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Ratlam (Madhya Pradesh): Ratlam police dismantled an illegal drug manufacturing unit hidden inside a poultry farm in Borkheda village, arresting four suspects, including the alleged kingpin, in an operation carried out under the jurisdiction of Piploda Police Station. Acting on a tip-off, a joint police team was formed under the direction of SP Amit Kumar and ASP Vivek Kumar. The operation was led by SDOP Jaora Sandeep Malviya, with personnel from the Cyber Cell, Piploda Police Station, Jaora C ...Read More >
Surat, March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Five members of a family, including four women and a four-year-old child, died after a fire broke out in a residential building in the Limbayat area of Surat on Tuesday morning, officials said. The incident was reported at around 11 a.m. in the Mithi Khadi locality, where a ground-plus-two-storey house caught fire. According to initial information, the blaze is believed to have started on the ground floor while cooking was underway, possibly due to a gas leak, ...Read More >
Sanand (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): India is on track to witness the establishment of its first semiconductor fabrication plant in Dholera by 2028. This follows a rapid expansion of the domestic industry, with four semiconductor plants expected to be ready by 2026 and two more by 2027, said Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw. Addressing the gathering at the inauguration of the Kaynes Semicon Plant at Sanand, Gujarat, Vaishnaw outlined the progress ...Read More >
Surat: Four women and a child were killed after a fire broke out in a three-storey house in Gujarat's Surat city on Tuesday morning, police said. The incident occurred in the Mithi Khadi locality under Limbayat police station area at around 10 am, when a family was busy packing sarees using foam sheets. Fire brigade teams and ambulances rushed to the spot soon after the blaze was reported and carried out a rescue operation, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Kanan Desai said. "Since today is ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's real GDP growth for the next fiscal could erode by around 1 percentage point, while retail inflation could rise by about 1.5 percentage points from their baseline estimates if the West Asia conflict persists through the next fiscal, an EY report said. The EY Economy Watch report said that several sectors, including employment-intensive sectors like textiles, paints, chemicals, fertilizers, cement and tires, could be directly impacted. Any reduction in employment or incomes i ...Read More >
Sanand (Gujarat), March 31 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Tuesday said four semiconductor plants are expected to be ready in India by 2026, as he outlined an accelerated roadmap for the sector following the inauguration of a new facility in Gujarat. In comments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kaynes Semicon's OSAT plant in Sanand, Vaishnaw said: "In 2026, four plants will be ready, and two plants in 2027. India's fir ...Read More >
Two Indian liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers with a combined cargo of around 94,000 tonnes have safely transited the Strait of Hormuz and are heading towards Mumbai and Mangalore, the ministry of petroleum and natural gas (MoPNG) said in a statement. 'BW TYR is proceeding towards Mumbai with an expected time of arrival on March 31, and BW ELM is en route to New Mangalore with estimated arrival date of April 1,' the ministry said in an update on maritime safety and shipping operations in th ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30: All refineries are operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories, and sufficient stocks of petrol and diesel are being maintained while domestic LPG production from refineries has been increased to support local consumption, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Monday. Although LPG supply continues to be affected due to the prevailing geopolitical situation, no dry-outs have been reported at LPG distributorships. Most LPG distributorships also opera ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) As many as 19 ships with LPG, crude oil and LNG meant for India are currently stranded in the Strait of Hormuz due to the escalating war in West Asia. At an inter-ministerial briefing on the fallout of developments in West Asia, Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Special Secretary in the Ministry of Ports, Shipping, and Waterways, said 10 foreign-flagged vessels with energy cargo for India are currently stranded. These include 3 vessels with LPG, four crude oil tankers and three lique ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) All refineries are operating at high capacity with adequate crude inventories, and sufficient stocks of petrol and diesel are being maintained while domestic LPG production from refineries has been increased to support local consumption, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas said on Monday. Although LPG supply continues to be affected due to the prevailing geopolitical situation, no dry-outs have been reported at LPG distributorships. Most LPG distributo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30: Hair has always been a significant part of the personality of celebrities and Bollywood actors. People have been copying the hairstyles of their favorite stars, whether it's Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, or anyone else. An impressive hairstyle adds to an actor's powerful on-screen presence. But even actors and celebrities have to face hair loss and baldness issues at some point in their lives. While many actors like Rajinikanth and Akshaye Khanna use ...Read More >
