Everything you need to know about B.factory: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about B.factory: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Washington, May 2 (IANS) New orders for US manufactured goods declined in March, after an increase in the previous month, a sign of a bumpy economic recovery, the US Commerce Department said Wednesday.
New York, May 2 (IANS) US stocks trimmed early losses and traded mixed Wednesday even after weak reports on both private jobs and durable goods orders.
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K Antony on Wednesday said the government would take stringent action against those involved in corruption and in the procurement of Tatra heavy-duty trucks for the army.
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London, May 2 (IANS) Two Britons seem to be ageing in reverse after contracting a bizarre condition which is rapidly making them behave like kids.
New York, May 1 (IANS) US stock jumped Tuesday, with the blue-chip Dow rallying to a fresh four-year high, as market sentiment was boosted by upbeat manufacturing data.
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) At least four workers were killed and 12 others received burn injuries Monday after a chemical factory caught fire in Punjab's industrial town of Lalru, 30 km from here, police said.
Seoul, April 30 (IANS) South Korea's industrial output growth plunged last month due to weak demand at home and abroad caused by high oil prices and economic slowdown in China, a government report showed Monday.
Kathmandu, April 28 (IANS) Nepal has offered to train Indian Army officers who will take part in the United Nations peacekeeping operations under various international assignments.
Gurgaon, April 26 (IANS) In a raid in Gurgoan, two minor girls working as maids were rescued Thursday and their employer, a garment factory owner and his wife, arrested for harassing them, police said. The girls, hailing from Nepal and Bihar, were trafficked through an illegal placement agency.
Beijing, April 25 (IANS) A small village in China called Jiqi is only a miniscule part of a major enterprise that employs more than one million people across the country -- an industry that produces more than 80 percent of the world's sex toys.
Bangalore, April 23 (IANS) Leading power and automation technology group major ABB will invest Rs.250 crore ($47 million) to manufacture high-voltage power products and transformers for domestic users and exports, the company said Monday.
Jalandhar, April 22 (IANS) With rescue teams recovering more bodies Sunday, the death toll in the blanket factory collapse in Jalandhar has risen to 23.
Islamabad, April 22 (IANS) A pond considered sacred by Hindus abutting a 900-year-old temple complex in Pakistan is drying up after tubewells began supplying the water to a cement factory and to two villages, said a media report Sunday.
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) International brands and designers are foraying into the Indian market with full force, but the trend is harmless for local designers in the country, feels Jeffrey Doltis, owner of Italian fashion brand 40 Savile House, which opened shop here last year.
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) German luxury car manufacturer AUDI Thursday said that it will acquire Ducati Motor from Investindustrial group as the supervisory boards of Audi and Volkswagen have approved the measure.
New Delhi, April 19 (ANI): The London-headquartered global alcoholic beverages company Diageo PLC on Thursday said that reports appearing in the media about the premier whiskey brand Johnnie Walker no longer being bottled or manufactured by a factory in Kilmarnock, Scotland, were completely inaccurate.
Washington, Apr 19 (ANI): The out-of-the-box scent of Apple's MacBook Pro has been made into a fragrance for an Australian art installation.
Jalandhar, April 19 (IANS) The untiring efforts of rescue teams engaged in finding survivors beneath the collapsed blanket manufacturing factory in this Punjab city saw more success early Thursday with a trapped worker being rescued after 72 hours under the debris.
Jalandhar, April 18 (IANS) Hopes of finding more survivors in the collapsed four-storeyed blanket manufacturing factory in Jalandhar began to recede Wednesday evening though a teenaged boy was pulled out of the debris earlier in the day after almost 55 hours of the collapse that has claimed 10 lives so far.
Kilmarnock (Scotland), April.18 (ANI): The last bottle of one of the world's renowned whiskeys - Johnnie Walker - is being filled, and after this is done, the company that brews and bottles it - Diageo - will close forever.
Jalandhar, April 18 (IANS) A teenage boy was pulled out from the debris of the collapsed blanket factory here Wednesday, nearly 55 hours after the four-storey building had been flattened, police said. Many more people could still be trapped, officials said as rescue efforts continued for the third day.
Jalandhar, April 17 (IANS) Rescuers Tuesday raced against time in Punjab's Jalandhar city to save the lives of dozens of garment workers who were trapped under the debris of a factory building that collapsed two days ago, killing six people, police said.
