Sunday. Facilities being made available for pilgrims ... Read more...
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Quality controller to outsource ISI mark inspection work
August 5th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, Aug 5(IANS) The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) will outsource its inspection work in order to check illegal usage of its Indian Standards Institute (ISI) mark in Uttar Pradesh, officials here ... Read more...
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Freight charges hit Pakistani cement exports to India
May 10th, 2008 - 3:34 pm ICT by admin
By Muhammad Najeeb
Islamabad, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan's cement exports to India have slowed down because of rising freight charges and non-availability of railway wagons despite increasing orders, say exporters. Officials of the ... Read more...
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CERS sounds warning on inferior Chinese lamps
May 2nd, 2008 - 5:45 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, May 2 (IANS) A test done recently on decorative lamps by the Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS) here has revealed that Chinese lamps were not only of inferior quality but ... Read more...
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Kerala minister accused of sheltering baby food firms
March 18th, 2008 - 7:39 pm ICT by admin
Thiruvananthapuram, March 18 (IANS) Kerala's opposition parties Tuesday accused Health Minister P.K. Sreemathi of going soft on two companies manufacturing baby food items without license. The entire opposition walked out of the ... Read more...
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Test marketing of fibreglass LPG cylinders to begin soon
March 5th, 2008 - 12:00 am ICT by admin
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) State-owned oil marketing companies (OMCs) would start test marketing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in fibreglass cylinders in select cities, Minister of State for Petroleum Dinsha Patel ... Read more...
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Time to ‘cement’ India-Pakistan ties
February 28th, 2008 - 11:12 pm ICT by admin
By Devirupa Mitra
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) It's time to cement ties - with Pakistan's cement manufacturers hoping to ramp up exports now that the uncertainty over the elections has ended and the ... Read more...
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Gujarat to boost diamond and jewellery business
February 19th, 2008 - 6:59 pm ICT by admin
Ahmedabad, Feb 19 (IANS) Facing stiff challenges from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu in the diamond and jewellery business, Gujarat is now evolving new strategies to retain its supremacy in the sector. The ... Read more...
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Defective thermometers brands abound
February 2nd, 2008 - 2:45 pm ICT by admin
By Ami Sharma
Ahmedabad, Feb.2 (ANI): In a shocking revelation, the Consumer Education Research Society in Ahmedabad during in-house tests on popular clinical thermometers (mercury and digital) has found at least 16 popular ... Read more...
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