Everything you need to know about S.s.factory: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about S.s.factory: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Niamey, May 23 (IANS) At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua.
New Delhi, May 23 (IANS) In a bid to promote exports, the government Thursday exempted excise duty on indigenously produced goods sold at duty-free shops (DFS) at international airports.
Sydney, May 23 (ANI): Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016.
New Delhi, May 22 (ANI): A timber factory located on the outskirts of New Delhi was damaged on Wednesday by the fire.
New York, May 22 (ANI): Champion skier Lindsey Vonn, who is dating Tiger Woods, is said to have turned to notorious drug doctor Bernd Pansold, who spends time in jail for his involvement in doping female German athletes with muscle-building drugs without their knowledge, to help with her fitness.
Mexico City, May 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto inaugurated a 1.6-billion-peso ($130-million) expansion of a Nestle instant coffee factory in the central city of Toluca.
Only weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping had a much-publicized meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Durban on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reached New Delhi Sunday on the first leg of his maiden tour abroad.
Melbourne, May 19(ANI): Swedish car company, Volvo has developed an iPhone app that would help car owners to find the location of their vehicle through their smartphone.
Beijing, May 18 (IANS) The choice of India as the first leg of Li Keqiang's maiden overseas trip as Chinese premier has sent out a clear signal that Beijing's new leadership prioritizes enhancing ties with New Delhi but that "the two nations cannot fully restore mutual trust without resolving the border dispute", Xinhua news agency said in a commentary on Saturday.
Washington, May 17 (ANI): Scientists have created a cocktail-making robot that can be controlled by smartphones.
Chandigarh, May 16 (IANS) The Haryana Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sealed an unauthorised factory which was selling medical devices, especially heart kits, to hospitals in national capital, a spokesman said here Thursday.
Washington, May 16 (IANS) US wholesale prices continued to fall in April for the second consecutive month, due to declines of food and energy prices, US Labor Department reported.
London, May 14 (ANI): Fashion chains in Bangladesh have agreed to sign up to a legally binding agreement to help finance fire safety and building improvements in the factories, following an order by the Bangladesh Government to allow the country's four million garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Walmart has called on the Bangladesh Government to stop production at the Stitch Tone Apparels factory and to order a probe on structural conditions of a neighbouring factory.
Tokyo, May 14 (ANI): A growing population combined with a huge demand of water for development purposes, has put excessive stress on available water resources in India.
Lucknow, May 13 (IANS) One person was killed Monday in an explosion in a factory in the Panki industrial area, near Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Police said.
Thane, May 13 (IANS) A labourer was killed and at least three others were injured in a fire following an explosion in a chemical factory in Dombivli town, near here in Maharashtra, early Monday.
Dhaka, May 13(ANI): Nobel Laureate Muhammad Yunus has appealed to foreign firms in Bangladesh to fix a common minimum wage for garment industry workers.
Dhaka, May 13 (ANI): After the world's worst garment industry disaster, the Bangladesh Government has decided to raise the income of garment factory workers.
Beijing, May 11 (Xinhua-ANI): Rescuers on Friday evening worked miracles when they pulled alive a woman garment worker named Reshmi from piles of rubble of the collapsed eight-story building 17 days after the country's worst industrial disaster at Savar on the outskirts of capital Dhaka.
Dhaka, May 10 (IANS) A woman was Friday found alive, trapped in the rubble of the collapsed eight-storey building on the outskirts of this Bangladesh capital, 16 days after the disaster that has claimed over 1,000 lives.
Dhaka, May 10 (IANS) Sixteen days into one of Bangladesh's worst tragedies that has so far left over 1,000 people dead, rescuers Friday found a young woman clinging to life beneath the sandwiched floors of the collapsed eight-storey building in Dhaka.
Seoul, May 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Five workers died following a gas leak at a steel plant in Dangjin, South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Friday.
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) Industry associations Friday said overall slowdown in the country's economic activity would constrain manufacturing growth and an accommodative monetary policy regime would help spur investment.
Hapur, May 10 (ANI): A fire broke out at an oil factory in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur District on Friday morning.
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) At least eight people, including a senior police officer, were killed and 10 others injured in a fire Thursday at an 11-storeyed garment factory here in the Bangladeshi capital, officials said.
