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MUMBAI, June 10: Third-party logistics services provider Emiza on Wednesday announced the launch of its new warehouse facility in Farrukhnagar, Haryana, to meet the growing demands of the e-commerce and retail sectors, particularly in the northern states. Spread across 1,20,000 sq ft, the warehouse has a pallet capacity of 15,000 and includes 23 docks to streamline loading and dispatch operations. The facility is designed to handle 8,00,000 orders per month, the company said. The latest addition

NEW DELHI, Jun 8: Hot and humid conditions prevailing during Indias monsoon season could extend the duration of uncompensable heat stress of the summer season under a global warming of 2 degrees Celsius, a study has found. Findings published in the journal American Geophysical Union (AGU) Advances highlight a surge of UHS (uncompensable heat stress) during the monsoon season (July-October) as the climate warms. Researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar and the US Stan

NEW DELHI, Jun 8: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Monday said its post-result services portal was fully functional during the notified application period and more than 1.6 lakh candidates successfully submitted requests for over 3.8 lakh answer books. In a statement on X, the board said the application window for verification and re-evaluation was fully functional throughout the notified period, June 2-7, under the supervision of government technical agencies and teams from th

NEW DELHI, Jun 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday highlighted the various welfare measures undertaken by his government in the last 12 years, saying India has witnessed many transformations and at the core of these changes is the welfare of the poor. On the completion of the second year of his third term, Modi cited initiatives like the Direct Benefit Transfer, Swachh Bharat, PM Awas Yojana and Ayushman Bharat, and said they have been driven by a simple objective [] The post India Witness

BEIJING, June 6: Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Doraiswami has said mutual learning of languages and a dialogue of ideas over two millennia have been a defining feature of ties between the two countries. Doraiswami, who took over as Indias envoy to China last month, visited the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), where he delivered a lecture on Friday, and interacted with students and faculty members. BFSU, a premier institution for foreign languages in China, offers courses in 102 lan

NEW DELHI, June 4: India will implement at leat 2-3 free trade agreements (FTAs) over the next six months, while another 3-4 such pacts are expected to come into force in 2027, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He said that in the last three-and-a-half years, India has finalised nine FTAs including with Mauritius, New Zealand, the UAE, Australia, Oman, EFTA bloc, the UK, European Union and the US. Trade deals with Mauritius, the UAE, Australia, Oman, [] The post India

COLOMBO, June 4: Indian Naval Ship Airavat was accorded a traditional welcome at the port of Colombo, the Sri Lankan Navy said on Thursday. INS Airavat was bringing along critical spares for the Sri Lanka Coast Guard ship Suraksha from the Indian Coast Guard through a Government of India grant, said the Indian High Commission in Colombo. Visits by Indian Navy vessels to Sri Lanka aim to further strengthen the strong bonds between both friendly Navies, which is in line [] The post Sri Lanka Navy

BENGALURU, Jun 3: State Congress President D K Shivakumar took oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka on Wednesday. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot at Lok Bhavan here. Shivakumar took the oath in the name of revered seer Gangadhar Ajja, while holding a copy of the Constitution. Thirteen ministers, including a Deputy CM will take the oath along with Shivakumar. Shivakumar, a 64-year-old Vokkaliga strongman, was elected leader of the Congress Leg

MUMBAI, Jun 3: Debunking reports of gold sale, the Reserve Bank of India on Wednesday said there is no change in the physical stock of gold, which remains unchanged at 880.52 tonnes. The clarification from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) comes following reports that the RBI may have sold gold amounting to approximately USD 12 billion to shield its foreign-currency reserves from the impact of the ongoing conflict in West Asia. The RBI emphasises that these reports are not [] The post RBI Dismisse

LEH/JAMMU, Jun 2: Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena on Tuesday dedicated 15 common facility centres (CFCs) across the Union territory to strengthen micro-enterprises, generate livelihood opportunities for women and youth within their own villages and help reduce migration. He said the CFCs will function as shared workspaces for weavers, spinners, tailors, artisans and women self-help groups (SHGs), providing them with access to modern facilities for producing high-quality products. I