THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Actor Mohanlal said that the Malayalam film industry is going through a huge crisis and that it is unfair to crucify only the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (Amma) because there are 21 associations in the film industry. This is his first public reaction to the allegations of harassment that have surfaced since the…
Fire breaks out at factory in Delhi’s Narela Industrial area NEW DELHI: A massive fire broke out at a plastic granules factory in the Narela industrial area on Wednesday morning, Delhi Fire Services officials said.“We received a call regarding the fire at 6.34 am at a factory in Narela. We have rushed 25 fire vehicles…
NEW DELHI: Hours after deleting social media post on 100 per cent reservation for Kannadiga amid massive row, Karnataka chief minister announced the cabinet decision once again on X. The missing part — mandatory recruitment of 100 per cent Kannadigas for ‘C and D’ grade posts in all private institutions. “The cabinet meeting held on…
BENGALURU: Union minister for steel and heavy industries, H D Kumaraswamy, took to social media on Saturday to mitigate the fallout from his controversial statement regarding the subsidies granted by the state and central governments to the US semiconductor firm Micron in Gujarat.Kumaraswamy clarified his position, saying that his comments were not meant to criticize…
Narendra Modi, PM India MUMBAI: India‘s Surat diamond bourse will create 150,000 new jobs and become a “one-stop shop” for artisans and businessmen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said as he inaugurated the new bourse in Gujarat. Surat, in Gujarat state, where Modi originally hails from, cuts and polishes 90% of world’s rough diamonds and the…
All India Gem And Jewellery Domestic Council (GJC) is not in favor of banning the import of rough natural diamonds until December 15, a top official said. The GJC board will meet to deliberate on the issue in order to prevent a hardening of the price of the precious stone in the domestic market ahead…
LONDON: Extreme heat and flooding could erase $65 billion in apparel export earnings from four Asian countries by 2030, as workers struggle under high temperatures and factories close, research from Schroders and Cornell University showed on Wednesday. The study also mapped out the supply chains of six unidentified global apparel brands operating in the four…
