Inside BENEO’s new pulse plant: pioneering sustainable protein from faba beans
A group of scientists at the University of California have identified a gene that can help tackle a new devastating strain of stem rust, a fungal disease that is quite prevalent in Punjab. The
Coca-Cola has appointed Vamsi Mohan as President, Coca-Cola South Pacific business unit and shall succeed Roberto Mercade. He will be taking on this global responsibility from January 1, 2018 onwards. Mohan is currently the
Pune based Samvad Social Technologies (SST) has developed an app called Food Dosti that aims to minimise food wastage. The application intends to fight food wastage at restaurants by incentivising customers who do not
National Milk Day was recently celebrated. Radha Mohan Singh, Union Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Minister on the occasion said that India is the ‘Oyster’ of the global dairy industry with opportunities galore for the entrepreneurs
West Bengal government is planning branding of its iconic sweet rasgolla with set specifications and nutrition parameters for export. It also plans to globally market the brand name ‘Banglar Rasogolla’ with a specific logo.
Indian ice-cream maker Havmor Ice Cream Limited (HIL) has decided to sell its ice-cream business to Lotte Confectionery for Rs 1,020 crore marking the entry of Lotte into India’s growing ice-cream market. Lotte Confectionery is a part of $80
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is now formulating a draft notification to scan misleading advertisements that falsely label items as fresh’ or ‘natural’ According to the draft Food Safety and Standards
The Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producers Federation, Aavin, plans to sell (ultra-heat treated) UHT milk with a shelf life of 180 days in 15 countries, with the launch taking place in Singapore this weekend. The
The government has put across a minimum export price (MEP) of $850 per tonne on onions to increase domestic supplies and to check rise in prices. MEP is the minimum rate below which exports are
The health policy is stressing upon the formation of a separate university for streams other than modern medicine. Since Ayush is already a full-fledged department, the state government proposes to set up an Ayush