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) The death toll in the collapse of an eight-storey building here in the Bangladesh capital approached 1,000 Thursday, after 55 more bodies were pulled out from the rubble, officials said.
Dhaka, May 9 (IANS) At least eight people were killed and 10 others injured in a fire Thursday at an 11-storeyed garment factory here in the Bangladeshi capital, officials said.
Dhaka, May 9 (ANI): The death toll in the collapse of an eight storey building in Bangladesh's Savar area rose to 931 on Thursday, after rescuers pulled out 97 more decomposed bodies from its sandwiched floors overnight.
Rome, May 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Ottavio Missoni, co-founder of the famous Italian fashion house Missoni, died Thursday at the age of 92, his family said.
New Delhi/Ambala, May 8 (ANI): The raging fire that engulfed a chemical factory in Ambala on Monday night has been brought under control, and the management has said that it is cooperating fully with the district authorities.
Chicago, May 8 (IANS) General Motors has been given green light by China to build a $1.3 billion factory in Shanghai, the automaker said.
Ambala (Haryana), May 7 (ANI): Raging fire engulfed a chemical factory in Ambala, burning the houses in its vicinity and injuring a rescue worker, while the fire fighters struggled to douse the inferno.
Ghaziabad, May 6 (IANS) Ghaziabad police unearthed an illegal arms factory in rural Modinagar town of this district, police said Monday.
London, May 6 (ANI): Bangladeshi authorities will be taking steps to improve worker safety in the wake of the recent factory collapse that killed more than 600 people.
London, May 5 (ANI): Italian apparel retailer Benetton had initially denied any connection to the factory that collapsed in Bangladesh killing more than 500 people, but since then photos of the brand's clothing in the building's rubble have emerged.
Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) Mcleod Russel, the world's largest tea producer, Friday said its Vietnamese subsidiary Phu Ben Tea Company has signed an agreement for purchase of a tea processing factory in the southeast Asian country for $2.75 million.
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) The union cabinet Wednesday revived two railway locomotive projects in Bihar by starting new bidding process, official sources said. The estimated cost of the two projects is over Rs.3,346 crore.
London, Apr. 30 (ANI): Primark has announced it will compensate victims of the factory collapse in Bangladesh that has so far claimed the lives of at least 382 people.
Dhaka, April 28 (IANS) The owner of an eight-storey building that collapsed in the Bangladeshi capital, killing around 400 people, was arrested Sunday along the border with India's West Bengal state, a minister said.
Washington, April 27 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has said he was "saddened by the loss of life" in the collapse of a building housing several garment factories in Bangladesh, which killed at least 304 workers.
Kolkata, April 26 (IANS) US car major Ford's Indian subsidiary Friday said it has seen about 15 percent shift in demand for petrol vehicles in the last four months and is now better placed to respond to any further shift in product mix with additional investment in factory 'flexibility'.
Guwahati, April 26 (IANS) Assam Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Friday denied the allegations Saradha Group chief Sudipta Sen made against him in a letter to the CBI and said he planned to send him a legal notice.
Dhaka, April 25 (ANI): The death toll arising out of the collapse of an eight storey building outside Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, has reached 161, while the injury toll is more than 1000.
Dhaka, April 25 (IANS) The toll in Wednesday's building collapse on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital Dhaka has climbed to 147, and nearly 2,000 are now confirmed injured, a police official said Thursday.
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) At least 50 people were killed after an eight-storeyed building on the outskirts of the capital Dhaka collapsed Wednesday morning, an official said.
Dhaka, April 24 (IANS) At least three people were killed after an eight-storeyed building on the outskirts of capital Dhaka collapsed Wednesday.
Pune, April 23 (IANS) The US office furniture giant Steelcase Inc. has started a manufacturing unit at Chakan near here, hoping to further consolidate its position in the Indian markets, an official said here Tuesday.
Moscow, April 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police in Moscow have shut down an illegal casino that was operating on the premises of a former sugar refinery, the interior ministry said.
Washington, April 22 (ANI): Researchers analyzing gene expression data from 22 tumor types have identified multiple metabolic expression changes associated with cancer.
