Fire safety must stay in building code, says BIS panel | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Citing recent incidents of fatal building fires in Delhi, Odisha and Goa, a technical committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has disagreed with the deregulation cell of the Cabinet Secretariat to exclude “fire safety” provisions from the National Building Code. However, it has accepted over a dozen recommendations, including the […]

15-hour-plus Raid on Amazon and Flipkart warehouses: Geysers, Food Mixers and Sportswear with fake ISI mark seized

[ad_1] The Delhi branch of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India, has conducted a series of raids targeting major e-commerce distributors, and seized thousands of substandard products. In a significant 15-hour-plus operation at the warehouses of Amazon Sellers Pvt Ltd, located in the Mohan Cooperative Industrial Area, Delhi, the […]