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 annual district credit plan projected finance to crop loans to the tune of Rs 1,014.60 crore for 2008-09. Of this, the ambitious plan allocated Rs 659.49 crore to kharif season and Rs 335.11 crore to rabi season. The district Collector Sandeep Kumar Sultania unveiled the district credit plan with …
The West Assam Milk Producers' Cooperative Union Ltd (WAMUL) has increased the prices of its milk products by Rs 1. The hike, which came into effect from today, was due to continuous increase in the prices of raw milk, processing cost and other expenditures, including fuel, electricity charges and transportation …
US cola giant Coca Cola has said that rival Pepsi is slightly ahead but the Atlanta-based company is determined to push India among its top five markets on the strength of its
Subodh Kant Sahai is a man known to have donned different hats. In charge of the ministry for food processing industries, he believes that the industry's growth is remarkable and real. In conversation with Justin Thomas, he speaks about how the sector would be a focus and the effects it …
Minister recommends packaged food as mid-day meal in schools The world is increasingly veering away from including processed, packaged food as a regular dietary feature
Amul, a major manufacturer of ice-creams in the country, has switched to natural vanilla flavour in its entire range of vanilla ice-creams, to save the farmers in Kerala. Claiming that the Amul was the first national brand to use natural vanilla extracts instead of synthetic vanilla, a spokesman of the …
How does one treat a malnourished child? Common sense suggests a proper meal. Not good enough, says the Union Ministry of Women and Child Development. Its prescription is supplying an 80-g ready-to-eat dosage of 10 minerals and vitamins in specific proportions, besides proteins and carbohydrates. In other words, just pop …
Localisation seems to be the flavour of the season for fast food retail giants in India. McCain Foods - the world's largest French fry producer and global MacFry suppliers to McDonald's - is betting big on the local consumption of potatoes from 2,000 metric tonne per year to 10,000 metric …
With the domestic dairy sector slated to cross Rs 500,000 crore in revenues by 2011, milk seems to have found favour with FMCG majors. These companies are trying to develop niche categories to milk in the money. CREAM HUNT # The domestic dairy sector slated to cross Rs 500,000 crore …
A workshop on agro-based food processing was held at Agnel Ashram and organised by Khadi and Village Industries Commission, Government of India. The programme was attended by a large number of beneficiaries of the REGP scheme who are already self employed in the food processing sector. J M Noronha, General …
Dabur, which launched its milk beverage mix brand Chyawan Junior four months ago, is planning a national-level rollout for it by September. According to the company, Chyawan Junior received good response in Maharashtra and West Bengal, where it is being test-marketed. It has already gained 1 per cent market share …
The economy of Madhya Pradesh is largely natural resource driven, leveraging the state's advantage in agriculture and mineral resources. The key industries and sectors where Madhya Pradesh has competitive strength include cement, textiles, mining and food-processing. To give a fillip to industrial development in the State, the Madhya Pradesh government …
Beware before you pick up chyawanprash from a drug store. The most popular brands of this ayurvedic tonic has artificial sweeteners, which have unconscionable side-effects. On January 11, 2008, Ranbaxy Laboratories launched a sugar-free version of chyawanprash, which it calls
recently, several food products enriched with friendly bacteria have hit markets in India. The latest entrant, Yakult Danone's probiotic drink, claims that the lactose digesting bacteria added to the drink aid digestion. But there is little scientific evidence to support such claims. Some studies have found that the probiotic bacteria …
Demanding that the proposed Food Park at Quitol should be scrapped with immediate effect, residents of Betul-Naquerim have resolved that the government should de-notify the proposal to acquire the land for the Food Park and withdraw its notification. The resolution were passed at the recent gram sabha, after residents criticised …
your morning tea contains chromium, which may cause cancer and skin diseases. The heavy metal gets into the leaves when tea leaves are processed using the