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 17 (IANS) Prominent industrialist Sheetal Vij has been arrested after a factory building owned by him collapsed, leaving at least six workers dead and many trapped under the debris, police said Tuesday as rescue teams continued to hunt for survivors.
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 16 (IANS) The Punjab government Monday evening ordered an inquiry into the collapse of the building of a blanket factory here late Sunday night which left two people dead and several others trapped under the debris.
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of a plant for manufacturing bi-modular charges for the Indian Army's 155mm howitzers at Nalanda ordnance factory in Bihar.
Jalandhar (Punjab), April 16 (IANS) At least one person was killed and several workers feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed blanket factory building collapsed here, police said Monday.
Jalandhar, April 16 (IANS) Several workers were feared trapped under debris after a four-storeyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh.
Jalandhar, April 16 (IANS) Several workers were feared trapped after a three-storyed factory building collapsed in Punjab's Jalandhar city, 150 km from state capital Chandigarh.
Shanghai, April 15 (IANS) Nico Rosberg won his maiden Formula One race after coming out victorious in the Chinese Grand Prix here Sunday, giving his Mercedes team its first win since 1955. Sahara Force India's Paul di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished 12th and 15th.
Jakarta, April 14 (ANI): Harassed workers are reportedly making Olympic merchandise in Indonesian sweatshops to be worn by British athletes and volunteers during the Games.
Moga (Punjab), April 13 (IANS) A powerful blast in an illegal fire-cracker making unit in a residential area of this Punjab town Friday left four people dead and three others injured, police said.
Chandigarh, April 13 (IANS) At least three people were killed and four others injured in a powerful blast in an illegal fire-cracker unit in Punjab's Moga town Friday, police said.
Chennai, April 12 (IANS) Diversified industrial products manufacturer Ingersoll Rand (India) Ltd will invest over $20 million at its new facility located near here, while modernising its existing production facilities in Gujarat and in Sahibabad, in Uttar Pradesh near Delhi, said a top official.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) India's industrial output grew by lower than expected 4.1 percent in February, led by 8 percent expansion in electricity production, official data showed Thursday.
Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): A Bangladeshi labour activist, who helped in exposing dangerous working conditions at garment factories in the country, has been tortured and killed last week, according to a report.
Chennai, April 9 (IANS) Permanent workers of telecom equipment maker Nokia Siemens Networks India staged a sit-in strike Monday protesting against over 50 workers being barred from entering the factory and an enquiry being launched against them, a top official of the worker's union said.
London, Apr 6 (ANI): Nicolas Sarkozy has done away with cheese after meals at his official residence at the Elysee Palace, according to the presidential chef.
Beijing, April 5 (IANS) A man is preparing to sue the Chinese government for failing to provide information about emissions from an incineration factory which he said paralyzed his son's brain.
Bhopal, April 4 (IANS) Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Jabalpur Rakesh Singh said Wednesday he had informed Defence Minister A.K. Antony that cheaper and better quality trucks were being produced in Jabalpur and there was no need to purchase the Tatra vehicles at double the price.
New York, April 3 (IANS) US stocks fell into the negative territory Tuesday, after the latest data on factory orders came in weaker than expected, as investors were awaiting the details of the last Federal Reserve meeting.
London, Apr 2 (ANI): Tech giant Apple's factories in China are reportedly employing tens of thousands of students, some of them on forced internships, to manufacture its iPads, iPhones and other products.
Kolkata, April 1 (IANS) A paper carton manufacturing factory here was gutted Sunday in a blaze which spread to nearby shanties, officials said. No casualty was reported.
Whangarei (New Zealand), April 1 (IANS) Team MRF's Chris Atkinson (co-driver Stephane Prevot) won the Brother International Rally of Whangarei, the first round of the Asia Pacific Rally Championship, here Sunday while teammate and Indian champion Gaurav Gill (Glenn Macneall) came in third.
Los Angeles, March 31 (IANS) Actress Anne Hathaway is on a 500-calorie-a-day diet to drop two dress sizes to portray a hungry, dying prostitute in the movie adaptation of "Les Miserables".
London, Mar 31 (ANI): Apple's main electronics manufacturer in China has promised to dramatically raise wages and trim work hours for its employees.
Kolkata, March 31 (IANS) An illegal arms manufacturing factory was raided and several arms and ammunition were seized in West Bengal's Murshidabad district. One person has been arrested, police said Saturday.
