India tops milk production in world, : PM Modi
Banaskantha (Guj), Apr 19 (BPNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said India produces milk worth Rs 8.5 lakh crore annually, more than the turnover of wheat and rice, with small farmers being the biggest beneficiaries of the dairy sector. “Today, India is the world’s largest producer of milk. When the livelihood of crores of […]
Puducherry Police crackdown on ganja menace, to invoke Goonda Act on peddlers, users
Puducherry, April 20 (BPNS) The home department of the Union Territory of Puducherry has directed the police to crackdown on ganja peddlers and users. The territorial police have formed special squads in Yanam, Karaikkal, Puducherry, and Mahe regions to effectively crackdown on the ganja peddlers. Inspector-General of Police, Puducherry, V.J. Chandran who is in charge […]
Markets succumb to fag-end sell-off, extend losing streak to 5th day
Mumbai, Apr 19 Equity indices tripped in the last half-an-hour of trade on Tuesday to notch up losses for the fifth consecutive session as finance and IT counters continued to bear the brunt of heavy selling amid negative global cues. Russia ramping up its offensive in Ukraine, coupled with unabated foreign fund outflows, a depreciating […]
Production of traditional TN saris hit after weavers go on indefinite strike
Chennai, April 19 (BPNS) Production of traditional Tamil Nadu saris at Sankarankoil has taken a hit after the power loom weavers commenced a twelve-day strike. The strike which began on April 18 will continue till April 30th and the production of traditional Sankarankoil sarees of the state which has a huge market within and outside the […]
Chennai IT firm gifts 100 Maruti cars to 100 employees
Chennai, April 12 (BPNS) After a software solutions provider gifted five of its trusted employees with BMWs each worth Rs 1 crore, in Chennai, another IT firm has gifted 100 Maruti cars to 100 of its employees. The company Ideas2IT, in a statement on Tuesday, said that the company is gifting 100 cars to 100 […]
‘Loyalty rewarded’. IT firm gifts five senior employees with BMW cars
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) Information Technology (IT) firm, Kissflow Inc handed over five BMW 6 series cars to its five top employees as a reward for their performance and staying with the company in its hard times during the Covid -19 pandemic. The cars were handed over on Friday afternoon and the big event was […]
DMK organ ‘Murasoli’ hits out against imposition of Hindi language
Chennai, April 10 (BPNS) Mouthpiece of the ruling DMK, ‘Murasoli’ has come out strongly against the statement of Union Home minister Amit Shah on April 7th that Hindi should be accepted as an alternative to English and not to local languages. The mouthpiece in an article on Sunday said that the party patriarch and former Chief […]
Sensex tumbles over 430 pts; Nifty slips below 18,000
Mumbai, Apr 5 (PTI) Equity benchmark Sensex dropped over 430 points on Tuesday as investors booked profits in banking and financial stocks after sharp gains in the previous session. Investor focus returned to the Russia-Ukraine war and rising oil prices, traders said. The 30-share BSE gauge ended 435.24 points or 0.72 per cent lower at 60,176.50. […]
Ukraine war, high prices of raw materials, breaking the Tiruppur garment export business: Raja Shanmugham
Arun Lakshman/ Chennai Raja A. Shanmugham, the vibrant president of Tiruppur Exporters Association (TEA) said that the industry which is often referred to as the hosiery capital of South India and the Manchester of South is facing an acute crisis. He said that the heavy increase in raw cotton prices has already led to the […]