India’s imports from China slowed overtime, exports grow faster: Govt tells ParliamentIndia's imports from China are slowing, with exports growing faster this fiscal year. The government highlighted reduced dependency on Chin...
13 Mar, 2026, 10.56 PM IST
Is your milk safe? Know about coliform bacteria that is allegedly being linked to packaged milk?Is your milk safety under the scanner? Recently, milk pouches were found to have coliform levels 98 times higher than FSSAI’s prescribed li...
13 Feb, 2026, 03.13 PM IST
Five years of poison! Police bust fake dairy supplying toxic milk made with detergent, urea, and other dangerous chemicalsGujarat fake milk racket: A factory in Gujarat was raided for allegedly producing and distributing milk and buttermilk contaminated with de...
09 Feb, 2026, 12.42 PM IST
Stock picks of the week: 5 stocks with consistent score improvement and return potential of more than 33% in 1 yearIn September 2024, who would have thought that, in just six months, bulls would vanish from the street and bears would rule. But the fact i...
15 Feb, 2025, 05.00 AM IST
Stock picks of the week: 5 stocks with consistent score improvement and an upside potential of up to 40%As the market deals with another round of Trump’s tariff tantrums, volatility has again seen a spike. Trump apart, another reason for high ...
10 Feb, 2025, 01.19 PM IST
Separate norms on the cards for food packagingThe re-use of tin and plastic cans are disallowed, especially for packaging edible oil and fat and there are specific rules for packaging o...
14 Oct, 2017, 01.48 AM IST
Are you a coffee addict? It may harm your healthCaffeine can be found in products such as soft drinks, energy drinks but coffee is considered to be the leading source of the stimulant.
13 May, 2016, 12.15 PM IST
Over 68% of milk in India does not conform to standardsOver 68 per cent of milk in country does not conform to standards laid down by food regulator and most common adulterant found in it is det...
16 Mar, 2016, 02.53 PM IST
Is your milk safe to drink? Containing contamination in milkNow a cheap milk testing kit has been developed by the Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL) in Mysuru, which is a part of the gigantic D...
06 Mar, 2016, 10.45 AM IST
Half-baked safety standards & nonchalant attitudes to hygiene: Is every food item prone to contamination?Dubious testing facilities, half-baked safety standards and nonchalant attitudes to hygiene may mean that every food item is prone to conta...
26 Jul, 2015, 11.40 AM IST
Is your food safe and hygienic? Find outAccording to the WHO, around two million deaths occur globally, every year, due to food and water contamination. Some tips on food safety.
20 Jul, 2015, 02.06 PM IST
Government should promote ICAR tech to detect detergent in milkThe government's Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) has developed a new colour-based test for rapid detection of detergent in m...
04 May, 2015, 07.54 PM IST
SC asks FSSAI to inspect carborated drinks, fruit, veg marketsSupreme Court has ordered periodic checks of all facilities manufacturing them as also major fruits and vegetable markets.
23 Oct, 2013, 08.25 PM IST
Supreme Court rejects PIL on soft drink safety, but orders periodic checksThe bench disposed of a PIL filed by NGO CPIL demanding an independent expert or technical committee to evaluate the harmful effects of sof...
23 Oct, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- ‘Lack of biotech food safety is a myth’
It is a bogey of the anti-GM lobby to keep harping that Indian farmers will become slaves to MNCs.
26 Feb, 2011, 06.15 AM IST
- PSUs have built systems to avoid Bhopal like tragedy: SCOPE
Public sector enterprises have put systems in place to ensure that Bhopal like disasters do not happen again, PSUs apex body SCOPE said on ...
29 Jun, 2010, 04.22 PM IST
- Leave the kids alone: Pesticides kill!
That’s for sure. But it’s not just pests we are talking about. Even you face certain extinction.
19 Aug, 2006, 11.58 PM IST