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FSSAI enforces Supreme Court's ban on gutka, pan masala

-The Indian Express The Food Safety and Standards Regulations, 2.3.4, prohibit the use of tobacco and nicotine as ingredients in any food products and bans sale of all food products where tobacco is present as ingredient such as gutka and pan masala. Pune: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) issued a directive on October 9 banning the manufacture, sale and distribution of gutka and pan masala (with tobacco and...

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Food company lobbyists, RUTF backers in Niti Aayog's working group on nutrition -Rema Nagarajan

-The Times of India Many members of the Niti Aayog's newly constituted Working Group on Nutrition have significant conflicts of interests. Several are representatives of international agencies, which have close ties to multinational food companies including Nestle, Hindustan Unilever, Coca Cola, Monsanto, Mars and Ajinomoto, and which have been pushing packaged therapeutic food to address malnutrition. The government has repeatedly clarified that packaged energy dense food is against India's policy on...

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A sixth of Indian men smoke, suggests a study by NIN

-The Hindu NIN centenary year fete begins with release of report on urban health Hyderabad: One-sixth of India’s adult male population smokes tobacco while nearly a third consumes alcohol, suggest latest findings from the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). The city-based national-level institute kick-started its centenary year on Tuesday with release of a report on urban health. During Tuesday’s Foundation Day gathering, the institute felicitated its former directors, including some of the first scientists...

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Judicial probe cry

-The Telegraph New Delhi: About 50 academics and activists have written to President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a judicial probe into the police baton charge on Banaras Hindu University students last night. The students were protesting vice-chancellor G.C. Tripathi's alleged shaming of a girl student who had been molested on the campus on Thursday evening. In their common letter to the President - the Visitor of the university...

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Why govt-subsidised Amma, Indira canteens are lifesavers -Reetika Khera

-Hindustan Times After Tamil Nadu’s pioneering Amma canteens, many states have started community kitchens, such as Karnataka’s Indira Canteens. This is a welcome development. The first coverage of the recently inaugurated “Indira canteens” in Karnataka that I noticed were two reports on television channels. Both were poking fun (justifiably) at Rahul Gandhi’s goofy speech at the launch. Sadly though, neither commented on the rationale or importance of the Karnataka government’s initiative. This...

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