NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi has asked road transport ministry to formulate “clear norms and standards” for subcontractors engaged by main highway builders to ensure high quality of work during project execution. The ministry has also been instructed to rework the criteria of eligibility and selection of supervision engineers, who are responsible for quality compliance…
Smoke from wildfires burning in Canada spread across nearly one-third of the United States on Wednesday, according to forecasters. Most areas didn’t face serious air quality issues, but some parts of New England, New York state, and the Midwest faced unhealthy conditions. The haze, which brought hazardous levels of particulate pollution to Minnesota a day…
NEW DELHI: The government has extended the implementation timeline for the Safety of Household, Commercial and Similar Electrical Appliances Quality Control Order, 2025 by nearly one year, now scheduled to take effect from March 19, 2026, for domestic large and medium enterprises as well as foreign manufacturers.The decision follows a stakeholder consultation held on May…
RITES Ltd, a Navratna public sector undertaking and a leading transport and engineering consultancy company, is banking on increased export orders and diversification of its Quality Assurance (QA) business to drive revenue growth in the coming years, according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Rahul Mithal.In a statement to PTI, Mithal said, “Proactive efforts to…
Arun Dhumal (Image credit: BCCI/IPL) NEW DELHI: With the IPL resuming after an eight-day halt due to crossborder tensions, IPL chairman Arun Dhumal spoke to TOI about how things transpired in Dharamshala on May 8, logistical challenges for resumption, player availability and how it became business as usual in two days. Excerpts… How tough was…
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Electronics component manufacturers will need to establish in-house design teams and achieve Six Sigma quality standards to benefit from the government’s Electronics Components Manufacturing Scheme (ECMS), Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Saturday.Speaking at the launch of the ECMS guidelines portal, Vaishnaw emphasized that while these requirements are not part of…
A recipient of 14 major recognitions, including the Dr BC Roy Award, and a leading expert in respiratory medicine, Prof Rajendra Prasad has completed 60 years of his association with the City of Nawabs. In an interview with Vivek Singh Chauhan, Prof Prasad spoke about his journey from Basti to Lucknow, his key contributions to…
One day last month, while killing time in the visiting dugout at Kauffman Stadium, Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was asked what he actually did in his previous role as the Seattle Mariners’ bullpen and quality control coach. The first half of that label seemed obvious enough — bullpen coaches have been around in the…
NEW DELHI: Central drug testing laboratories have identified 47 drug samples to be ‘not of standard quality (NSQ)’ in the latest survey. These include some batches of commonly used vitamin supplements, antibiotics and antacids.Identification of drug samples as NSQ is done based on failure of a drug sample in one or the other specified quality…
What’s the air quality in New Delhi, Jakarta or Buenos Aires? Until Tuesday, the United States Embassy in those cities could have told you. But the Trump administration has effectively shut down a global air quality monitoring program, ending more than a decade of public data-collection and reporting from 80 embassies and consulates worldwide. The…