In the wake of the gas leak at a factory in Visakhapatnam, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued detailed guidelines for restarting industries after the lockdown and the precautions to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers. In a communication to all states and union territories, the NDMA said due to several weeks of lockdown and the closure of industrial units, it is possible that some of the operators might not have followed the established standard operating procedures. As a result, some of the manufacturing facilities, pipelines, valves may have residual chemicals, which may pose risk. The same is true for the storage facilities with hazardous chemicals and flammable materials, it said. The NDMA guidelines said while restarting a unit, the first week should be considered as the trial or test run period after ensuring all safety protocols. Companies should not try to achieve high production targets. There should be 24-hour sanitisation ..

Why are the more liberal practices of Muslim citizens only called upon during times of negative perception of Islam itself? Why should we then not take the liberalism of the average Khan to be real representation of Muslims at all times? The India Together editorial.

The national meet of the RSS women's wing witnessed an interesting exercise in the forging of a gender discourse that ostensibly moves away from the Sangh's patriarchal stance, but also visibly shies away from recognising the social and political dimensions of gender-related issues. Aparna Pallavi reports.

'Protection' is a two-edged weapon. The very fact that this is the principal focus of the Act for women within marriage or out-of-marriage relationships only reinforces the view that women, by and large, are vulnerable to all kinds of violence in their relationships with men, writes Shoma Chatterji.

A number of factors have combined to keep farmers in the country growing wheat and rice, instead of fruits and vegetables which would fetch much higher returns, writes Richa Govil.

Iftikhar Gilani's ordeal as an unfairly prosecuted victim of the Official Secrets Act is now behind him, but his record of his experience, published in his book My Days in Prison, reminds us there are many others battling the same harsh treatment under the archaic and oppressive law. Deepa A reports.

The Gujarat state government appears to have very little planned by way of support for the education of Muslim children. What's more the education department appears to be standing in the way of the embattled community's attempts to help itself. Deepa A has more.

The rash of suicides in city and village is a qualitatively new development in our history. Ramachandra Guha notes the contours of desperation in the two Indias - urban and rural.

Applying for and getting a license to set up a community radio station in India is convoluted. A new publication offers a step-by-step guide to the entire process along with useful information on how and what to prepare before applying.

Tim Weaver took 10 years to write his debut novel "Chasing the Dead" but less than six months to shoot off his latest "The Dead Tracks" .

Pellerin was head of astrophysics at NASA for a decade. He was held responsible for launching the $1.7 billion Hubble telescope with a flawed mirror.

When an IIT graduate wrote a bestseller that also became an award-winning movie, he inspired a legion of young authors. The result?

With chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami allowing private firms across the state to function from 10am to 7pm with 33% workforce, industrialists in the district are in two minds about resuming operations. Only after functioning for a week, will they come to know the practical hassles and the way forward, they said.

To download watchOS 3, users are recommended to install the latest iOS version and keep the Apple Watch’s minimum charge of up to 50%.

The FDA said the authorisation is for an antigen test, which is a new type of diagnostic test designed for rapid detection of the virus that causes COVID-19.

As the time passes so quickly, another fiscal year is turning to an end soon, and most of the tax payers must be in the state of panic about keeping the things in order. They might also be planning to approach

Spectra is competing with the likes of Reliance JioFiber, Airtel Xstream broadband and ACT Fibernet, to name a few. And the company has some rather unique plans, in terms of what is bundled, depending on the duration you choose to pay for in one go.

Prakash Jarwal and Kapil Nagar were called for questioning on Saturday evening and later arrested, police said.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued new regulations, set to take effect Monday, that will limit visas for Chinese reporters to 90 days. There is a potential to extend the visa.

Even RIMS, the only state-run super-specialty medical institute in Jharkhand, does not have the required equipment to deal with the crisis. At present, there is one ventilator for every 70,000 people in the state.

On Friday, when the woman died a natural death, the family members thought of giving in to her last wish and cremate her, thus, declaring themselves as Hindus completely.

The tennis season was suspended in early March due to the Covid-19 outbreak, and the hiatus will continue at least until mid-July with many countries in lockdown to contain the virus.

Kartik Aaryan has shared a video on social media where he is seen enacting playing a guitar. Check it out.

देश में कोरोना वायरस से संक्रमण के मामले लगातार बढ़ते जा रहे हैं और सरकार देश में लॉकडाउन 3.0 को 17 मई तक घोषित किया है। लेकिन इसमें बहुत सी रियायतें दी गईं हैं, जिसके चलते ऑटोमोटिव इंडस्ट्री धीरे-धीरे दोबारा शुरू की जा रही है।

New Delhi, May 09: The Delhi Police on Saturday arrested Aam Aadmi Party MLA Prakash Jarwal and co-accused Kapil Nagar in connection with the suicide case of a doctor here last month, officials said. Jarwal and Nagar were called

New Delhi, May 10: The police chief of Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh said that a decision not to hand over bodies of terrorists to the families and also to bury them quietly was taken to ensure social distancing norms during

Anurag Kashyap's production Ghoomketu, starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui will finally release this month on the ZEE5 streaming platform, on May 22. Directed by  Pushpendra Nath Mishra, the film was originally set to release in 2018. The film also stars  Anurag Kashyap as

Yamaha Motors has unveiled the 2020 Bolt cruiser motorcycle. The new (2020) Yamaha Bolt carries forward the same bobber-style retro-theme from its predecessors. The motorcycle is expected to go on sale in international markets by June 2020.

On 27 May, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW) established the option of home isolation for very mild or presymptomatic COVID-19 patients. The option comes with the mark that the patient's residence has the facility to follow safe home

The summer season is around the corner and we are all already feeling the heat. According to climate scientists, the temperature is most likely to rise in the coming months and along with the heat comes heat stress or body heat,

COVID-19 lockdown has affected the livelihood of many people worldwide. A study published on 3 April in a journal named JAMA Psychiatry says that in addition to the COVID-19 deaths due to infection or illness, people are also dying of suicides

A non-bailable warrant was issued against him on Friday.

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