Britannia goes for palm oil britannia Industries Ltd has decided to remove trans fats from its entire range of baked products by the end of this year. The reason, company officials said, was growing scientific evidence of trans fats affecting health adversely. It is reducing trans fats by switching from vanaspati to palm oil-based products. Palm oil is the cheapest oil in the market
But not as much as was thought, says a study SOIL erosion worldwide is threatening our agricultural base. Our farmers are suffering. The maximum amount of soil that an area can lose without affecting its ability to sustain plant growth is the soil loss tolerance value or the T value. Previously the T value for India was set at a uniform 11.2 tonnes of soil per hectare per year. Debashis Mandal
No news is good news, goes the proverb. The people of Guinea-Bissau disagree. The nation of 1.6 million people in West Africa has gone without newspapers for almost two months because of a paper crisis.
Will the combo drug succeed? Clinical trial of a combination vaccine against AIDS has begun in India. The Indian Council of Medical Research, the body governing biomedical research in India, is selecting volunteers for the trial. ADVAX and tbc-m 4 vaccines have been tested individually and now the researchers are trying to see if they work better in tandem through the prime boost method. In
EU subsidy may hurt the Indian dairy industry to shield its dairy industry from the pinch of global economic meltdown, the European Commission has decided to reinstate export subsidies on dairy products, which it suspended in 2007. The move may adversely impact India
People in France might soon get to watch television without being bothered by pesky ads. The French Parliament has passed a law to impose new taxes on telecommunication companies and private broadcasters to finance an advertising ban on prime time television. It has also increased the television licence fee. On February 4, senators in the National Assembly voted 177 to 159 in favour of
VIEW FINDER DOLPHINS STRANDED Fishers in the Philippines guided about 200 dolphins stranded in the shallow waters of Manila Bay back to the sea. Beached dolphins are not uncommon in the Philippines but rarely occur in such large numbers. The Bureau of Fisheries said the cetaceans could be reacting to a heat wave or some disturbance, such as
