More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of ...
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The government of India has raised import duties on natural rubber by 50% effective January 1, according to a statement released Monday. The Indian government has fixed an import duty at Rupees 30/kg (48 cents/kg), or 20% of the value of ...
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Amira Nature Foods, a United Arab Emirates-based provider of packaged Indian specialty rice, has signed a deal to take over Basmati Rice, a Germany-based premium branded rice distributor, for an undisclosed amount. Basmati Rice offers ten ...
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With Christmas and New Years’ around the corner, you must be totally swamped with multiple invites to fabulous soirees and a tad jammed with what to wear. Look no further than FabAlley.com, the exclusive women’s only online ...
Too many Americans lack access to preventive dental care, a new study reports, and large differences exist among racial and ethnic groups. For the study, researchers analyzed telephone survey data collected from nearly 650,000 middle-aged ...
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Indian state-run steelmaking and mining company Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), also known as Vizag Steel, has announced that it has achieved another significant milestone as its blast furnace No. 3 has produced in excess of its ...
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Tropical Cyclone Bruce's eye caught the eye of NASA's Aqua satellite when it passed overhead on December 21, but two days later, Bruce's eye appeared cloud-filled on satellite imagery. On Dec. 21, Bruce still remained at hurricane ...
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Ten cities in Indian state Tamil Nadu including Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Coimbatore, Tuticorin, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, Vellore, Madurai and Tirunelveli will replace 200,000 40W fluorescent tube lights with LEDs, according to a report by Hindu ...
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India-based PET manufacturing firm Chemco Group plans to open a new plastics packaging facility at the Bahrain International Investment Park (BIIP) in Salman Industrial City. With the new facility in Bahrain, the Chemco Group expects to ...
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It is reported that the steel mills in India are considering a price hike for about US$15/ton starting from January in 2014 due to the increased domestic railway freight charges which imposed peak session charge from October and raw ...
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India's finished steel consumption totaled 48.29 million mt in the first eight months of the current Indian fiscal year (started April 1, 2013), with just a 0.4 percent year-on-year increase, according to provisional estimates released by ...
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International credit ratings agency Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has announced that it has raised its long-term corporate credit rating for Tata Steel UK Holdings Ltd. to 'BB-' from 'B+'. The outlook is negative. S&P said that the ...
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Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced that it is to supply more than 700 mt of high-performance stainless steel grade from its European mills to the Indian engineering company, Thermax Limited, for the construction ...
The Government of India would not include khadi weavers and spinners under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA), Parliament was informed, Business Line reported quoting PTI. In a written reply to the Lok ...
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A celebration of Australian Merino wool has been enjoyed in Indian shopping malls, as consumers were invited to fall in love with the natural, renewable and biodegradable fibre. The Fibre Advocacy campaign was held across three ...