In the case of Everest, FSSAI has prohibited the sale of compounded (hing powder) variants with immediate effect. NEW DELHI: The humble pinch of hing used in Indian kitchens has come under the scanner, with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issuing prohibition orders against Everest Food Products Private Limited and Laljee…
Erratic distribution leads to 2% dip in acreage of kharif crops NEW DELHI: Better-than-expected rainfall in many parts of the country in August has failed to reduce India’s cumulative monsoon rainfall deficit. While the country’s cumulative rainfall deficit (since June 1) was 13% as of July 31, it touched nearly 14% a month later due…
NEW DELHI: BJP president Nitin Nabin Saturday reprimanded three Delhi MPs – Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, Yogender Chandolia and Kamaljeet Sehrawat – for visiting the residence of anti-Sikh riot convict Sajjan Kumar, who died Aug 20, to pay their condolences.The move comes amid the party’s preparations for the Punjab assembly elections.Kumar was a serving life sentence…
Diamond is celebrated as one of the hardest materials known, but new research shows that even its famously rigid structure can be dramatically altered by an impact travelling at hypersonic speed. Scientists have found that diamond particles embedded in a specially engineered ceramic composite can undergo a near-complete transformation into graphite during a collision lasting…
PM Modi was received at the airport by Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on arrival in Tashkent NEW DELHI: Ahead of the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he’s looking forward to advancing India’s vision for the region anchored in security, connectivity and opportunity, and to working with fellow members for a region…
FBI lowers the hiring bar for the agency. The FBI used to reject anyone if they admitted that they had hired sex workers in the past, stolen from an employer, or engaged in acts of bestiality. But now, these factors are not immediate deal-breakers, CBS reported. The FBI is willing to give candidates a pass…
An entrepreneur began melting discarded plastic into walls Workers at a recycling plant in central Mexico are turning five and a half tonnes of discarded plastic bottles and old toys every day into strong building materials, helping low-income families get better homes while keeping waste out of local dumps. The process, developed in 2013 by…
Sisters Hema Sunil Amin, left, and Hemangini Jitendra Patel went missing in Nepal floods. (Phoro: BBC) Tulshi Patel, a Pharmacist from Milton Keynes, England, has been looking for her mother, Hemangini Jitendra Patel, and her aunt, Hema Sunil Amin, who went on a pilgrimage to Tibet. Patel last spoke to her mother and aunt on…
Zion National Park (Representative image) Visitors who approach Zion National Park from the east are greeted by a winding, scenic drive that feels worlds away from the crowded gateway towns surrounding many other national parks. That sense of serenity is now locked in place, thanks to a new conservation deal announced this week by the…
Moment Energy co-founders Gabriel Soares, Edward Chiang, Sumreen Rattan and Gurmesh Sidhu Six years after four engineering graduates began experimenting with used electric vehicle batteries in a British Columbia garage, their clean technology company has opened the largest second-life battery manufacturing plant of its kind. Moment Energy, founded in 2020 by Simon Fraser University graduates…