National Anti-Doping Agency Director General Navin Agarwal says all the Rio Olympics-bound sportspersons have undergone testing for banned substances and are dope-free. He, however, conceded that there were issues regarding testing of a few Rio-bound sportspersons as they were not available at the 'whereabouts' provided by them as mandated under the Anti-Doping Administration Management System (ADAMS) of the World Anti-Doping Agency, but NADA was able to get their testing done later on.
Celebrities will become more responsive to consumer concerns about the brands they endorse.
On October 16, Nestl received the go-ahead to resume manufacturing Maggi.
Government considering proposal to allow conversion of used cooking oil into biodiesel, say Shine Jacob and Shreya Jai.
Nestle India had re-launched Maggi earlier this month with a mandate of being safe for consumption amid much fanfare
Indian govt must tighten food safety norms to prevent controversies like the latest one on Maggi noodles.
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.
Banking shares saw a renewed buying interest on the hopes of a rate-cut by the central bank post the easing of macro-economic data.
Top companies reported that despite most of them making staples and essential products, movement of raw material, goods and labour remained restricted, impacting sales.
About 27,420 tonnes of Maggi noodles will end up in furnaces.
The complaint is against Nestle's 'unfair trade practices'.
The industry began to upgrade its practices even before the NGO alleged Indian tea contained harmful pesticides.
Adar Poonawalla said he was hopeful that Covovax, the Novavax vaccine made by SII, will be launched around October this year for adults and for children by the first quarter of next year, depending on DCGI approvals.
The airport has formulated standard operating procedures for post-lockdown safety of the passengers, which include social distancing, stringent thermal screening, positioning temporary quarantine centres and also continues to sanitise and disinfect the airport to ensure safety and well-being of the passengers when operations resume.
Chocolate majors, home and surface cleaning companies, beauty brands say that business has been brisk this festive season.
Nestle refused to regret the mistake in a public statement.
Replying to the notice issued, the Central government said that ex-gratia amount cannot be paid due to financial constraints and other factors.
Movie theatres may reopen around the second week of July.
Dinesh Thakur is famous for exposing Ranbaxy safety problems
Venkatesh Kini, business unit president, Coca-Cola India and South West, shares his plans with Arnab Dutta.
With an epic battle of billionaires for supremacy in one of the world's most prolific markets and a pandemic-propelled surge in online shopping in the background, India's nearly trillion-dollar retail market is hoping to touch 85 per cent of the pre-COVID business in the first half of the New Year. In a year when the COVID-19 carnage ripped apart the retail business, circa 2020 will best go down for the unravelling of the war between Jeff Bezos, the world's wealthiest man, and richest Indian Mukesh Ambani for pre-eminence in the booming market that is estimated to reach $1.3 trillion by 2025. It all started with Ambani's Reliance Industries agreeing in August to buy assets of the nation's second-largest retailer for Rs 24,713 crore, just a year after Bezos' Amazon purchased an indirect stake in the indebted Future Retail.
Brand ambassadors and their lackeys are busy opposing the idea of being held accountable, even though they are ready to take all the money, says Sunita Narain.
'Maggi issue gave us room for introspection.'
Views differ on the subject of celebrity endorsement.
The budgetary allocation for the sector is Rs 60,908.22 crore, with Rs 6,400 crore earmarked for the centre's flagship health insurance scheme Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojna (AB-PMJAY).
'Safety is my first priority.' 'I need to ensure that any drug or vaccine that our citizens get is first safe.'
'A foot-in-mouth disorder seems to grip the government, and is growing chronic by the day,' says Sunil Sethi.
Dabur has launched 44 products during the year.
Pfizer can show the FDA approval to the Indian regulator and present a case that based on whatever data submitted, the US regulator has granted a full marketing nod, says Sohini Das.
Two giant brands get into a slugfest over the goodness of ice creams and frozen desserts, reports Sohini Das.
The Union home ministry on Tuesday allowed opening of shops selling school books and electric fans, services of bedside attendants of senior citizens and public utilities including recharge facilities for prepaid mobile phones during the ongoing lockdown.
Nestl is facing its worst crisis ever. Can it learn from its peers?
Sensex, Nifty end the day in red on unfavourable cues from global markets.
'The idea behind the new rules is that slaughter markets must buy directly from the farms as is the case in the bloody world.' 'The cattle markets have become centres for the organised beef mafia.'
Camel milk is an excellent source of iron and protein when compared to cow milk. It also has high Vitamin B3 and good probiotics. With the variety of nutrients camel milk has, experts feel it should be labelled a superfood.
The total number of positive cases has increased by 106 in the last 24 hours to reach 1,024.
An International Policy Network report in 2010 found that seven per cent of drugs bought from wholesale traders were substandard, and 3.6 per cent of the drugs from traders contained no active ingredient whatsoever.
'Despite the pandemic, we aspire to maintain the momentum of last year.'
There are just 1,500 drug inspectors responsible for more than 10,000 factories in India
Whistle-blower Dinesh Thakur will speak on Made-in-India drugs at an event in Washington.
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