Scroll.in The US Food and Drug Administration has found a series of violations in the manufacturing process and sterilisation methods adopted by Global Pharma, the Indian manufacturer of an eye drop that has been linked to 68 cases of eye infection in America, including eight cases of Vision loss and three deaths. The company recalled its product, EzriCare Artificial Tears Eye Drop, early in February. The over-the-counter product has been linked to...
More »SEARCH RESULT
Jharkhand eyes rural empowerment -Animesh Bisoee
-The Telegraph In the last three years since the UPA alliance led by Hemant Soren came to power in December 2019, there has been a sixfold increase in the number of women self-help groups receiving community investment funds Jamshedpur: Sustained drive by the Jharkhand State Livelihood Promotion Society (JSLPS) has led to the fruition of empowerment of the rural economy, a dream of Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren. In the last three years...
More »Critical to cut edible oil imports — Modi govt makes strong pitch for GM mustard in SC -Bhadra Sinha
-ThePrint.in In an affidavit filed before Supreme Court, environment ministry has said domestic production of GM Mustard will reduce India’s dependency on other countries to meet domestic demand. New Delhi: Defending the clearance given last month to the environmental release of Genetically Modified (GM) Mustard, the central government told the Supreme Court that the deployment of GM Mustard hybrids will contribute to India’s self-sustenance in the production of edible oil and shall...
More »The pangs of India's food production, policy -R Krishnakumar
-Deccan Herald India scored 29.1 in the 2022 GHI; the index categorises scores between 20 and 34.9 as denoting a 'serious' level of hunger There is something familiarly disquieting about the manner in which the Union Government has discounted India’s low ranking in the Global Hunger Index (GHI), released earlier this month. The Ministry of Women and Child Development, in an official response, said that the methodology used in the peer-reviewed report,...
More »Empowering farmers is essential for the broad prosperity of India -Mansukh Mandaviya
-Livemint.com The government aims to achieve this through a new network of farm need fulfilment centres and a single brand of fertilizer Farmers have always been the backbone of India’s economy and the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is striving to strengthen Indian farming through innovative and concrete measures in the fertilizer sector with the Vision of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’. Structural changes in this sector are crucial for achieving this...
More »