PNN New Delhi [India], March 30: Hair has always been a significant part of the personality of celebrities and Bollywood actors. People have been copying the hairstyles of their favorite stars, whether it's Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, or anyone else. An impressive hairstyle adds to an actor's powerful on-screen presence. But even actors and celebrities have to face hair loss and baldness issues at some point in their lives. While many actors like Rajinikanth and Akshaye Khanna ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 12 (ANI): Police in the Mailardevpally area on Thursday have arrested two persons, identified as Mohammed Ziyauddin and Mohammed Mazhar Ali, for allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated ginger paste from houses in Subhan Colony, Alli Nagar. The arrests followed a police raid on March 11, after authorities received reliable information about the use of harmful ingredients in violation of food safety regulations. The individuals were operating under the ...Read More >
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], March 12 (ANI): Police in the Mailardevpally area on Thursday have arrested two persons, identified as Mohammed Ziyauddin and Mohammed Mazhar Ali, for allegedly manufacturing and selling adulterated ginger paste from houses in Subhan Colony, Alli Nagar. The arrests followed a police raid on March 11, after authorities received reliable information about the use of harmful ingredients in violation of food safety regulations. The individuals were operating under the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 17 (PTI) As the Delhi government moves ahead with plans to develop "smog-eating" surfaces in the city, environmental experts on Wednesday warned that such technological interventions should not replace efforts to curb pollution at its source. Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa on Wednesday announced that the government has signed a memorandum of understanding with IIT Madras to identify and develop photocatalytic or "smog-eating" surfaces, which will be tested in se ...Read More >
India's exports to the US in November rose 22% on-year to $6.98 billion, despite the 50% tariff that Washington levies on imports from India since August. This is faster than the 19.38% growth in India's total outbound shipments in November and 2.62% in April-November. New Delhi: Led by engineering goods, chemicals and farm products, India's merchandise exports to the US rose 11.38% on-year in April-November FY26 at $59.04 billion, reflecting strong momentum in India-US trade ties, data release ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: Odisha is poised to emerge as a major pharma hub in eastern India by manufacturing quality medicines and developing advanced devices for treatment, said Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi here Tuesday. Addressing the Odisha Pharma Summit 2025, Majhi said that the government is fulfilling all the requirements to make Odisha the first choice state for investors. The CM said he is also committed to developing non-traditional industries in the state. "Odisha is currently one of the best ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): The trade deficit of the country is likely to settle around current levels of November in the near to medium term, with a weaker rupee expected to help keep the gap between exports and imports under control, according to a report by Nuvama. The report stated that the overall export performance in FY26 so far has continued to soften. It added that the moderation in global trade could put additional pressure on India's export outlook in the coming months. In ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal held discussions with Tatsuo Yasunaga, Chairman of the Japan-India Business Cooperation Committee (JIBCC), to explore ways to further strengthen trade and economic ties between India and Japan. In a social media post, the Commerce Minister said that he had a productive discussion with Tatsuo Yasunaga and his delegation. Also Read | VB-G RAM G Bill 2025: 5 Key Changes in India's Rural Employment Law Repla ...Read More >
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has tasked food safety officers with collecting samples of both branded and unbranded eggs for testing at 10 laboratories across the country, according to three officials familiar with the development. The regulator is specifically testing for traces of nitrofuran metabolites -- a potentially harmful class of antibiotics at the centre of the controversy -- to ensure that residues remain strictly within the permissible safety limit (MRPL) of 1 ...Read More >
