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Govt set to ease industrial standards law

Hindustan Times Thane

October 27, 2025

India is set to overhaul and decriminalise all provisions and rules of the Legal Metrology Act

- Zia Haq

India is set to overhaul and decriminalise all provisions and rules of the Legal Metrology Act, which governs robustness of consumer and industrial products, cosmetics to elevators, to usher in a regime of quicker and reliable private-sector certification with the oversight of state controllers, Union consumer affairs minister Pralhad Joshi said on Saturday.

Legal metrology deals with quality and quantity of consumer items to ensure products contain and conform to what their labels claim. It is especially key to weights and measures of packaged items and machines used for industrial calibration.

This story is from the October 27, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Thane.

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Centre in Bhiwandi to enable engagement with Urdu’s rich heritage

MUMBAI: The city of Bhiwandi, home to one of Thane district's largest Urdu-speaking populations, is set to get its own Urdu House, a dedicated centre for the promotion of Urdu language, literature and culture.

1 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

US-China talks sketch out rare earths, tariff pause for Trump, Xi to consider

Top Chinese and US economic officials on Sunday hashed out the framework of a trade deal for US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to decide on later this week that would pause steeper American tariffs and Chinese rare earths export controls, US officials said, Reuters reported.

2 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

Kolis move HC over tagging of fish-drying area as slum

SRA claims plot not reserved, says drying area not included in 2021 project proposal

3 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

End of an era: New Zealand's Sophie Devine ends ODI career

The skipper and fellow seniors Suzie Bates and Leah Tahuhu played their last ODI World Cup

3 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

Haryana, Services win, Delhi hold edge versus Himachal

Delhi wicketkeeper Anuj Rawat and Sumit Mathur struck fifties to help the hosts post 430 before Himachal Pradesh responded strongly to reach 165/3 on Day 2 of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group D tie at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground on Sunday.

2 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

After 159, Rahane dismisses ‘too old for India’ talk

For the slightly older set of cricket fans, Saturday revived a lot of good memories watching their favourite cricketers - Rohit Sharma (67 Tests, 276 ODIs, 159 ‘T20!Is) Virat Kohli (123 Tests, 305 ODIs, 125 T20Is) shining in the Sydney ODI, and their longtime teammate Ajinkya Rahane (85 Tests, 90 ODIs, 20 T20Is) scoring a fighting Ranji Trophy to bail out Mumbai against Chhattisgarh

3 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

India worry over injury to Rawal in abandoned game

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur put her hands on her head. Almost every player in blue rushed towards the midwicket boundary. Ina game where the DY Patil Stadium DJ got more of a workout than players out in the middle due to unseasonal heavy rain, an injury scare to Pratika Rawal became the most significant event for the co-hosts of the Women’s World Cup on Sunday evening.

2 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane

As Chhath draws migrants, parties scramble for their votes

DARBHANGA: The otherwise deserted villages of Mithilanchal have suddenly become populous, filled with unfamiliar faces and accents that don’t sound native.

5 mins

October 27, 2025

Hindustan Times Thane