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Noida/Ghaziabad: Soon after the US and Israel went to war with Iran, Nand Lal realised how shaky the lifeline of his business is. A tea and cigarette seller at Sector 57 in Noida, Nand Lal found half his business wiped out when his gas cylinder exhausted on March 15. His usual black market supplier pleaded helplessness. So Nand Lal got his domestic cylinder to his shop. It was a Hobson's choice. Of what use is a cylinder if there's no money in the house to buy ingredients? By March 20, that cyli ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India's vast informal industrial sector using coal is cautiously building buffers, with brick kilns, small foundries and other smaller energy-intensive units gradually stockpiling the fuel in anticipation of a price increase triggered by global price pressure amid the West Asia crisis. Industry participants said the trend picked up over the last one week as these units, typically operating outside long-term fuel linkages, now anticipate higher spot prices led by international coal pr ...Read More >
FIROZABAD, India, April 2 (Reuters) - Famed as India's "Glass City" with a four-century tradition of glassmaking, Firozabad's furnaces are now burning low, putting thousands of day labourers out of work in what would normally be peak season. The industry has been crippled by the war in the Middle East because of its intense energy needs. Gas-fired heat chambers need to run constantly at above 1,000 degrees Celsius (1,832 degrees Fahrenheit) to keep the glass molten and prevent defects. India's ...Read More >
FIROZABAD, India - The furnaces in Firozabad, famed as India's "Glass City" with a four-century tradition of glassmaking, are now burning low, putting thousands of day labourers out of work in what would normally be peak season. The industry has been crippled by the war in the Middle East because of its intense energy needs. Gas-fired heat chambers need to run constantly at above 1,000 deg C to keep the glass molten and prevent defects. India's heavy reliance on gas across the economy - busine ...Read More >
MORBI (India), April 1 -- Blazing-hot kilns in India's US$6.5 billion (RM26.2 billion) ceramics manufacturing hub employing hundreds of thousands of people have gone cold, shut down in an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war. At a cavernous facility in Morbi, in India's western Gujarat state, a 200-metre-long propane-powered kiln that normally fires clay nonstop is silent. It is one of hundreds of plants supplying homeware tiles across the world that have been forced to suspend operation ...Read More >
Hundreds of ceramics manufacturing plants in India have shut down due to an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war Blazing-hot kilns in India's $6.5 billion ceramics manufacturing hub employing hundreds of thousands of people have gone cold, shut down in an energy crunch caused by the Middle East war. At a cavernous facility in Morbi, in India's western Gujarat state, a 200-metre-long propane-powered kiln that normally fires clay nonstop is silent. It is one of hundreds of plants supplyin ...Read More >
Pilibhit (UP), Oct 28 (PTI) A man and his daughter from Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district were burned to death in front of their family members when a private bus carrying labourers caught fire after coming in contact with a high-tension power line in Jaipur on Tuesday, police said. According to police, several passengers managed to jump out of the bus, while 10 others were injured. Naseem (50), who had been working as a labourer at a brick kiln in Manoharpur, Jaipur, for the past three years, ...Read More >
Jaipur: Two people were killed and six injured when a bus carrying 65 passengers, mostly labourers from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, caught fire after coming into contact with an 11 kV overhead power line in Todi village, Manoharpur, roughly 55 km from Jaipur Tuesday morning.Additional SP Tejpal Singh said the deceased were in the process of deboarding the bus near a brick kiln, when it came into contact with the power line. Bystanders and some passengers had tried to warn the driver of the hazard j ...Read More >
In another major bus accident in Jaipur, two people were burnt to death after the vehicle carrying labourers came in contact with a high-tension power line. An 11,000-kilovolt power line broke and fell onto the bus, leading to an electric shock and fire. Ten labourers on board had come from Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly to work at a brick kiln in Todi. Five of the labourers are in critical condition and have been referred to Sawai Maan Singh Hospital in Jaipur. Four others are being treated at the S ...Read More >
Jaipur: Tragic news has emerged from Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan. A bus full of labourers met with an accident after coming into contact with a high-tension power line in the Manoharpur police station area of the district on Tuesday, 28 October 2025, morning. Three labourers died in the accident, while more than 10 others were seriously burned. The accident caused chaos at the scene. Hearing the screams, people rushed to the scene and informed the police. It is reported that the bus was ca ...Read More >
Jammu: The first freight train carrying industrial salt from Gujarat arrived in Kashmir on Friday, a senior railway official said.The first ever freight to reach Kashmir was on Aug 9 this year, carrying cement from Punjab.Uchit Singhal, senior divisional commercial manager (SDCM) of Jammu division of Northern Railway, said the first 21-wagon rail consignment of 1,350 tonnes of industrial salt from Kharaghoda goods shed in Gujarat arrived at Anantnag goods shed on Oct 17."This industrial salt is ...Read More >
New Delhi, Sep 24 (PTI) The red brick industry has urged the government to reduce GST rates to 5 per cent and remove the sector from the Special Composition Scheme. Currently, red bricks under the Special Composition Scheme attract 6 per cent GST and 12 per cent with ITC. The threshold for GST levy is Rs 20 lakh turnover. The new two-slab GST (Goods and Services Tax) structure of 5 per cent and 18 per cent has replaced the earlier four-rate duty regime following the GST Council's sweeping refo ...Read More >
Ahmedabad : On Engineer's Day, Adani Cement, the world's ninth-largest building materials and solutions company and part of the diversified Adani Group Portfolio, announced the launch of 'Adani Cement FutureX', a nationwide academia-industry engagement programme designed to connect classrooms with real-world infrastructure and sustainability challenges. The launch of Adani Cement FutureX emerges as a timely, industry-led solution to build a future-ready workforce aligned with the Government's Y ...Read More >
The authorities in Kashmir have mandated the immediate shutdown of all unlicensed brick-kilns within an 8-kilometer radius of the Srinagar airport. This measure aims to bolster air quality and visibility for incoming and outgoing flights, as revealed by officials on Saturday. During a meeting of the airfield environment management committee, chaired by Kashmir Divisional Commissioner Anshul Garg, who also heads the panel, participants underscored the importance of collaborative efforts to maint ...Read More >
