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Adding micronutrients to staple foods may become mandatory
17 Oct 2016
The government is considering making food fortification - adding of essential micronutrients - mandatory in wheat flour, rice, salt, edible oils and salt, as the FSSAI is pushing ahead with implementation of new standards even before a final notification
Retailers scared to sell Chinese goods, stocks pile up
15 Oct 2016
Chinese lighting and decorative products enter the Indian markets three months before Diwali, but this year wholesalers are stuck as there is a 20-per cent decline in offtake by retailers due to calls on social media for a boycott of Chinese products
You’re eating your pizza the wrong way – but do you care?
By By Jagdeep Worah | 15 Oct 2016
The correct way is to avoid slicing the pizza at all, but instead to fold the entire pizza once, then a second time, hold it in a napkin, and take a big bite into all the four folds
India’s TB epidemic larger than previously thought: WHO
14 Oct 2016
The tuberculosis epidemic in India is "larger" than what was previously estimated, with the country being one of six nations which accounted for 60 per cent of the new cases in 2015, says WHO
Chinese giants Sinochem Group and ChemChina in merger talks
14 Oct 2016
The deal has been proposed by the Chinese central government as part of its plan to reduce the number of state-owned companies and create larger, globally more competitive businesses
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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