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MTR Foods to Invest $30m in India to Raise Production Capacity
May 5, 2016Indian food company MTR Foods is planning to invest Rs 2bn ($30m) in the next four to five years to increase its production capacity from 45,000 mt to 72,000 mt at its facility in Bengaluru, the capital city of the country’s southern ...
Tags: MTR Foods, Orkla Foods
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Chinese Culture Talk in Indonesia Strikes a Chord
Dec 18, 2015On Dec 10, Chinese musician couple Wang Jianxin and Li Fengyun gave a lecture to 600 students and teachers at Sekolah Harapan Bangsa School in Indonesia. [Photo by Liu Fang / Chinaculture.org] A series of lectures on Chinese classical ...
Tags: Culture Talk, ancient instruments
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Indian Food Regulator Fssai Seeks Ban on Nestle Maggi Noodles Again
Dec 15, 2015A month after its return to the Indian market, Nestle Maggi Noodles is again faced with a fresh controversy, with the food regulator seeking a ban on the product. The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) approached the ...
Tags: Nestle, Maggi Noodles
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Patanjali Atta Noodles Under Indian Food Regulator's Scanner for Launching Without Approval
Nov 24, 2015Indian food regulator Food Safety and Regulatory Authority of India (FSSAI) has stated that the recently-launched Patanjali Atta Noodles by yoga guru Ramdev did not carry the regulator’s approval. However, the FSSAI chairperson ...
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India Rolls Out Energy Efficiency Label for LEDs
Nov 12, 2015India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is implementing energy efficient labels similar to U.S. ENERGY STAR labels, according to a report from The New Indian Express. Under the BEE scheme launched earlier this month, Indian LED ...
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New Cases of Misbranding Emerge in India Following Maggi Noodles Fiasco
Nov 10, 2015The food and drug administration (FDA) of Maharashtra, a state in India, has found cases of misbranding and mislabeling after laboratory tests on a few samples of packaged foods revealed non-disclosure of certain contents. The state ...
Tags: FDA, labels, Food Safety
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Nestle Prepares Ground for Maggi's Re-Launch in Indian Market
Oct 21, 2015Nestle is preparing ground for the re-launch of its Maggi Noodles with increased spending on television advertisements. Expected to be back on shelves by Diwali, Maggi Noodles is set to make a grand comeback by taking advantage of the ...
Tags: Nestle, Maggi Noodles, Indian Market
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There Is a Need to Follow Chinese Model for Promoting Indigenous Indian Products Like Kha
Jan 7, 2014KH Muniyappa, India’s Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, said there is a need to follow Chinese model for promoting indigenous Indian products like khadi. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of Khadi ...
Tags: Promoting Khadi, Chinese Model
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The Chinnikrishnan Innovation Award for N Gunasekara's Glass Stone Engineering
Sep 23, 2013N Gunasekara was an unsung hero for the last 27 years. Recognition came to him in the form of the Chinnikrishnan Innovation Award for his glass stone engineering. A school dropout at the age of 13, Gunasekara had an innovative bent of ...
Tags: Glass, Construction
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Karnataka Eyes RS Has Invested 100bn with New Textile Policy
Sep 21, 2013The Government of Karnataka, a state in southern India, is expecting that the state would attract over Rs. 100 billion in investments once the new textile policy is implemented, state Minister for Textiles and Ports Baburao Chincahnsur told ...
Tags: Textile
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Kerala Is Planning to Increase The Sales of Khadi Products to Rs.1 Billion in 2013
Aug 6, 2013The government of the southern Indian state of Kerala is planning to increase the sales of Khadi products to Rs. 1 billion in 2013. Mr. CN Balakrishnan, Minister of the Kerala Khadi and Village Industries Board, announced after ...
Tags: Kerala Khadi Board
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India's Steel Ministry Will Reduce The Country's Iron Ore Export Tax
Aug 5, 2013India's steel ministry has stated that reducing the country's iron ore export tax from the current 30 percent might negatively affect the raw material security of the domestic steel industry and, contrary to the government's view, would ...
Tags: Steel Ministry, Iron Ore Export
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Parliamentary Standing Committee Report on Labour Has Criticized Indian Textiles Ministry
May 9, 2013Parliamentary Standing Committee report on Labour has criticized the Indian Textiles Ministry for its failure to use the budgetary grant of Rs. 70 billion for 2012-13, which was later revised to Rs. 45 billion. In its report submitted ...
Tags: Textiles Ministry, Textiles
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Copper and Nickel Prices Rose by INR 2 Per Kg Each on The Non Ferrous Metal Market
Jan 6, 2013Indian Express reported that Copper and nickel prices rose by INR 2 per kg each on the non ferrous metal market today on increased demand from consuming industries and a firming trend at the London Metal Exchange. Traders said the rise ...
Tags: Copper, nickel, London Metal Exchange, India, metal market
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SAIL Had Acquired The Refractory Unit of Burn Standard and Co at Salem Last Year
Dec 26, 2012Indian Express cited the steel ministry as saying that Tamil Nadu public sector SAIL will scale down operations unless the state waived the company's accumulated liabilities of INR 470 crore and re-validated its mining leases.The move to ...
Tags: Tamil Nadu, SAIL, SRCL, Steel
