After years of debate, FSSAI has chosen to go with a controversial 5-star system to rate the nutritional value of packaged foods. Now it must figure out how to generate consumer awareness, buy-in from industry, and set nutritional thresholds for its new system. India’s food industry is batting for the regulator’s decision to paste ‘health …
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The group ‘We Are One’ performed a Bharatanatyam dance act on wheelchairs in Visakhapatnam as a tribute to frontline COVID workers. They talk about their journey so far The Bharatanatyam dancers struck elegant poses, maneuvered classic steps while slowly and steadily switching to a mudra. The flow was common to the dance form; except that …
When corporate responsibility is used correctly it can be a tremendous force for good. However, too often in the past, it has been a cynical attempt to simply sell more products. The Ukraine crisis has revealed just how powerful real corporate social responsibility can be. In a surprising, organic show of unity, everyone from the …
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Highlights: Their startup named ‘Eternium Locomotion & Navigation Pvt Ltd’ (E.L.O.N) is based in Thiruvananthapuram. They launched the prototype of the vehicle a week ago. The Eternium team launched its concept prototype called ‘Gekko’ on March 24 at B-hub, a co-working space at Nalanchira in Thiruvananthapuram. Fuel prices are rising every day, and people are …
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You may have read news stories about a link between air pollution and neurodegenerative conditions like Alzheimer’s disease. And in a landmark study published in The Lancet, air pollution was named as one of 12 important ‘modifiable’ risk factors for dementia. But what’s the nature of this link? Does higher exposure to air pollutants lead to …
Air pollution and brain health, is it all smoke and mirrors? Read More »
