NEW DELHI: The Centre on Wednesday said it is in touch with the United States regarding a Section 301 investigation linked to concerns over forced labour and excess industrial capacity.Earlier, the Office of the United States trade representative (USTR) named India among countries it believes follow unfair trade practices. Based on its findings, the USTR…
Japan’s rapidly ageing population is forcing a rethink of how the country supports its elderly, with some care providers turning to an unexpected workforce including bodybuilders and combat sports athletes. Companies such as Visionary have begun recruiting physically strong men to help with demanding caregiving tasks such as lifting, mobility support and daily assistance. The…
Food and beverages major PepsiCo will invest up to Rs 5,700 crore in India by 2030, with the planned spending largely aimed at expanding manufacturing capacity across its foods business, PTI reported.The investment will primarily support facilities in Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Tamil Nadu as the company looks to strengthen its footprint in one of…
NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief minister Joseph Vijay on Wednesday won the crucial floor test in the state assembly, formally proving the majority of his Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK)-led post-poll coalition.The confidence vote was held in the assembly following governor RV Arlekar’s directive asking the newly formed government to prove its majority on or before…
Lady Gaga‘s body is a diary. Every tattoo she has ever gotten tells you something true about where she was, who she loved, what she survived, or what she believed in at that exact moment in her life. With over two dozen pieces of ink spread almost entirely across the left side of her body,…
NEW DELHI: The Gauhati high court has ordered Assam government to pay Rs 25 lakh compensation to the widow of a businessman allegedly abducted, tortured and killed in police custody.A Division Bench of Justice Kalyan Rai Surana and Justice Shamima Jahan ordered the State to pay an additional Rs 20 lakh apart from the Rs…
Iranian leader’s relatives Hamideh Soleimani Afshar (left), 47, and her daughter, Sarinasadat Hosseiny, 25, had been living a lavish life in the US. After the State Department revoked the Green Cards of Hamideh Soleimani Afshar and her daughter Sarinasadat Hosseiny, the niece and the grandniece of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Major General Qasem Soleimani, the…
The Southern India Film Editor’s Association (SIFEA) has suspended film editor Pradeep E Raghav for allegedly violating union bylaws and failing to prevent the illegal online leak of the Thalapathy Vijay starrer Jana Nayagan. The decision was taken on Friday following an emergency executive committee meeting held on April 17. SIFEA suspends editor Pradeep E…
Keir Starmer and Gordon Brown Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has criticised Prime Minister Keir Starmer after the appointment of former PM Gordon Brown as a special envoy on global finance.Reacting on social media, Farage said: “An unpopular Prime Minister who lost a general election is now seen by Starmer as being the saviour. Labour…
All restrictions imposed in Delhi-NCR under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) have been revoked after a significant improvement in air quality, officials said on Monday.The Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) said that owing to favourable meteorological conditions, the air quality index (AQI) of Delhi was recorded at 119 on Monday. Delhi’s Air Pollution…