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FSSAI to tighten scrutiny, weighs central ban on non-dairy paneerIndia's food regulator is planning stricter rules for healthier food options. Analogue paneer may soon face a nationwide ban as states alre...04 Sep, 2026, 12.43 AM IST- FSSAI weighs nationwide ban on analogue paneer, plans junk food curbs near schoolsIndia's food regulator is considering a central rule to ban analogue paneer. The FSSAI is also preparing to prohibit unhealthy foods near s...03 Sep, 2026, 02.19 PM IST
- FSSAI tightens pan masala packaging rules, bans plastic and plastic-laminated pouchesFSSAI has banned plastic-based packaging for pan masala under new regulations. These rules, effective from their publication, mandate paper...13 Aug, 2026, 01.52 PM IST
- Energy drink brands race to rework labels after FSSAI orderIndia's food regulator has ordered energy drink brands to remove the word 'energy' from labels. This directive impacts major brands like Re...06 Aug, 2026, 02.15 PM IST
- Pepsi seeks to take 'Sting' out of FSSAI order, drops energy labelPepsiCo India has removed the word 'energy' from new Sting cans and bottles. This action complies with the food safety regulator's upcoming...04 Aug, 2026, 12.51 AM IST
- FSSAI's 'energy drink' crackdown sends distributors into panic modeDistributors are refusing to pick up existing energy drink stocks nationwide. This action has led to shortages of popular brands on retail ...30 Jul, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
- India orders Pepsi, Red Bull, Monster and others to drop ‘energy drink’ label despite industry protestsIndia's food regulator has mandated that beverage brands discontinue the 'energy drink' label. This directive entails a compliance period o...28 Jul, 2026, 06.53 PM IST
- Rajit Punhani takes charge as CEO of FSSAIRajit Punhani, a 1991-batch IAS officer from the Bihar cadre, has assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer at the Food Safety and Standa...01 Sep, 2025, 05.45 PM IST
- Bureaucratic rejig: Rajit Punhani appointed FSSAI chief, Piyush Goyal named Mines SecretaryThe central government has announced a major bureaucratic reshuffle. Rajit Punhani is the new CEO of FSSAI. Debashree Mukherjee will replac...23 Aug, 2025, 12.15 AM IST
- Government to soon launch revamp programme for 1,000 out of 3,000 govt ITIsThe government is set to upgrade 1,000 government ITIs through a Rs 60,000 crore scheme, focusing on quality and relevance. Numerous ITIs h...15 Jul, 2025, 04.59 PM IST
- Big rejig: Key ministries to see new appointmentsThe government has announced a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, filling key positions in finance and economic ministries. Several IAS of...19 Apr, 2025, 08.27 AM IST
- Finance Ministry gets new secretaries; Senior bureaucrat Arvind Shrivastava named Revenue SecyIn a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, IAS officer Arvind Shrivastava has been appointed as the new Revenue Secretary, succeeding his rol...18 Apr, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
- Babus rejig: B Navnit, V Sheshadri appointed Joint Secretaries in PMOAs many as 22 new Joint Secretaries have been appointed in different central government departments.22 Aug, 2016, 03.46 PM IST
- IPS officer Sudhir Saxena to be Joint Secy Internal Security in MHAAs part of a minor reshuffle in the Home Ministry, Gyanesh Kumar, an IAS officer of 1988 batch from Kerala, was appointed as Joint Secretar...31 May, 2016, 08.25 PM IST
- Attacks on mobile towers: Centre rushes team to Jammu and KashmirCentre today despatched a team of senior officials to Jammu and Kashmir to take stock of the situation arising out of a series of attacks o...03 Jun, 2015, 09.10 PM IST
- Home Secretary L C Goyal on two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir from tomorrowGoyal, accompanied by Joint Secretary (Kashmir) Rajit Punhani, will visit forward areas along the International Border as well as Line of C...08 Apr, 2015, 09.13 PM IST
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