MUMBAI: The Anti-Narcotics Cell of the Mira-Bhayander-Vasai-Virar (MBVV) police crime branch has busted a mephedrone (MD) manufacturing unit operating from a shed behind a poultry farm in Jhunjhunu district in Rajasthan, seizing contraband and equipment worth ₹100 crore. According to the police, 11 persons have been arrested so far, including a suspect believed to be associated with the Dawood Ibrahim gang, for manufacturing and peddling the synthetic drug. MBVV police commissioner Niket Kaush ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's exports grew at their fastest pace in over three years, rising 19.4% to $38.1 billion in Nov on the back of a jump in shipments to the US and China. With imports falling 2% to $62.7 billion, the trade deficit narrowed to $24.6 billion, the lowest level since June.India's exports to the US are estimated to have increased 22.6% to $7 billion in Nov despite the impact of 50% additional tariffs, while the value of consignments going to China rose 90% to $2.2 billion. In fact, in N ...Read More >
-- Jordan-India Business Forum to be held on Tuesday -- Two countries are linked by several bilateral agreements, MoUs AMMAN -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jordan underscores the strength of bilateral relations and the Kingdom's expanding international standing, grounded in a foreign policy based on trust, cooperation and mutual respect under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah, the Indian Embassy in Amman said. The visit highlights the close ties between Jordan and ...Read More >
A-1 Limited informs the stock exchanges that it has entered a new long-term supply agreement for concentrated nitric acid. The tri-partite deal involves Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited, Solar Industries India Limited with its group companies, and A-1 Limited. The committed quantity is 10,000 metric tonnes. Supplies are scheduled between November 2025 and March 2026. Under this supply structure, Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited will produce and sell c ...Read More >
CHENNAI: By growing its merchandise exports by 19.38 per cent in November, India has proved that no global uncertainty, slump in demand in its markets or trade tariff can affect its shipments. India also does not need a trade deal with the US as the shipments to the country have grown 22.6 per cent in November despite reciprocal and punitive tariffs of 50 per cent. As per the government trade data released on Monday, merchandise exports in November were up 19.38 per cent to $38.13 billion again ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], December 15 (ANI): The recent depreciation of the Indian rupee has reignited debate on whether a weaker currency genuinely enhances India's export competitiveness. A new report by Systematix Research says that currency depreciation delivers uneven outcomes across sectors and, in many cases, worsens the trade balance rather than improving it According to the report, sectors such as electronics, chemicals, machinery and petroleum products do see an apparent export benefit from ...Read More >
At least nine people were killed and 32 injured late Friday in Indian-administered Kashmir in an accidental blast that happened while officials were inspecting bomb-making materials recently seized as part of an investigation into a terror network, the police said. The police had announced the discovery of the cache on Monday, the same day a car exploded in India's capital, killing at least eight people. The Indian government has said it is treating the blast in New Delhi as a terror attack, an ...Read More >
Srinagar/New Delhi, Nov 16 (PTI) Preliminary investigations into the accidental explosion that ripped through the Nowgam police station late Friday night, killing nine people, suggest that the use of excessive lighting by the forensic team may have triggered the massive blast, officials said Sunday. The explosion, which authorities maintain was an accident and not a terror attack, occurred around 11:20 pm while a team was extracting samples from the final boxes of seized explosive material tran ...Read More >
The blast occurred when personnel were handling the explosive material that had been brought from Haryana's Faridabad, they said. The material, part of the 360 kilograms of explosives recovered from the rented residence of arrested doctor Muzammil Ganaie, was being sampled as part of the ongoing investigation, the officials said. The bodies have been taken to Police Control Room Srinagar. At least 24 police personnel and three civilians were admitted to various hospitals in the city, the offici ...Read More >
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has revealed startling details in its probe into the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) laddu ghee adulteration case, uncovering that an Uttarakhand-based dairy, which never procured a single drop of milk or butter, managed to supply 68 lakh kg of ghee worth ₹250 crore to the temple trust between 2019 and 2024, according to a report by The Times of India (TOI). Citing the CBI-led Special Investigation Team's (SIT) findings, TOI reported that Bhole Ba ...Read More >
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