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File plan for screen reader use within 2 months: SC to UPSC

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday underscored the need for digital accessibility and substantive inclusion of persons with disabilities in public examinations, directing the Union Pu... Read More


Cement cos target premium products to lift margins

Mumbai, Dec. 4 -- Cement makers such as Nuvoco Vistas, Birla Corp. and JK Lakshmi Cement are leaning on premium products to boost margins without raising prices-an approach analysts say may work for n... Read More


AI turns vintage tracks into fresh revenue streams for music labels

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- Artificial intelligence is giving old sound tracks a new lease of life, and opening up fresh money-making avenues for music labels. Music labels like Saregama and Times Music are ... Read More


Services PMI revives in Nov on new biz intakes

New Delhi, Dec. 4 -- India's services sector rebounded in November, as new business intakes increased amid subdued price pressures and improving demand, a private survey showed on Wednesday. The HSBC ... Read More


'No slowdown in installation of smart meter'

Mussoorie, Dec. 4 -- Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd (UPCL) has said that reports suggesting a stoppage or slowdown in smart meter installation across the state are inaccurate, asserting that the wo... Read More


How routine probe blew lid off cough syrup syndicate

Lucknow, Dec. 4 -- What started as a routine seizure of a cough syrup consignment in Sonbhadra district on October 18 has evolved into an extensive narcotics investigation stretching across states, ac... Read More


Father of kingpin brought to Sonbhadra, grilled

VARANASI, Dec. 4 -- Cough syrup nexus accused Bhola Prasad Jaiswal, father of the alleged kingpin Shubham Jaiswal, was brought to Sonbhadra on Tuesday night on transit remand from Kolkata , superinten... Read More


ED steps up pursuit of fugitive kingpin, registers PMLA case

LUCKNOW, Dec. 4 -- In a major escalation of the ongoing investigation into the interstate codeine-based cough syrup diversion racket, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Lucknow zone, on Tuesday registe... Read More


HC sets aside order scrapping Bengal teachers' appointment

Kolkata, Dec. 4 -- A two-judge bench of the Calcutta high court on Wednesday set aside a 2023 order by a single-judge bench scrapping the appointment of around 32,000 primary school teachers over alle... Read More


Plea to replace cloth on wazukhana locks: Court fixes 'Dec 15 as date for order'

Varanasi, Dec. 4 -- The Varanasi district court on Wednesday set December 15 after hearing on a plea seeking the replacement of the cloth tied over the sealed lock of the wazukhana (ablution area) ins... Read More