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NEW DELHI: In a big relief for food businesses, the country’s food regulator has made licences valid for life.Under new rules notified by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), food licences and registrations will now remain valid permanently, unless cancelled for violations. This means lakhs of restaurants, small eateries and vendors will no…
A sharp divide has emerged at the ongoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial conference in Cameroon over the continuation of the e-commerce moratorium on customs duties, think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said on Saturday, reported PTI.It noted that while the US is pushing for a permanent extension of the moratorium, India and several…
US secretary of state Marco Rubio US secretary of state Marco Rubio has insisted that Washington’s recent easing of sanctions on Russian crude is strictly temporary, warning that it does not signal any long-term shift in policy even as global energy markets reel from the Iran conflict.Speaking after G7 talks in Paris, Rubio said the…
NEW DELHI: In what will benefit hundreds of women short service commission officers, Supreme Court on Tuesday said arbitrariness in assessment of their ACRs, written at a time when they were ineligible for permanent commission (PC), resulted in unfair denial of PC and ordered the armed forces to pay full pension to them.Six years after…
Supreme Court (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday held that the denial of Permanent Commission (PC) to women Short Service Commission (SSC) officers in the armed forces stemmed from a flawed and discriminatory evaluation system, particularly in the way their performance was assessed.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and…
Canada has launched a programme to transition skilled temporary foreign workers to permanent residence, immigration minister Lena Metlege Diab confirmed, amid concerns that rising numbers of migrants are running out of legal status.The programme aims to grant permanent status to 33,000 workers in in-demand sectors over two years. It was first announced in November, but…
Demand for rare earth permanent magnets in India is projected to double by 2030. Stressing on the importance of self-reliance, Union Minister of Mines and Coal G Kishan Reddy on Thursday said that India aims to begin domestic production of rare earth permanent magnets by year-end through collaboration with private industry.Reddy stressed on the strategic…
Representative image (AI-generated) Hardeep is pouring over French texts during his lunch break. The reason? He is one among the many lakhs whose temporary work permit is due to expire in 2026. Today the most promising gateway to permanent residency (PR) seems the French-language proficiency draws.An analysis done by TOI of the Express Entry draws…
Sanju Samson‘s poor run of form in T20Is continued on Sunday he was dismissed for the golden duck, on the score of zero, thanks to an absolute peach of a delivery on the very first ball of Indian innings by New Zealand’s ace paceman Matt Henry.Sanju Samson’s struggles in T20 Internationals continued on Sunday as…
The Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) has urged the government to permanently remove the 11 per cent import duty on cotton in the Union Budget 2026, warning that the levy is aggravating cost pressures and hurting the global competitiveness of domestic textile and apparel manufacturers, PTI reported.A CITI delegation met Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj…
