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CFTRI launches white & brown Teff varieties to suit Indian conditions

CFTRI launches white & brown Teff varieties to suit Indian conditions

The Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru the premier national food and nutrition research institute - has launched its latest superfood, Teff. It has developed an agro-technology to suit Indian conditions for both white

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Jamuns can be used to make low-cost solar cells, say IIT Roorkee scientists

Jamuns can be used to make low-cost solar cells, say IIT Roorkee scientists

Plucking and feasting on fresh, delectable jamuns is a favourite childhood pastime during summer months, but scientists at IIT Roorkee have found a novel use for the juicy Indian fruit—making inexpensive solar cells. Researchers used

Allied Industry
Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Amla Juice scores a duck in a lab test

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Amla Juice scores a duck in a lab test

Its India’s Yog Guru Baba Ramdev who has hit the media headlines once again and it not for any good reason. In a recent incident, Ramdev’s Patanjali Amala Juice has been removed from the shelves

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Monsanto completes plant expansion in Muscatine

Monsanto completes plant expansion in Muscatine

Monsanto has completed a $50 million expansion at its Muscatine, Iowa plant. The expansion provides increases the formulations and packaging capacity at the plant to support the launch of Monsanto’s dicamba-tolerant trait technologies. “Iowa is

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Cabinet approves extension of validity of sugar Central Order

Cabinet approves extension of validity of sugar Central Order

The Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for extending the validity of the existing Central Order, dated October 27, 2016, in respect of sugar by six months from April

Allied Industry
Bunge acquires Argentine edible oil company

Bunge acquires Argentine edible oil company

Bunge Southern Cone and Aceitera Martínez S.A. have entered into an agreement to transfer all of Aceitera Martínez’s assets to Bunge. A family-run business for more than 60 years, Aceitera Martínez specializes in the production

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Government scrutinises FSSAI for underutilisation of funds by parliamentary committee

Government scrutinises FSSAI for underutilisation of funds by parliamentary committee

The Parliamentary Committee on Department of Health and Family Affairs has pulled up the health department for underutilisation of funds by the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI).  “FSSAI was established in 2006. The

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Moderate changes in Indian diets could benefit both health and the environment

Moderate changes in Indian diets could benefit both health and the environment

In a study published recently in the inaugural edition of The Lancet Planetary Health, Wellcome-funded researchers led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine identify moderate shifts in typical Indian diets that could

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Meat Tech innovation centre in Ireland

Meat Tech innovation centre in Ireland

Meat Technology Ireland, a strategic research and innovation base in beef and sheep meat processing in Ireland, was launched by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O Connor TD and Minister for Agriculture,

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Amazon to invest $515 mn in food retail

Amazon to invest $515 mn in food retail

India’s online food delivery market, comprising aggregators and internet kitchens, grew at 150 per cent in 2016 with an estimated GMV of USD 300 million, despite low investor sentiment and players scaling down operations or