The story highlights the plight of migrant families, particularly children, working in brick kilns in Uttar Pradesh. Despite the promise of income, families often remain in poverty, with children missing out on education and other basic rights. The systemic exploitation keeps them trapped in a cycle of labor. In Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, countless migrant families toil in brick kilns, with many children like 12-year-old Rajni bearing the brunt of invisible labor. While parents strive fo ...Read More >
Bulandshahr/Aligarh, Jul 20 (PTI) In the scorching May heat, 12-year-old Rajni cradles her infant sister while stirring watery dal simmering in a soot-blackened aluminium pot outside her hut in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district. Just as the thin lentils begin to look ready, she pours more water into the pot in a bid to stretch the modest meal, which otherwise wouldn't be enough to feed her family of eight. When asked how it tastes, Rajni responds in a defensive tone: "This is not bad... It's be ...Read More >
The police in Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, have resolved the murder case of a 24-year-old man. The man was allegedly killed by three friends after he refused to dismantle a mini truck he drove. The plan was to sell the truck's parts for money on the night of Muharram, July 6, according to Superintendent of Police Ajay Kumar. Identified as Sawud Ansari, the victim hailed from Durgi basti in Barkakana. His father filed an FIR after Sawud went missing during the Muharram festival. The police found ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 9 (ANI): Following the violent protest at Kerala University, a case has been registered against 27 activists of the ruling CPM's Students Federation of India (SFI), including its state secretary P S Sanjeev, who has been named the prime accused, police said. The case also names 1,000 identifiable protesters who have been accused of damaging public property, forcibly entering the university campus, and assaulting police and university staff, police said ...Read More >
Patna: A notorious criminal, who was aware of the murder plot of businessman Gopal Khemka, was killed in a police encounter at Damaria Ghat in Patna City area early on Tuesday, police said. The accused, Vikas alias Raja (30), a native of Nalanda district, had several criminal cases registered against him.The encounter occurred around 3.30am when police, acting on intelligence inputs, attempted to arrest Raja for interrogation in connection with the Khemka murder investigation. On spotting the ap ...Read More >
Patna, July 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tension prevailed in the Malsalami area of Bihar's Patna after the encounter of Vikas Kumar alias Raja, an alleged "arms dealer", with his family, alleging foul play by the Bihar STF and SIT teams. As news of the encounter reached his home, Vikas's family members rushed to the spot, creating a scene and accusing the police of killing an innocent person. His mother claimed that although there were two to four cases against Vikas, he was working in Chennai and had ...Read More >
All buses, tourist and commercial vehicles entering Delhi to have cleaner fuel modes In a move to combat air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) and adjoining areas, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) convened two pivotal high-level review meetings in Chandigarh which were attended by Chairperson and members of the Commission, senior officials, Chief Secretaries and officers from Haryana and Punjab. Both the meetings aimed to boost inter-departmental coordination and e ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): In a concerted effort to accelerate coordinated action towards abatement of air pollution in the region, the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) under the Chairmanship of Rajesh Verma, held two significant high-level review meetings on July 3. The senior officials of the Commission, along with the Chief Secretaries and senior officers of the two State Governments, Haryana and Punjab, were present at the meeting. According to ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) Chairperson of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) Rajesh Verma on Thursday chaired a meeting regarding implementation of various environmental directives for abatement of air pollution in Haryana. During the meeting, Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi unveiled a comprehensive and multi-pronged strategy to combat air pollution across the state, particularly in the NCR region. Among others, the meeting was also attended by senior members of CAQM, Virinder Sh ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Jul 3 (PTI) Chairperson of Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) Rajesh Verma on Thursday chaired a meeting regarding implementation of various environmental directives for abatement of air pollution in Haryana. During the meeting, Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi unveiled a comprehensive and multi-pronged strategy to combat air pollution across the state, particularly in the NCR region. Also Read | Delhi: Moisturiser Bottle Gets Stuck in Woman's Private Parts After Sh ...Read More >
Srinagar- Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday inaugurated a buyer-seller meet here to empower local artisans and boost the economy. "The Chief Minister inaugurated the Buyer-Seller Meet at SKICC today. The initiative aims to empower artisans and strengthen the local economy by creating direct market linkages and promoting local products. The meet is hosting 15 international and 30 national buyers," Omar posted on his official X handle. Talking to reporters later, Omar said the effectiveness ...Read More >
Lucknow: Ensuring that every child has access to school, the state govt is launching the 'School Har Din Aaye Abhiyan' (SHARDA) from July 1.A statewide household survey will be conducted during academic session 2025-26 to identify and reconnect children with formal schooling.The initiative will be carried out in phases, with the first survey running from July 1 to July 31, and the second from Aug 16 to Sep 15. All rural and urban households, including slums, brick kilns, mines, hotels, tribal re ...Read More >
In numerous parts of Africa, the struggle for clean drinking water continues due to resource constraints and insufficient infrastructure. Finding and applying affordable water purification techniques is crucial. This article explores various cost-effective methods that can be employed to guarantee the supply of safe drinking water. It focuses on simple and readily available solutions, addressing the needs of communities seeking a sustainable resolution to this critical challenge. One of the che ...Read More >
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