New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Growth in eight core industries, including electricity, coal, cement, steel and crude oil, rose by 6.8 percent in February against 0.5 percent in the previous month, raising hopes of a revival in the overall factory output, official data showed Thursday.
New Delhi, Mar 29 (ANI): Defence Minister A.K Antony on Thursday said that six companies - four foreign and two Indian - have been blacklisted from the defence procurement process for 10 years for alleged involvement in a multi-crore ordnance factory scam.
Srinagar, March 26 (IANS) One person was killed in a gas cylinder explosion in a factory Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Badgam district, police said.
London, Mar 24 (ANI): The last bottle of the famous Johnnie Walker whisky was bottled at the Kilmarnock plant on Friday, ending a 200-year-old tradition.
Jalandhar (punjab), Mar.24 (ANI): A fire destroyed a sports manufacturing factory here on Saturday.
Kolkata, Mar 22 (ANI): A major fire engulfed the Hatibagan market, one of the oldest trading centres in Kolkata during morning hours today.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): TATA-owned luxury car manufacturer Jaguar plans to build cars in China for the first time, according to a report.
Kolkata, Mar 22 (ANI): A major fire engulfed the Hatibagan market, one of the oldest trading centres in Kolkata during morning hours today.
London, Mar 22 (ANI): TATA-owned luxury car manufacturer Jaguar plans to build cars in China for the first time, according to a report.
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): A popular radio show "This American Life" has retracted an episode broadcast in January about working conditions inside Apple's Chinese factory, saying the report contained "significant fabrications."
Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): A popular radio show "This American Life" has retracted an episode broadcast in January about working conditions inside Apple's Chinese factory, saying the report contained "significant fabrications."
Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): A Chinese company has achieved a unique engineering feat of taking only 15 days to build a pre-fabricated 30-story building in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province.
Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): A Chinese company has achieved a unique engineering feat of taking only 15 days to build a pre-fabricated 30-story building in Changsha, the capital of Hunan Province.
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Sienna Miller, who has done her best to keep her pregnancy under wraps, has now opened up about expecting her first child with beau Tom Sturridge.
London, Mar 8 (ANI): Sienna Miller, who has done her best to keep her pregnancy under wraps, has now opened up about expecting her first child with beau Tom Sturridge.
Washington, Mar 7 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a new method to prepare meat substitute from pure vegetarian raw materials, which is not only juicy, fibrous and tasty but also environmentally sustainable.
Washington, Mar 7 (ANI): Researchers have come up with a new method to prepare meat substitute from pure vegetarian raw materials, which is not only juicy, fibrous and tasty but also environmentally sustainable.
New Delhi, Mar 2 (ANI): Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President Vijay Kumar Malhotra on Friday denied media reports suggesting that India might be boycotting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2012 London Olympic Games.
London, Feb.27 (ANI): Allegations have surfaced that Chinese kids were roped in to make London 2012 Olympic pin badges in a sweatshop for six pennies an hour.
London, Feb.27 (ANI): Allegations have surfaced that Chinese kids were roped in to make London 2012 Olympic pin badges in a sweatshop for six pennies an hour.
London, Feb.27 (ANI): Allegations have surfaced that Chinese kids were roped in to make London 2012 Olympic pin badges in a sweatshop for six pennies an hour.
London, Feb 23 (ANI): A pair of eminent scientists had proposed to feed Britain's wartime population with plankton to ward off critical food shortages during the Second World War, newly uncovered documents have revealed.
London, Feb 23 (ANI): A pair of eminent scientists had proposed to feed Britain's wartime population with plankton to ward off critical food shortages during the Second World War, newly uncovered documents have revealed.
Kolkata, Feb.20 (ANI): A massive fire broke out at a cotton and foam factory here late on Sunday night, gutting property worth millions.
London, Feb 13 (ANI): A French mayor's plan to erect a life-size statue of President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni sporting a factory worker's attire in a Paris suburb has angered the opposition and embarrassed the first lady.
Surat, Feb 12 (ANI): In a bid to overcome the shortage of craftsmen, the diamond associations in Gujarat's Surat city are imparting training to the tribal women to cut and polish gems, thereby increasing their chances of earning a livelihood.
Surat, Feb 12 (ANI): In a bid to overcome the shortage of craftsmen, the diamond associations in Gujarat's Surat city are imparting training to the tribal women to cut and polish gems, thereby increasing their chances of earning a livelihood.
