Month: June 2025

[ad_1] This is an AI-generated image used for representational purposes only. NEW DELHI: The government is evaluating the possibility of increasing the safeguard duty on steel to as much as 24%, from the current 12%, amid concerns that Chinese goods may enter the market and hurt Indian steelmakers."We have received complaints of Chinese players trying to blunt the impact of the safeguard action by circumventing it. We are mulling over various options," a senior government official told TOI.In late April, the government had notified a provisional safeguard duty of 12% for 200 days, and a detailed investigation will be required before a higher duty is imposed.With Chinese goods facing levies and other actions in several markets, especially the US, there are widespread fears of trade diversion with India seen as one of the markets where these goods could be dumped […]

[ad_1] HAZARIBAG: A surrendered Maoist, lodged in Jharkhand's Hazaribag jail since 2021, allegedly died by suicide in his cell on Saturday.Chhota Shyamlal Dehri alias Santu alias Somalal, lodged in ward number 3, used a rope and wire to hang himself from the hook of the ceiling fan, jail superintendent Jitendra Kumar said. The jail administration came to know about this during the morning count, he added. A resident of Kathikund in Dumka district, Shyamlal had eight criminal cases against him. He was transferred to Loknayak Jai Prakash Narayan Central Jail - an open prison spread over 50 acres and meant for surrendered extremists - from Dumka jail in February 2021.Jail sources said the inmate did not display any signs of depression or any ailment till Friday night. However, questions have been raised as to how he acquired the rope. [ad_2] […]

[ad_1] PSG's Marquinhos holds up the trophy as he celebrates with his teammates after winning the Champions League final at the Allianz Arena in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 31, 2025. (AP) Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) won the Champions League for the first time by beating Inter Milan 5-0 on Saturday (local time). Luis Enrique’s young team dominated the match, with teenager Desire Doue scoring twice in what became the biggest winning margin in the history of the final of the tournament, which began in 1956. Achraf Hakimi, facing his former club, scored the opening goal early in the game. Doue’s shot took a deflection and gave PSG a 2-0 lead in the 20th minute. He scored again just after the hour mark, making the result certain. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia added the fourth goal, and substitute Senny Mayulu made it five. Inter struggled […]

[ad_1] GORAKHPUR: All poultry shops in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh were asked on Saturday to shut for 21 days following detection of avian influenza strains, H5N1 and H9N2, in bird samples from five localities in the city.Samples were taken at Jhungia Bazar, Aluminium Factory area, Taramandal, Bhagat Chauraha, and Shaheed Ashfaqullah Khan Zoological Park. These were sent to the National Institute of High Security Animal Diseases (NIHSAD) at Bhopal in MP, which confirmed the presence of both strains of the virus.The chief veterinary officer (CVO) activated district-level Rapid Response Teams and set up a control room at the Sadar Veterinary Hospital to handle the outbreak.Following the confirmation, additional municipal commissioner, Nirankar Singh, said as per central govt guidelines, culling operations have begun within a 1km radius of the infected zones. All live birds within this zone will be culled and […]

[ad_1] CHANDIGARH: The concept of "deemed confirmation" cannot override an employer's power to analyse work, conduct and behaviour of a probationer to ensure suitability in service, the Punjab and Haryana high court said, dismissing a petition filed by a former judicial officer of Haryana Civil Services (judicial branch).Upholding the dismissal of the petitioner, Ankur Lal, a division bench comprising Chief Justice Sheel Nagu and Justice Sumeet Goel said "deemed confirmation" was "a perilous concept in service jurisprudence which has long been discarded", since it erodes into the power of the employer to assess work, conduct and behaviour of the probationer. Besides, it would mean even a person of questionable integrity could enter judicial services, the judges added."If deemed confirmation is brought into play, notwithstanding the adverse remarks, including that of 'integrity doubtful' based on lacklustre performance, conduct and behaviour of […]