The consumer affairs ministry on Tuesday expressed willingness to issue ISI mark licence for soft drinks provided the companies approach them on the matter, something they had failed to do so far.
Earlier, Jaslok Hospital had issued an advisory to its doctors to avoid prescribing drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy.
The European Union has recently introduced a condition on exporters to give a certificate with dispatches that they contain traditional Basmati rice to avail a rebate of 250 Euro per tonne, Lok Sabha was informed on Friday.
Writing the judgment, Justice Srikrishna held that Section 7(4) empowered the authorities in a state to ban items under the Act for a temporary period as the provision was "transitory" in nature.
Government has scrapped kerosene imports by private companies and decided that only state-run firms will import the fuel to end its adulteration in diesel.
Samples of Mother Dairy milk last week were found to be contaminated.
A Parliamentary committee on Friday asked the government to stop import of kerosene by private sector retailers as the imported fuel is being used for adulteration of diesel.
News of all that transpired on and off the football field.
'All anecdotal evidence confirms that there has been no noticeable rise in deaths across the country for want of coronavirus tests,' notes Virendra Kapoor.
Amidst the raging controversy over the quality of bottled water, the government has formulated stringent standards proposed to be enforced from April 1, Health Minister Sushma Swaraj said.
Diesel sales in the country zoomed by 15 per cent in the first fortnight of April 2004, triggered off largely by the ensuing Lok Sabha elections.
The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the reopening of State-owned liquor vends in Tamil Nadu by staying a Madras high court order which had ordered their closure for the time being on the ground that there was violation of guidelines, such as social distancing, meant to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. A bench comprising Justices L Nageswara Rao, S K Kaul and B R Gavai, in the proceedings held through video conferencing, stayed the May 8 order of the high court after taking note of the appeal of state government's firm, Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (TASMAC), which sells alcoholic beverages in the state.
Ranbaxy Laboratories is recalling 29,790 blister packs of anti-allergy drug in the US, manufactured by its arm Ohms Laboratories, due to defective packaging.
Do a straw poll of any business friends and you will laugh and weep at what they go through, points out Rahul Jacob.
'The greed for power of the BJP and its allies is exposed to the fact that they can't even give charge to a trusted lieutenant in the absence of the CM.'
Some celebrities have come under fire for endorsing brands misleading consumers.
Parle is taking one step at a time as it moves ahead in the pulse biz. Carpet bombing will not work. The company goes slow with Fresh Harvest dal rollout.
The phased increase of prices is being done to sell the fuel at international prices.
It had posted net profit of Rs 125.75 crore (Rs 1.25 billion) during the January-March quarter of the previous fiscal, 2012-13.
'Our technology is going to help Indian agriculture the way the White Revolution helped milk production.'
The US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has issued a warning letter to RPG Life Sciences for violation of current good manufacturing practice (CGMP) norms at its two plants at Ankleshwar and Mumbai.
DNA test of a child can be allowed to prove infidelity of a spouse despite opposition from his or her partner, the Supreme Court today held, saying that if such test is resisted then adverse inference can be drawn against the person opposing it.
Registration of vehicles carrying vegetables, fruits mandatory from July 15.
Modi also lashed at those "demeaning" the valour displayed by the armed forces after the Jaish-e-Mohammed attack against the Central Reserve Police Force in Kashmir.
With internet sales of medications on the rise, people everywhere are increasingly at risk.
'This year, it may be pertinent to look at some of the myths that invoke her warrior form, where she manifests herself as Shakti, the underlying strength in all humanity,' says Arundhuti Dasgupta.
Just as Billa-Ranga had become symbols of everything that was wrong with the system many years ago, Nestle is now portrayed as the wickedest of the wicked. Every known food crime in India is now attributed to Nestle including deliberately increasing the level of lead in their noodles, as well as deliberately destroying the health of millions. That's not only unfair, it's downright idiotic, says Rajeev Srinivasan.
O Teri, which borrows heavily from Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro drowns it all in slapstick so noisy it all comes off as more lame than loving, more blasphemous than beholden.
On the one side there is a strong 'chowkidar', on the other, a line of tainted people, the prime minister said.
Nestle now has less than two weeks to convince the regulator why product approval for its noodles should not be withdrawn
T N Seshan believed that toughness at every level is needed to keep the flock under him strictly duty bound, recalls Dr K S Parthasarathy, former secretary, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board.
The merger has fortified Sun Pharma's position.
While the US health regulator did not specify details for issuing the alert, it said 'detention without physical examination may be appropriate when an FDA inspection has revealed that a firm is not operating in conformity with current good manufacturing practices'.
