First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Fast food set to be red-flagged in schools' menus by Dec
FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee Fast food-burgers In what would alter the consumption pattern of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack foods and soft drinks in schools, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is putting in place final guidelines to determine what counts as healthy food in educational institutions.
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Illegal encroachment, pollution on rise: Experts
Experts on Wednesday blamed the government agencies for influencing water governance, which in turn in adding to water pollution and illegal encroachment of water bodies. "Different ministries and even
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Guidelines on junk food sale in schools to be out by Dec
Food safety regulator FSSAI will put the draft guidelines framed by it in front of a seven-member expert committee. The final guidelines will be out post that In a move that will alter the consumption of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack foods and soft drinks in schools, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is putting in place final guidelines to determine what constitutes healthy and unhealthy food in educational institutions.
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Adani's Mundra port fined for breach of environment norms
Company allegedly damaged mangroves, creeks while setting up port project at Kutch under APSEZ The ministry of environment and forests has slammed a Rs 200-crore penalty on the Gautam Adani-led Adani
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Adani Port Jumps Green Light, Fined . 200 Crore
The environment ministry has slapped a . 200-crore fine on the Adani Group’s Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone for damaging mangroves, creeks and the local environment at the project site. The company’s
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Clean water still a dream for 4.6 crore
Clean drinking water is out of reach for 4.64 crore people in rural areas in the country, says a report tabled by the Union water resources ministry in Parliament last week. In Rajasthan, 25,500 habitations
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Mundra projects fined Rs. 200 cr. for green law violations
The Environment and Forests Ministry has slapped a Rs. 200 crore penalty on Gautam Adani’s Mundra multi-purpose projects for violating green laws. The money will go to an Environment Restoration Fund to mitigate the damage done to the area around the project sites. The order was issued after the Ministry accepted the report of the committee set up under Ms. Sunita Narain, director general of the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment.
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Tripura explores possibilities for carbon trading
Indo-German Development Cooperation (IGDC) project of Tripura has begun to assess land based climate finance possibilities in tribal dominated Dhalai district of Tripura besides, identifying existing land
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CSE Workshop on EIA and Environmental Management of Transmission Line Power Projects, Bhutan, September 2-6, 2013
Centre for Science and Environment in cooperation with National Environment Commission, Bhutan conducted a five day workshop for the 55 officers of the Bhutan Power Corporation in Paro, Bhutan on the EIA
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Fixing midday meals
The tragic episode in a school in Bihar, where 23 children died because of contaminated food, is unacceptable. But it is also a fact that the midday meal scheme, under which cooked food is compulsorily