Beijing, April 19 (IANS) Over 500 pigs and dogs have been found dead in a village in China, and officials Friday said the animals died from respiratory failure after inhaling toxic gas.
Kanpur, April 19 (ANI): A massive fire engulfed a transport factory in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur city on Friday afternoon.
Washington, April 19 (ANI): A technique developed by a University of Missouri team, including two Indian origin engineers, may make food contamination testing more rapid and accurate.
Washington, April 18 (IANS) At least five people were killed and over 160 injured in a massive explosion at a Texas fertiliser factory that triggered an earthquake and flattened buildings, prompting a dazed official to say "it was like a nuclear bomb".
Washington, April 18 (ANI): Astronomers using Europe's Herschel Space Observatory have discovered an extremely distant galaxy making stars more than 2000 times faster than our own Milky Way.
Rio de Janeiro, April 17 (IANS) Brazil will resume production of insulin on a large scale after 14 years of depending on imports, Health Minister Alexandre Padilha said.
Beijing, April 15 (IANS) At least 17 Chinese people have died in two fire incidents -- 13 in a hotel in central China's Hubei province and four in a factory in Russia's far east, officials said.
Patna, April 14 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party president and a Rajya Sabha MP Ram Vilas Paswan on Sunday lashed out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, calling him a "double faced" individual.
London, Apr. 13 (ANI): An Indian toddler is suffering from a rare disorder that has caused her head to swell to three times its usual size.
Ras al-Khaimah, April 13 (IANS/WAM) French company Saverglass, a world leader in manufacturing luxury glass bottles for perfumes and cosmetics, has launched a facility in Ras al-Khaimah in the UAE.
Jalandhar, April 12 (IANS) Three factory workers here died and at least 30 others were admitted to a hospital after consuming food in the factory premises, police said Friday.
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 12 (ANI): At least 30 factory workers fell ill and one died after being food poisoned here on Thursday.
London, April 10 (IANS) Two members of a terrorist cell face jail in Britain after they admitted their involvement in a suicide bomb plot comparable to "another 9/11", a media report said.
Maranello (Italy), April 9 (IANS) Brazilian Formula 1 driver Felipe Massa has no doubt that Ferrari is a title contender despite not winning either of the first two races of the season so far.
Kolkata, Apr. 9 (ANI): Asserting that West Bengal has suffered a lot in the past 32 years due to mis-governance, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday lashed out at the UPA Government for neglecting non-Congress ruled states.
Beijing, April 9 (IANS) China's producer price index (PPI), which measures wholesale inflation, fell 1.9 percent year on year in March, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday.
Chennai, April 8 (IANS) German automobile group BMW and India's two- and three-wheeler-maker TVS Motor Company will jointly develop sub-500cc motorcycles to be sold under the respective company badges, said company officials.
Jaipur, April 7 (IANS) Curfew, clamped in some parts of the Rajasthan capital city two days ago following communal violence, was relaxed for one and a half hours Sunday with police indicating that the situation is gradually returning to normalcy in the area.
London, Apr. 6 (ANI): Prince Philip cracked a saucy joke about stripping during his visit to a chocolate factory in Slough on Friday with the Queen.
Jaipur, April 5 (IANS) Curfew was clamped in some parts of the Rajasthan capital Friday, a day after over 20 people, including a dozen policemen, were injured following a violent clash between two communities, an officer said.
Jaipur, April 4 (IANS) Over 20 people, including a dozen policemen, were injured in this Rajasthan capital following a violent clash between two communities Thursday, officials said.
Chennai, April 4 (IANS) More number of Indian vehicle buyers are satisfied with the tyres that come along with their automobiles (original equipment tyre), according to a J.D.Power Asia Pacific survey.
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) A married woman and her male family friend were found dead near a railway track here Thursday morning, police said.
London, Apr. 4 (ANI): The grandson of a pilot who flew the first flight over Mount Everest retraced the route on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the feat.
London, Apr. 4 (ANI): The grandson of a pilot who flew the first flight over Mount Everest retraced the route on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the feat.
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh), Apr 3 (ANI): A raging fire has damaged a chemical factory in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida area.
