Record agri output in 2025 amid GST cuts, US tariffs; seed, pesticide bills eyed for 2026India's agriculture sector closed 2025 with record foodgrain output projections. GST reforms provided significant input cost relief for far...
29 Dec, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
1,100 kg of adulterated sweets, 145 kg of fly-infested rasgullas destroyed in Noida before DiwaliAuthorities in Noida and Ghaziabad have seized and destroyed over 1,100 kg of adulterated sweets and other contaminated food products in a ...
16 Oct, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
Maharashtra FDA launches crackdown on food adulteration ahead of festive seasonMaharashtra FDA launched a state-wide inspection drive against food adulteration during the festive season, collecting over 2,300 samples, ...
03 Oct, 2025, 01.37 PM IST
India, US trade deal may backfire on EU exports if India opens door to GM feed: GTRIGTRI cautions that allowing US GM farm products under a trade pact could harm India's agri exports to the EU due to strict GM labeling and ...
05 Jul, 2025, 11.57 AM IST
Are your Diwali sweets safe? Shocking food adulteration cases uncovered in Noida, Ghaziabad!As Diwali approaches, food safety inspections have intensified in Ghaziabad and Noida due to rising concerns over food adulteration. Author...
27 Oct, 2024, 09.37 AM IST
Tirupati Laddu row: Gods should be kept away from politics, says Supreme CourtTirupati Laddu Controversy: The Supreme Court addressed the Tirupati Laddu controversy, asserting that religious matters should remain sepa...
30 Sep, 2024, 03.04 PM IST
Tirupati Laddu row: BJP demands ex-CM Jagan Mohan Reddy to 'declare his faith' ahead of TTD visitThe Andhra Pradesh BJP has asked former CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy to declare his faith before visiting the Tirumala temple on September 28. T...
26 Sep, 2024, 09.04 AM IST
Building muscle mass: Why the growing lure of protein supplements is worrying health expertsProtein revolution is transforming diets across India, with many turning to supplements to meet nutritional needs. This trend is driving a ...
11 Sep, 2024, 10.54 AM IST
View: Why India struggles to keep its food safeThe Food Safety and Standards Authority of India denounced as “false and malicious” news reports that linked the spice scandal to a recent ...
13 May, 2024, 06.48 AM IST
China probes new baby milk formula scandal: ReportChina appears to have been hit by another baby milk scandal as officials in the southern Hunan province are probing a fake milk formula whi...
14 May, 2020, 11.56 AM IST
Can India afford welfarism based on handoutsThe greater the spending on handouts, the less that remains for spending on productive investment.
03 Feb, 2019, 06.16 AM IST
Government on a 'selling spree' of profit-making PSUs: CPI(M)BSNL earned an operational profit of Rs 471 crore in 2014-15 and the company is expected to earn operational profit of Rs 2400 crore in 201...
25 Jul, 2016, 03.14 PM IST
No formal complaint against milk adulteration: GovernmentShripad Yesso Naik said that the FSSAI regularly takes up the issue of enforcement of provisions of the Act and regulations thereunder the ...
10 May, 2016, 07.54 PM IST
Food safety regulator issues countrywide alert on milk, water & edible oil packsFSSAI has asked all food safety commissioners to "increase surveillance activities" with a special focus on packaged products.
23 Jun, 2015, 10.31 AM IST
- Bill in Lok Sabha to expand ambit of hallmarking of products
A bill seeking to expand the ambit of mandatory hallmarking of products, including gold, was introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
03 May, 2012, 05.58 PM IST
- Cabinet makes hallmarking gold jewellery mandatory: Minister
The hallmarking of gold, which is voluntary in nature at present, is a purity certification of the precious metal. BIS is the administrativ...
04 Jan, 2012, 02.19 PM IST
- Toxic milk powder scandal hits China, again
Chinese authorities seized 64 tonnes of milk powder and products laced with the same deadly toxic additive that sparked an uproar in 2008, ...
10 Jul, 2010, 02.12 AM IST