Amid high inflation, rising operating costs and shrinking Canadian demand, clothing designers in Nova Scotia say they’re struggling to find a sustainable business model. Designers say they’ve had to adjust to significant changes in consumer behaviour, supply chain disruptions and inflation as they’ve navigated through the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. “We’ve made a lot of hard decisions. … Read more
MUMBAI: Fire broke out in the AC unit of an imitation jewellery store on the first floor of the ground plus three storeyed Acme Shopping Centre on Jain Mandir Road in Malad West at around 6.50 pm. The Fire was confined to an AC unit on the first floor. As many as 11 persons including … Read more
Representative Image New Delhi: Amid a rise in cases, AIIMS-Delhi has decided to set up a COVID-19 screening OPD in the emergency department while 12 beds in one ward will be earmarked for the hospitalisation of seriously ill patients. According to an office memorandum issued on Wednesday, a screening out-patient department (OPD) in the emergency … Read more
NEW DELHI: Delhi on Wednesday reported it first case of Covid-19 JN.1 variant infection.“Delhi has reported the first case of JN.1, a Sub-Variant of Omicron. Out of the 3 samples sent for Genome Sequencing, one is JN.1 and the other two are Omicron,” Delhi health minister Saurabh Bharadwaj told ANI.“JN.1 is a sub-variant of Omicron … Read more
State Bank of India The State Bank of India (SBI) has increased Fixed Deposit (FD) interest rates for various tenors today. For a tenor of 7-45 days, the rates have been hiked by 50 bps, while no changes were made for tenors of 1-2 and 2-3 years. Updated SBI FD interest rates Following are the … Read more
Workers packing bananas for export at a packaging unit near Chinnamanur in Theni district, Tamil Nadu. | Photo Credit: KARTHIKEYAN G With successfully exporting a trial shipment of fresh bananas to the Netherlands through sea route, India is now aiming to increase exports of this fruit to $1 billion in the next five years, an … Read more
Kolkata: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that no one can stop the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act as it is the law of the land and accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of misleading people on the issue. Addressing a closed-door meeting of the state BJP’s social media and IT … Read more
NEW DELHI: A blast occurred near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Tuesday evening (Dec 26) and all staff were unharmed following the explosion, authorities said. “We can confirm that around 5.20pm (1150 GMT) there was a blast at close proximity to the embassy,” Israeli embassy spokesperson Guy Nir told Reuters, adding that local … Read more
WASHINGTON — Arnong Mungoei has farmed rice in Thailand’s Khon Kaen province for half a century. Working land some 500 kilometers northeast of Bangkok never made her rich, but it provided a dependable livelihood. But since February 2022 when Russia invaded Ukraine, global geopolitical tensions and weather conditions elsewhere have upended the rice markets and … Read more
NEW DELHI: BJP president J P Nadda on Tuesday removed West Bengal leader Anupam Hazra from the post of the party’s national secretary. A former Lok Sabha MP, Hazra has been critical of the party’s functioning in the state for some time.The BJP’s decision came on a day when Nadda and home minister Amit Shah … Read more