Washington, April 3 (IANS) New orders for US manufactured goods rose 3 percent in February, evidence of the ongoing economic recovery, the US Department of Commerce reported.
London, Apr. 2 (ANI): A short clip uploaded on YouTube that shows a woman talking into a wireless device in 1938 is thought to be the proof of the world's first mobile phone.
Chennai, March 29 (IANS) Two-wheeler maker Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Friday announced completion of a major part of its CBR 250R motorcycle-recall, after a faulty front brake was detected last November.
Wellington, Mar 29 (ANI): Red Bull team principle Christian Horner has revealed Sebastian Vettel has personally apologized to fellow driver Mark Webber and the team staff for ignoring team orders during Sunday's Malaysian Grand Prix win.
Mumbai, Mar 29 (ANI): At least five people were killed and three others injured after the wall of a house collapsed following an explosion in a makeshift chemical producing unit in Sakinaka area in suburban Mumbai today.
Kanpur, Mar 28 (ANI): A raging fire engulfed a cardboard factory in Kanpur, injuring one worker and causing extensive loss of property on Thursday.
Bangalore, March 25 (IANS) Six people were burnt to death early Monday in a massive fire that gutted a seat-making and furniture factory in the Magadi industrial area on the city's outskirts, police said.
Lucknow, March 25 (IANS) Congress president and United Progressive Alliance (UPA) chairperson Sonia Gandhi will arrive on a day's visit to her parliamentary constituency Rae Bareily Monday. The Congress leader would be inaugurating an FM radio station of Aakashwani, the newly constructed premises of the rail coach factory, and a post office.
Thane (Maharashtra), March 23 (IANS) Police Saturday booked seven people for the explosion at a chemical factory in Boisar town of this Maharashtra district that left four people dead.
London, Mar 23 (ANI): Cricket Australia (CA) is set to test the performance of the English-made Dukes ball for the double Ashes series this year in some under age and second XI domestic games in Australia, after 120 years of playing with the iconic Kookaburra ball.
Moscow, March 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Two Vietnamese women allegedly exploited as sex slaves have been freed from a brothel in Moscow, police said Friday.
Washington, March 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Politicians in several states across the US are working to ban undercover video in factory farms, a move that is receiving tremendous pushback.
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) Four people were killed and one person was injured Tuesday in a fire at a shoe factory here, said a fire service official.
New Delhi, March 12 (IANS) India's industrial output increased by 2.4 percent in January as against a contraction of 0.6 percent in the previous month, giving an indication of revival in the Asia's third largest economy, the government data showed Tuesday.
New York, Mar 12 (ANI): German car manufacturers Volkswagen as set to build a futuristic two-seater diesel-electric hybrid that would travel from Sydney to Melbourne on about 12 dollars of fuel.
Berlin, March 10 (IANS) At least seven children and another person were killed Sunday in a fire that broke out at an apartment building in Germany, police said.
Washington, March 8 (ANI): Using the Pan-STARRS telescope on Haleakala, astronomers have found a young-looking supernova on the outskirts of a bright elliptical galaxy.
Moscow, March 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A Russian Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ-100) plane made an emergency landing shortly after takeoff from Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport due to an undercarriage door problem, the civil defence and emergency situations ministry said.
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) Two labourers were killed and three others injured in an industrial accident in Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich district Wednesday, police said.
Havana, March 4 (IANS/EFE) German tennis great Boris Becker, a three-time Wimbledon champion, said during a visit to the Cigar Festival in Havana that he was a "lover" of stogies, but he labelled himself just a "beginner" in the cigar world after trying several different brands and blends.
Moscow, Mar 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Twenty-seven people were hospitalised Friday after a chlorine leak at a factory in central Russia's Perm region, emergency workers said.
Geneva, Ma Mar 1 (IANS) Four people have been killed and six injured in a shooting incident at a wood-processing factory in central Switzerland, police said Thursday.
Gurgaon, Feb 28 (IANS) A fire broke out Thursday at a factory in the Manesar industrial township of Haryana near here. No one was injured in the incident, an official said.
Washington, Feb 28 (ANI): A labor watchdog group has accused three of Apple's Chinese suppliers of inhumane worker conditions, a report has said.
