Filtering the fine print

The confusion resulting from reports about pesticides in bottled water and soft drinks saw a few companies sneak-ride upon the concerns of the …

Ways to budge Karzai

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Monsanto pulled up

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Science must for UK firms advertising green credentials

Protest against Shell in Canada

Nickelodeon characters endorsing junk food

Public sector banks score over private ones

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South Australia to ban junk food adverts

Not the morning after remedy

Overuse of emergency contraceptives can kill

Screen out the liar

FSSAI expert group recommendations on junk food regulation add nothing new

Its report asks for additional tax on junk food and ban on advertising such foods on children's shows but has no plan for implementation

India must tackle high rate of obesity, diabetes: Global Nutrition Report of 2016

Report highlights the grim progress made by India in fighting obesity and non-communicable diseases 

Warning labels should be made mandatory in India: Experts

Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswn had said last week that his ministry would concur with health ministry on the matter

Four hops on Facebook

Complan’s tall claim falls short

Maharashtra’s food watchdog takes Heinz to court over advertisement

Food for nutrition, nature & livelihood

What societies eat reflects their position on the modernity trajectory

Broad spectrum drugs rule India

Scientists to vouch for cola companies

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Brazil to regulate junk food

Fictitious body stings Dow

Stars' tantrums on cola controversy

Seeing fewer stars? LEDs might be increasing light pollution

New lighting technologies might have increased it by 10% every year in last decade, finds study

Thin on facts

High sales pitch of Saffola’s ‘healthier’ rice relies on unproven data