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 United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) released its assessment of national policies and the vulnerability of industries to climate change in selected sub-sectors in Egypt, Kenya, Senegal and South Africa. The report resulted from the first phase of the project titled “Low-carbon and climate-resilient industrial development in Africa (LCCR)”, …
Draft Food Safety and Standards (Food Product Standards and Food Additives ) Amendment Regulations, 2016 relating to 'revision of carbonated fruit beverages or fruit drinks'. The following draft of certain regulations further to amend the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, which the Food …
The evidence for a role of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in the development of obesity and associated comorbid ities, although not fully resolved, is becoming increasingly convincing, with supporting data from both prospective cohort studies and randomised trials. The obesogenic effect of SSBs seems to be simply a consequence of the …
Gearing up for a bumper apple crop, the state-owned HPMC has drawn up a plan to process a record 20,000 tonne of fruit during the current season to make the Market Intervention Scheme (MIS) an effective tool for regulating prices and ensuring remunerative returns to growers. The production has been …
Researchers reported Tuesday that they have linked 180,000 obesity-related deaths worldwide to sugary drinks, including about 25,000 adult Americans. Overall, 1 in 100 deaths of obese people globally can be blamed on too many sweetened beverages, according to a study presented at an American Heart Association scientific conference in New …
Himachal Pradesh Horticulture Minister Narinder Bragta on Wednesday said FDI in multi-brand retail will wipe out Indian fruit industry and besides, Himachal Pradesh, Uttrakhand and Jammu & Kashmir will also suffer losses. This comes at a time when the state is already facing competition from apples in China, US and …
Coca-Cola Co. said it has found no product-quality issue with its Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky juice drinks in China after a child who drank from a bottle died and three others fell sick. The state-run Xinhua news agency said police in the northeastern province of Jilin found traces of …
U.S. food and drug regulators are requesting Beijing's help in implementing a new food-safety law requiring stricter oversight of exported food, a sign of China's growing importance as a food exporter for Americans. Drums of apple juice concentrate are stored at athe China Haisheng Juice Holdings Co. facility in Xian, …
SRINAGAR: The Governor, N. N. Vohra, today said that Jammu and Kashmir has vast potential in agriculture, horticulture, floriculture and fruit processing industry to generate large scale economic and employment opportunities. He added that Agricultural Universities, State Government Extension Agencies and the Corporate sector could beneficially coordinate their efforts and …
Hundreds of thousands of tons of watermelons are tossed every year because they aren't good enough for market. A new study finds that the juice from these watermelons could easily be used to create the biofuel ethanol and other helpful products. According to a new study to be published in …
New Delhi: Gorging on mangoes is one of the great delights of summer. But the fun was sliced by half this season, no thanks to the surprise summer rains. Wholesale merchants estimate the harvest is down by 40-50%. The unseasonal downpour has made the uncommon varieties such as ratoil
The rise in fuel prices will mean costlier vegetables and fruits. The disparity in wholesale and retail prices will see a big jump in the coming days, say industry experts. The hike in diesel prices may make vegetables costlier by just 10-50 paise a kg, but in reality, the consumer …
recently, the Indian Medical Association (ima) earned the dubious distinction of being the first association of medical professionals in the world to endorse a food brand. And that too of a company best known for its brands of non-nutritive and unsafe carbonated beverages. Going by the law of the land, …
It's a conflict of interest In a global first, PepsiCo has managed to convince the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which represents 1,75,000 Indian doctors, to endorse its juice and oats products. The Indian snack foods arm of the company, Frito-Lay, has tied up with the IMA for a three-year promotional …
Rising mercury fuels the demand for cut fruits & juices, but they can cause waterborne diseases if not vended hygienically As temperatures soar and the sun beats down relentlessly, glistening heaps of cut fruit and cool glasses of juice in stalls on the roadside become more and more inviting. Although …
In India, primarily cattle dung is being used as an organic substrate for the production of biogas, however, majority of biogas digesters are underfed. Thus making it essential to evaluate other available organic sources for biomethanation. Various other animal wastes like poultry droppings, sheep droppings, rabbit droppings etc have been …
