Quality consciousness key to global competitiveness, says consumer affairs secretaryConsumer Affairs Secretary Nidhi Khare urged Indian manufacturers to make quality standards central to operations to strengthen global comp...
12 May, 2026, 02.03 PM IST
A 1% problem that can derail India’s factory lines as tiny screws throw big tantrumsA recent analysis highlights that stringent regulations on fasteners, a seemingly minor expense, are leading to significant production hurd...
06 May, 2026, 12.31 PM IST
GST Council should consider lowering tax on household insecticides to 5 pc: EY-HICA reportA new report recommends lowering the Goods and Services Tax on household insecticides. The current 18 percent rate could be reduced to 5 pe...
24 Apr, 2026, 02.32 PM IST
Drug regulator oversight sought for nutraceuticals; NGO flags quality, pricing concernsA Gujarat NGO is pushing the government to regulate nutraceuticals like medicines. They cite concerns about product quality and unregulated...
19 Apr, 2026, 11.15 AM IST
500 GW of renewable energy by 2030: What India must do nowWith policy certainty, innovative financing, accelerated manufacturing, and modernised grids, India can deliver clean, affordable, and home...
16 Apr, 2026, 11.56 AM IST
Sauce that may be costing lives sold at just Rs 20/litre to vendors: UP food raid seizes over 200 litres of contaminated stockA food safety raid in Hapur’s Pannapuri led to the sealing of a food manufacturing unit found producing adulterated tomato sauce using vege...
10 Apr, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
West Asia conflict to push up pesticide input costs by 20-25%, warns industry bodyIndia's crop protection industry faces a 20-25 percent rise in input costs due to the West Asia conflict. This disruption threatens pestici...
20 Mar, 2026, 03.58 PM IST
Agri Minister asks states to crack down on sale of fake fertilisers, warns against forced taggingUnion Agriculture Minister Shivaraja Singh Chouhan has urged states and union territories to take strict action against the sale of counter...
13 Jul, 2025, 04.39 PM IST
Another Indian pharma manufacturer in news after WHO's substandard medicine alertThe alert was issued for a batch of substandard (contaminated) Guaifenesin Syrup TG Syrup. The substandard product was identified in the Ma...
25 Apr, 2023, 06.32 PM IST
WHO warns against use of Marion Bio's two cough syrups"Two cough syrups made by India's Marion Biotech should not be used for children after the products were linked to 19 deaths in Uzbekistan,...
13 Jan, 2023, 12.13 AM IST
Cough syrups by India's Maiden Pharma linked to 66 deaths in Gambia, WHO issues alertThe WHO also issued a medical product alert asking regulators to remove Maiden Pharma goods from the market. The products may have been dis...
06 Oct, 2022, 10.49 AM IST
Covid-19: FDA cracks down on sale, manufacture of substandard sanitisersWhile authorities in Maharashtra are busy curbing the spread of the novel coronavirus, some unscrupulous elements, who are looking to make ...
13 Mar, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
One in 10 medicines in developing countries is substandard or falsified: WHOWHO has received reports of substandard or falsified medical products ranging from cancer treatment to contraception.
28 Nov, 2017, 09.00 PM IST
- Inflow of sub-standard electronic products curbed: Government
The inflow of of sub-standard electronics goods has been curbed after registration of electronic products was made mandatory, a govt offici...
31 Jul, 2014, 10.05 PM IST
- 15,000 cases of substandard food products detected in China
Chinese officials claimed to have detected 15,000 cases of substandard food in a crackdown & shut down 5,700 unlicensed businesses.
20 Jun, 2012, 02.32 PM IST
- China detects problematic products from India, other nations
China's quality watchdog has detected substandard products from India, the US, Australia, Japan and Thailand during the first seven months ...
27 Aug, 2008, 09.51 AM IST
- RBI eases norms on infrastructure funding
The Reserve Bank today eased norms for declaring bank-funded infrastructure projects as sub-standard.
29 Apr, 2008, 09.16 PM IST