Washington, April 28 (IANS) US regulators have stepped up efforts to block illegal pesticide imports, including shipments linked to China, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency told lawmakers.EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency has made import enforcement a priority as it confronts what he described as unauthorised chemicals entering the US market.“We have pesticides that come in from out of the country… we have pesticides that get dumped here from China,” Zeldin told a …
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Dhaka, April 27 (IANS) Mob violence in Bangladesh has ceased to be an isolated phenomenon and is now emerging as a broader crisis, with waning trust in the country’s justice system, a report said on Monday. Citing data from Dhaka-based rights group Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK), Nazrul Islam, a retired Major General of the Bangladesh Army, wrote in Bangladeshi daily ‘The Business Standard’ that mob attacks resulted in 128 deaths in 2024 and rose to 197 in 2025. Following the political transition…
New Delhi, April 4 (IANS) As many as 40 public grievances were formally registered and taken up for redressal by different departments at New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) Suvidha Camp organised on Saturday, an official said. “The issues taken up at the camp, held at the New Delhi City Centre (NDCC) Convention Centre on Jai Singh Road, primarily related to Personnel, Civil Engineering, Horticulture, Public Health, Enforcement, Commercial, Taxation, and Estate matters,” the official said in a …
Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) The Punjab Police said on Monday that they have frozen illegally acquired properties worth more than Rs 600 crore linked to drug traffickers in the past two years, marking a major milestone in its ongoing crackdown on the drug economy in the state. Impressively, Punjab accounted for 50 per cent of all properties frozen in 2024 in connection with drug cases in the country. The strategy reflects a significant shift in enforcement priorities, from merely arresting offende…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) Anil Rajput, Chairman of FICCI CASCADE, one of the country’s top industry bodies, on Wednesday said the United Nations should declare February 11 as the ‘International Anti-Smuggling Day’ to raise awareness against smuggling globally.Speaking to IANS during an event here, Rajput said that smuggling is increasing both in the country and globally.Therefore, “we urge the United Nations to declare February 11 as ‘International Anti-Smuggling Day’ to raise awareness against…
Jaipur, Jan 12 (IANS) Under Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma’s zero-tolerance policy against illegal mining, Rajasthan has intensified enforcement through a coordinated crackdown that has yielded significant results.In just two weeks, 1,132 actions were taken across the state, leading to the recovery of over Rs 7.13 crore in penalties credited to the state treasury.Principal Secretary, Mines and Petroleum, T Ravikant, reviewed the ongoing campaign on Monday in a hybrid meeting at the Secretariat…