Recent Views 7 Companies across consumer electronics, e-commerce, automobiles, retail, logistics, and FMCG are rushing to hire temporary staff as India’s festive season kicks off, following reduced GST rates from September 22. Industry experts say many shoppers had postponed purchases earlier this season, which dented sales, but with firms passing on GST cuts through price…
Recent Views 20 Army personnel in their armoured vehicles on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway, in Udhampur (ANI photo) JAMMU: A soldier wounded in a gunfight with terrorists in J&K’s Udhampur district died Saturday, pushing this year’s security death toll in counterterrorism operations in the region to 20 — 14 in Jammu and six in…
Recent Views 10 PM Modi on Thursday will be laying the foundation stone for the Mahi-Banswara nuclear power project in Rajasthan. The project will mark the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC) entry into India’s atomic energy sector.The Mahi-Banswara Rajasthan Atomic Power Project (MBRAPP) will feature four indigenously developed Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors (PHWRs), each with…
Recent Views 13 US President Donald Trump TOI correspondent from Washington: Tech majors have for years lobbied for H-1B visas, saying it is vital to bring in top talent to America for innovation to flourish, some going to the extent of saying the US should staple green cards to degrees of foreign STEM graduates (many…
Recent Views 8 Most of us think of snoring as just an annoying habit or a sign of being tired. But for 51-year-old Claire Barbery from Cornwall, U.K., it was a red flag for something far more serious. One night, she found herself waking up gasping for air and breathing through her mouth because her…
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Recent Views 10 Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday unveiled a set of integrated logistics plans aimed at reducing transaction cost of industry.The pilot programme has started in eight cities across eight states and is designed to review existing logistics infrastructure, spot gaps, and provide a roadmap for improving efficiency and reducing costs,…
Recent Views 12 Hubballi: The 50% rebate on traffic fines, ordered by the state govt from Aug 23 to Sept 12, resulted in the collection of Rs 1,70,64,375 in the Hubballi-Dharwad Police Commissionerate limits. A total of 68,440 cases were settled during this period out of a backlog of 6,13,995 cases registered from 2019 to…
Recent Views 9 Mangaluru: Dakshina Kannada police arrested a 78-year-old man who was absconding for 55 years, marking the oldest pending case to be traced in the district. The accused, CR Chandran, a native of Malappuram district in Kerala, was wanted in connection with a case registered at Puttur Rural police station in 1970, under…
Recent Views 7 Mysuru: Hindustani music maestro Pt M Venkatesh Kumar has been selected for the prestigious State Music Vidwan Award, presented annually by the department of Kannada and culture during the Mysuru Dasara festivities. The selection is made by a committee headed by YK Muddukrishna.Shivaraj Tangadagi, minister for backward classes welfare and Kannada and…
