One Drop, an international water foundation has announced a partnership with international wholesale and food specialist METRO for a joint three-year project that will provide access to sustainable and safe water to about 250,000 people
India has earned more than Rs 18,000 crore foreign exchange per year from the export of basmati rice, especially from the variety 1121 developed by the country’s top agri-institute ICAR. The institute is playing an
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), a large-scale fertiliser cooperative federation has taken another step to serve and connect the farmers digitally by launching a social e-commerce app and web portal, "IFFCO iMandi". This is in line with
Faraway Foods Pvt. Ltd, a Mumbai-based startup that sells healthful snacks for children under The Mumum Co. brand, has raised angel funds worth $500,000. The company, which sells snacks such as roasted grain puffs,
A team of researchers led by Dr Baskaran Thyagarajan, at the University of Vyoming in the US, has found out that a novel drug based on capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their spicy
Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has entered into an agreement with Raipur based Sattva Seeds for licensing of CH-27 (chilli hybrid) and PPH-1 (pumpkin hybrid). The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by PAU research
As part of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), being implemented on pilot basis in four districts in Kerala, the health department has added reduction in obesity and encouraging breastfeeding as additional targets. NNM, implemented
Nasdaq has announced that PepsiCo, Inc. will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index and the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index prior to market open on Monday, July 23, 2018. PepsiCo, Inc. will replace DISH Network
Huss Brewing Company is leveraging more than 25 years of craft beer experience to launch a new set of products packaged in environmentally-friendly aluminum. Recent additions to the Huss Brewery slate of craft beer
With an aim to upgrade the quality of education, healthcare facilities in the AYUSH National Institutes, the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) will organise a two-day conference of heads of these centres. The inaugural session of the conference would be