Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has reconstituted its scientific panel and brought independent scientists and experts in its fold. The reconstitution was done after the Supreme Court reprimanded FSSAI, in February this year, for inducting members from the food industry in the panel, defeating it's very …
Bihar Industrial Incentive Policy-2011 for accelerated industrial development of the state. In view of the rapid changes in the Global Industrial Scenario, Bihar Industrial Incentive Policy- 2006 has been reviewed with an objective to attract domestic and foreign investment as well as revival and expansion of business operations of the …
Sales of soft drinks have long been stymied by erratic power supply, but an environment-friendly innovation developed by Coca-Cola India now promises to change all that. Armed with the new product, Coca-Cola India plans to offer an entire range of its chilled soft drink products to markets deep in the …
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide and reports estimate that American children consume up to 25% of calories from snacks. Several animal models of obesity exist, but studies are lacking that compare high-fat diets (HFD) traditionally used in rodent models of diet-induced obesity (DIO) to diets consisting of food regularly …
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) announced the launch of India Water Body, an initiative aimed to address the challenge of water scarcity in India. Nitin Paranjpe, CEO & Managing Director, Hindustan Unilever, said,
Factors such as low fertiliser use, acidic soil, huge soil loss because of lack of water absorption capacity, monoculture and continuance with traditional paddy cultivation in jhums through shifting cultivation are putting hurdles in the growth of agriculture in the northeastern states, country
The Delhi government is all set to introduce the Food Safety and Standard Act-2006 in the coming months. The new Act will have more stringent provisions, and to settle cases faster, many of the offences will be decided by an officer of the rank of sub-divisional magistrate. Health department officials …
The two major agricultural states of the country, Punjab and Haryana, are not yet ready for reforms in marketing of their produce. And between the two, it is Haryana that needs to do more. World
In exercise of powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 92 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and in pursuance of clause (m) of sub section (2) of section 92 read with sub section (4) of section 28 of the said Act, Food Safety and Standards Authority …
A new study found that low-salt diets increase the risk of death from heart attacks and strokes and do not prevent high blood pressure, but the research
Children prefer snacking on chips, burgers, noodles, pasta, samosas and other junk foods being sold in schools canteens, leading to lifestyle diseases, an ASSOCHAM survey has found. Releasing the survey,
BHUBANESWAR: Taiwan is keen to partner Orissa in its industrial growth even as it attempts to substantially raise the bilateral trade and investment ties with India. The country is looking forward to invest in sectors like food processing, textiles, agriprocessing, IT manufacturing and electronics in Orissa as a highlevel delegation …
THE Supreme Court has directed the food regulatory body to reconstitute its scientific panels. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) had inducted members from the food industry, defeating its purpose of regulating that very industry. The Authority has eight scientific panels, of which seven have 18 members …
The documentary Bananas! highlighted plight of Nicaraguan banana plantation workers who brought a legal case in the US against the use of a banned pesticide DBCP by the Dole Food Company. Tom Levitt reports.
Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has brought cheer to companies wanting to set up cold chains, or refrigerated warehouses, by according infrastructure status to post-harvest storage, making it easy for the sector to secure much-needed foreign investment. The budget for 2011-12 also slashed basic customs duty on specified agricultural machinery, including …
Karnataka has taken a lead initiative in developing sustainable agribusiness through this ‘Integrated Agribusiness Development Policy’ covering agriculture and allied sectors (like horticulture, fisheries, animal husbandry, sericulture and food processing) both in infrastructure and industrial segments on an end to end concept. This agribusiness policy aims to create an enabling …
Despite a dramatic growth in certified fisheries, the Marine Stewardship Council has not been able to convincingly prove that it has reversed the overexploitation of global fisheries. http://icsf.net/icsf2006/uploads/publications/samudra/pdf/english/issue_58/art09.pdf
Since it was first made in 1886, the Coca-Cola formula is one of the most fiercely guarded trade secrets of the corporate world. Many claimed to have found it, but the mystery of Merchandise 7X, the name given to the combination of secret ingredients which gives the soft drink its …
