30% productivity boost could power 35% of future manufacturing India’s manufacturing sector could get nearly 35 per cent of its future output simply by getting its workforce 30 per cent more productive.The finding comes from KPMG’s analysis of more than 130 large Indian manufacturing companies over 10 years. It found that companies which improved productivity…
Medical colleges have one month to update faculty registration numbers on the attendance system. Failure to comply will result in blocked daily attendance for specified teaching staff. The National Medical Commission issued this warning after finding blank registration fields. Colleges must review and update all medical faculty and resident profiles accurately. Non-medical faculty will have…
Activist Sonam Wangchuk (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Ladakh-based activist Sonam Wangchuk on Saturday said the Leh Apex Body (LAB) would be compelled to launch a “very large-scale agitation” if the Union government fails to make “concrete” progress on the group’s key demands.“If stepmotherly treatment is meted out to Ladakh and the people living along the…
NEW DELHI: In a significant development that brings focus on the need to step up action to deliver on the Sustainable Development Goals 2030, the United Nations (UN) has declared November 27 the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The date carries special significance for India, which backed the resolution…
A view of riverside ghats submerged amid the rise in Ganga River’s water level, in Patna earlier this week NEW DELHI: The Ganga breached the ‘highest flood mark’ at Patna’s Gandhi Ghat amid heavy rain in Bihar, with the river’s water level rising 10 cm in four hours on Saturday morning, according to an official…
PM Modi meets National Teachers Awards winners NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged teachers to “step beyond textbooks” to ensure that children do not lose out on their childhood.The prime minister’s message came during his interaction with recipients of the National Teachers’ Awards at his residence on Friday, a day ahead of Teachers’…
Tamil Nadu DVAC searchs former minister KN Nehru’s residence in Tiruchirappalli NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu’s Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (DVAC) on Saturday conducted searches at the residence and premises linked to DMK leader and former minister KN Nehru in connection with alleged irregularities in the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) Department.The searches were…
Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level NEW DELHI: Coal stocks at thermal power plants across the country have fallen to less than half the recommended level, with 50 plants classified as having ‘critically low’ inventories as on Sept 2 amid high electricity demand…
Belgian PM said India and Europe were now facing similar challenges NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever on Friday said Europe had been slow to recognise the risks of becoming too dependent on other economies, admitting that Indian PM Narendra Modi had warned it about the problem much earlier but was not heard.De…
Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts NEW DELHI: For the third time this week, Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts – in a kidnapping and murder case in the latest instance – questioning their analysis of evidence, and flagging loopholes in the prosecution theory tying the accused to the…
