India faces a significant childhood obesity crisis with 41 million affected children. New government policies aim to curb unhealthy food ma...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed a significant GST reform to reduce consumption levies on everyday goods and small cars, potential...

A national workshop addressed India's high salt intake, primarily from home-cooked meals, exceeding WHO limits and contributing to hyperten...

The Indian government’s new ‘Green Wall’ initiative along the Aravallis echoes a forgotten historical effort — a 19th-century 4,000-km hedg...

India's new popcorn tax has everyone talking. Different flavors now have different GST rates. Plain popcorn is taxed at 5%, branded at 12%,...

Ahead of elections, Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal spoke on centre’s focus, trade, new-age companies and more. He said country...

In the exploration of salt production, particularly in Goa, India, sociologist Reyna Sequeira and food writer Naomi Duguid shed light on th...

India's Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence is investigating motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp over its connecti...

At present, non-branded namkeens, bhujias, fruit and vegetable chips and snack foods are charged 5% GST. For branded and packaged items, th...

The minister said, "this book is extremely important for India, especially in the present times, wherein there is a need for humanity in th...

As the food authority’s no-nos include all sweet, deep-fried and salted ‘snacks’ children would be the first to ask — as they are wont to d...

Sugar is increasingly being seen as dangerous, but Indian producers are putting up a brave front and saying the sweetener is being needless...

Buy Tata Chemicals, the soda ash maker, and get its investments in Tata Steel, Indian Hotels, Tata Motors and others for free.

The CSE accused PepsiCo, Nestle, McDonald's, Haldiram and KFC of misleading the public through wrong claims and insufficient labeling.

If the formula works for carbon emission, why not for sodium attrition?

The salt producers in Kutch and Saurashtra have now demanded adequate infrastructural facilities, removal of bottlenecks in the process of ...

The Asian Heritage Foundation (AHF), along with few others from Gujarat, is planning to set up 78 salt pans in Dandi village which would ma...