NEW DELHI: Despite employing one in every four workers in manufacturing, the handicrafts and handloom (HH) sector is marred by low productivity, occupational hazards, lack of formalisation, market access including e-commerce and exports, the latest study by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) in collaboration with Crafts Council of India released on Monday showed.The gross…
KOLKATA: The civic authorities on Monday initiated a probe into the properties owned by Abhishek Banerjee and some of his associates, with officials going to several of the TMC national general secretary’s properties, including ‘Shantiniketan’ in the city, and pasting notices under Section 401 of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, 1980.The notice is KMC’s first…
NEW DELHI: The Indian Patent Office has refused to grant a patent to US pharmaceutical firm AbbVie on its Hepatitis C combination therapy glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, marketed globally as Mavyret. The combination therapy is considered a key treatment for Hepatitis C, and the availability of affordable generic versions remains critical for widening patient access. “The order demonstrates…
Tom Kane, best known for voicing Professor Utonium in the beloved animated series The Powerpuff Girls, has passed away at the age of 64. The veteran voice actor’s death was confirmed by TMZ through his representative.According to his representative, Zach McGinnis, Tom Kane died due to complications arising from the stroke he suffered in 2020….
Police have filed an FIR against two cops for allegedly submitting the ‘statement’ of a dead man in connection with the murder of a US-based woman in Ludhiana, reports Payal Dhawan.Former Dehlon SHO Sukhjinder Singh and head constable Sanjiv Kumar were charged with evidence tampering, distorting official records and fabricating documents. Rupinder Kaur (72), was…
LUCKNOW: UP CM Yogi Adityanath on Monday defended his govt’s ban on offering namaz on roads, saying prayers should be held at designated places of worship and offered “in shifts” if there is a space crunch, rather than by blocking public spaces.Speaking at an event organised by a news daily in Lucknow, Yogi said roads…
KOLKATA: Bengal’s BJP govt moved Monday to stamp out religion-based aid such as honorariums for mosque functionaries and priests, with CM Suvendu Adhikari asserting that “it was not the govt’s job to distribute doles to imams, muezzins and purohits”.“Financial assistance to imams, muezzins and purohits is being discontinued. A fresh notification will be issued listing…
NEW DELHI: Govt’s fertiliser subsidy bill for 2026-27 may surge by Rs 70,000 crore to Rs 2.4 lakh crore because of rising import costs of urea and other fertilisers amid the ongoing West Asia crisis, officials said on Monday. There is enough stock and imports are lined up to meet the requirement of Kharif crops,…
KOLKATA: Making his intent clear to drive out alleged illegal immigrants from West Bengal, chief minister Suvendu Adhikari Monday said “detection and deletion” from the electoral rolls had already been done, and “deportation” would begin soon. He also said that the state govt had initiated the process for the Census exercise, which he alleged was…
NEW DELHI: With countries developing new defence systems at a faster pace amid ongoing conflicts, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal (ACM) A P Singh has a word of advice for Indian defence agencies involved in research and development (R&D): they must “innovate at the speed of relevance”.“We need to increase the speed because the system…