London, Feb 11 (ANI): The Love Hearts factory in Derbyshire, which spends its days making sweets bearing heart-felt messages like 'I Love you' or 'All mine', has 122 of its 500 workers in a relationship with each other, the company has claimed.
Washington, Feb.10 (ANI): Apple's controversial Chinese supplier Foxconn was battling on Thursday to contain a security breach after hackers joined the mounting protest over iPhone factory conditions by leaking the login details of its entire staff.
Washington, Feb 9 (ANI): Scientists are striving to develop technology for "fingerprinting" and tracing the origins of chemical substances that could be used in terrorist attacks and other criminal acts.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): One of the world's largest mobile phone makers, Nokia, is planning to cut 4000 factory jobs in Europe as it shifts the assembly of smartphones to Asia.
London, Feb 9 (ANI): One of the world's largest mobile phone makers, Nokia, is planning to cut 4000 factory jobs in Europe as it shifts the assembly of smartphones to Asia.
Beijing, Feb 8(ANI): A Chinese Olympic mascot dolls manufacturer has rejected reports about his products being made in sweatshops, and said his factory is open to inspection by both international organizations and the media.
Washington, Feb 7(ANI): Actor Clint Eastwood has insisted there was "no spin" in the Chrysler Super Bowl advertisement in which he starred, and that the spot was not meant to reflect a message about the Obama administrative success or failure regarding the American auto industry.
London, Feb 7 (ANI): David Beckham has hit back at Joey Barton's claims that his new underwear range were made in a "sweat shop".
Lahore, Feb.7 (ANI): At least five have died and more than 30 others are injured or trapped after a three-storey factory collapsed here on Monday following a gas explosion.
London, Feb 7 (ANI): Kate Beckinsale has opened up about her experience of filming steamy scenes with co-star Colin Farrell in her director husband Les Wiseman's film 'Total Recall'.
London, Feb 7 (ANI): Kate Beckinsale has opened up about her experience of filming steamy scenes with co-star Colin Farrell in her director husband Les Wiseman's film 'Total Recall'.
Washington, Feb 7(ANI): Actor Clint Eastwood has insisted there was "no spin" in the Chrysler Super Bowl advertisement in which he starred, and that the spot was not meant to reflect a message about the Obama administrative success or failure regarding the American auto industry.
London, Feb 7 (ANI): David Beckham has hit back at Joey Barton's claims that his new underwear range were made in a "sweat shop".
Lahore, Feb.7 (ANI): At least five have died and more than 30 others are injured or trapped after a three-storey factory collapsed here on Monday following a gas explosion.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): One of Britain's oldest married couples are still as happy as the day they met - almost 82 years ago.
London, Feb 6 (ANI): One of Britain's oldest married couples are still as happy as the day they met - almost 82 years ago.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 2(ANI): Local women, particularly housewives and factory workers, have been warned to be cautious of astrologers from India.
Kuala Lumpur, Feb 2(ANI): Local women, particularly housewives and factory workers, have been warned to be cautious of astrologers from India.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Apple's chief executive Tim Cook has responded to complaints about its factories in China having harsh and poor working conditions to manufacture iPhones, iPads and computers by saying that the firm 'cares about all of its workers'.
London, Jan 30 (ANI): Apple's chief executive Tim Cook has responded to complaints about its factories in China having harsh and poor working conditions to manufacture iPhones, iPads and computers by saying that the firm 'cares about all of its workers'.
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): Influenza virus can rapidly evolve from one form to another, complicating the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs used to treat it.
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): Influenza virus can rapidly evolve from one form to another, complicating the effectiveness of vaccines and anti-viral drugs used to treat it.
London, Jan 23(ANI): A well-known chain of up market department stores John Lewis has pointed a finger at the organizers of the London Olympics over the sale of official Games mascots made in a Chinese sweatshop.
Surat, Jan 22 (ANI): In a tragic incident, three labourers died of asphyxiation while sleeping in an ornaments factory godown in Surat on Sunday.
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A woman in England blew up a factory where her father died in an accident 17 years ago, but she will not be charged of felony as she had won the right to blast it.
London, Jan 16 (ANI): A woman in England blew up a factory where her father died in an accident 17 years ago, but she will not be charged of felony as she had won the right to blast it.
London, Jan 15 (ANI): Technology giant Apple will now allow independent observers into its suppliers' factories across the globe to monitor working conditions.
