Food regulator receives over 1,722 complaints in eight months

Addressing a seminar on Nutraceuticals, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal said the regulator has already provided the states a list of drugs banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

A panel led by the secretaries of the DEA and the DIPP would conduct a quarterly review on the pending proposals. With the abolition of the Foreign Investment and Promotion Board (FIPB), the ministries tasked with clearing foreign direct investment proposals in the 12 sectors that need government nod would have to take a decision within 60 days, the finance ministry said. FDI after FIPB abolition: Who gives approval for what Mining: Mines ministryDefence: Department of production, Defence ...

When India opened up its automotive sector in the mid-1980s, the country’s largest scooter manufacturer, Bajaj Auto, confronted a predicament similar to what many companies in emerging-markets or EMs face. Global behemoth, Japan’s Honda, was entering the ...

St Petersburg: Following is the full text of the St Petersburg Declaration that was signed on Thursday following the annual bilateral summit between India and Russia: We, the leaders of India and Russia, in the year that marks the 70th anniversary of the ...

Haridwar: Narendra Modi leaned to whisper in the ear of the man sitting cross-legged and barefoot next to him, the one clad in saffron robes with a long beard and squinty gaze. It was late in the afternoon of March 23, 2014 in New Delhi and the start of ...

Clearing the decks for the final roll out on July 1, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council at its meeting in Srinagar on Friday fixed the rules and tax rates for commodity and services. However, GST rates for goods like gold, textile, footwear and precious ...

Born and abandoned in Mumbai, reborn in Sweden, Erika Sandberg says she is Indian on the outside, but feels Swedish on the inside.Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel narrates her tale.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In August 1976, a Swissair jet flew out of the monsoon skies of Bombay, due west, with a precious little bundle onboard. The Boeing was headed for Zurich. In Switzerland probably another air hostess took careful charge of this special delivery as she boarded a flight headed ...

Tax officials of the central and state governments will this week hold their maiden meeting on devising a formula for tax rate to be levied on services under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime from July 1. While the GST Council had previously decided on ...

It’s Monday morning and yet again time to do a quick review of the posts published on trak last week. If you were offline for any reason this is a great way to catch up with all the tech buzz from last week. Internet/Tech/E-Commerce WhatsApp is in the ...