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The Centre has decided to introduce from September fortnightly sugar allocation system replacing the existing monthly quota system. According to an official press release, the mills will be required to sell at least 40 % of the allocation in the first week and remaining quantity in the succeeding week. The statement said that physical verification…
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: Dairy products maker Milky Mist Dairy Food Ltd on Thursday fixed a price band of ₹133-140 per share for its ₹1,553 crore initial public offering (IPO), which will open for subscription on August 11. The Erode-based company’s IPO comprises a fresh issue of equity shares aggregating up to ₹1,428 crore and an Offer For…
Food scientist Sangati Chenna Kesava Reddy displaying a ‘fruit pop’ and a dye used to make it. | Photo Credit: HANDOUT Those who are prone to ‘chocoholism’ now have a healthier alternative — ‘fruit pops’. The patent application filed by Sri Venkateswara University’s (SVU) Intellectual Property Cell for the unique fruit pops has been received…
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The story of Bengali food is often told through rivers, fish and fertile soil. Less often it is told through railway platforms, refugee colonies and the ingenuity of people who arrived with almost nothing, except memory. When millions were displaced during the Partition of 1947, those crossing from East Bengal into West Bengal did not…
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Sahitya Akademi award winner Nanjil Nadan’s book ‘Nanjil Naatu Unavu’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Food is an integral part of society, and like the fine arts, it flourishes in regions where basic human needs are met. The food habits — both vegetarian and non-vegetarian — of Nanjil Nadu in Kanniyakumari district are, in a…
Consumed worldwide Grilled eel or unagi is a popular summer delicacy in Japan (Representational) Yokohama, Japan: Grilled eel, or unagi, a popular summer delicacy in Japan, is behind a department store food poisoning incident that has left more than 140 people sick and one dead, the store’s president said. Shinji Kaneko of Keikyu Department Store…
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Representational Image New Delhi: In a historic move, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has approved a proposal to make a bolder and bigger display of nutritional information regarding total sugar, salt and saturated fat on packaged food items, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said on Saturday. The proposal…
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New Delhi: A video has gone viral on social media platforms claiming a food vendor in Chandigarh uses diesel to cook parathas, a popular flatbread. The three-minute-long video begins with a man at a roadside restaurant rolling out a dough and stuffing it with the aloo (potato) mixture. When asked what he was cooking by…
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