Foods / beverages
China Mengniu to buy Australia infant food maker Bellamy's for $1 billion
16 Sep 2019
The deal provides Mengniu with a prized consumer brand with a vast market, including China, while for Bellamy’s investors it opens up the Chinese market
Patanjali finally gets hold of Ruchi Soya
09 Sep 2019
PMKSY to leverage Rs31,400 cr investment, benefit 2 mn farmers
27 Jun 2019
The scheme will handle 33.4 million tonnes of agro-produce valued at Rs1,04,125 crore, benefit 2 million farmers and generate 5,30,500 direct/ indirect employment by the year 2019-20
PepsiCo makes a retreat, says will drop cases against potato farmers
03 May 2019
PepsiCo made the tactical retreat amidst criticism from political parties and farmers rights groups, as well as boycott calls on global social media, but has not officially withdrawn the cases
Why you love coffee and beer
03 May 2019
And now, PepsiCo takes farmers to court over potato IPR
25 Apr 2019
Following the filing of the case, the Commercial Court at the City Civil Court in Ahmedabad has barred farmers from growing and selling the potato variety till the next hearing scheduled for 26 April and had sought explanations from the farmers
What makes the deadly pufferfish so delectable
24 Jan 2019
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In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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