Guwahati

4.3-magnitude earthquake hits Assam

9:07 pm October 7, 2019

Guwahati: A 4.3-magnitude earthquake, with epicentre in Bhutan, rocked Assam at 6.05 pm on Monday, the meteorological office here said. The quake struck at a depth of 10 km in the neighbouring Himalayan kingdom, with latitude 27.9 degree north and longitude 91.5 degree east, it said. No casualty or damage to property has been reported […]

PNB inks deal with Indian Oil to provide up to Rs 2 cr loan to dealers

34 functional teams to smoothen merger of UBI, PNB, OBC

8:04 pm October 2, 2019

Kolkata: A total of 34 functional teams have been formed to smoothen the process of merger of United Bank of India (UBI), Punjab National Bank (PNB) and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC), a senior official said. The merger is scheduled to come into force from April 1 next year. “Thirty four functional teams have been […]

Vaping-related illness sickens over 500 in US

Monitoring platforms to ensure sellers don’t offer e-cigarettes: E-commerce firms

8:36 pm September 19, 2019

New Delhi: E-commerce majors Flipkart and Amazon on Thursday said they are monitoring their platforms to ensure sellers do not offer e-cigarettes to comply with the government’s ban on such cigarettes in the country. The government has issued an Ordinance to ban e-cigarettes, making the production, import, export, transport, sale or advertisements of such “alternative” […]

DGCA issues rules for alcohol testing of airside workers

7:58 pm September 16, 2019

New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday issued rules for breath analyser test which will be conducted at all airports by year end for airside workers, including those handling aircraft maintenance, air traffic control (ATC) and ground handling services. According to the rules issued by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), if any personnel […]

Parliament passes bill to ban e-cigarettes

Ban manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes: National Health

11:34 pm September 10, 2019

Guwahati : As the government deliberates the details of a draft ordinance to curb the usage of e- cigarettes, two organisations on Tuesday sought a complete ban on the manufacture and sale of these products. The two organisations – National Health Forum and Shram – said the banning of alternative smoking devices such as e-cigarettes, […]