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Hindi has lowered standards of debates in Parliament: Vaiko
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Jul 15 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) chief Vaiko on Monday claimed that the usage of Hindi language led to the deterioration of the standards of the debates in Parliament.
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Centre will consider mandatory safety standards to check accidents: Gadkar
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): The Centre will consider making mandatory manufacturing of vehicle tyres to international standards and filling them with nitrogen to avoid busting to check accidents, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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'Multiple labour laws to be standardised into four codes'
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 5 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that multiple labour laws will be streamlined into four labour codes to standardise registration and to reduce disputes.
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30,000 followers makes you a celebrity, rules UK watchdog
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
London [UK], July 4 (ANI): If your follower count on social media bothered you, the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled that a count of 30,000 followers is enough to make an account influential.
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Microplastics in packaged water within safe limits: Health Minister
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Food regulator FSSAI's scientific panel has examined the issue of the presence of microplastics in packaged water and found it to be within safe limits, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Location of Dawood never a secret, India says it exposes Pak's double stan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Holding that the location of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was never a secret, India on Thursday said that the recent report by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the issue only reveals the double standards of Pakistan and its inability to take a
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National flag printed upside down in school book in Gaya
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Gaya (Bihar) [India], June 23 (ANI): National flag has been printed upside down on a third standard government textbook in Gaya district of Bihar.
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Yasasu to hire 500 ITI students for waste management
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 21 (ANI/NewsVoir): Waste management is a growing sector and there will be an abundance of opportunities going ahead. Yasasu Green one of the leading companies in waste processing has successfully set new standards of hiring by creating opportunities for the cross-funct
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NABCB secures international equivalence for personnel certification
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jun 20 (ANI): India's national accreditation body, the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB) has secured international equivalence for its accreditation programme for personnel certification bodies in Singapore during the annual meetings of the Asia
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SEBI issues stricter norms for rating agencies to enhance standards
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 14 (ANI): Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has tightened rating guidelines, including probability of default benchmarks, to strengthen disclosures made by credit rating agencies and uplift standards.
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Union Ministry of Statistics sees no merit in Dr Subramanian 'GDP' claim
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): After former Chief Economic Advisor Dr Arvind Subramanian claimed in an article that the gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate was overestimated by 2.5 per cent between 2011-12 and 2016-17, Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI)
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New design of laundry packet risky for children
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], Jun 3 (ANI): Traditional laundry detergent packaging is a safer alternative than the new one as it poses a risk to adults with developmental disabilities and young children, who might swallow the detergent accidentally, observed researchers.
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