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FSSAI to review caffeine standards in be...

FSSAI to review caffeine standards in beverages

Food safety regulator FSSAI has decided to review caffeine standards in caffeinated and energy drinks and is looking for an agency to study the consumption pattern in the country. Caffeinated and energy drinks are non-alcoholic beverages containing caffeine, guarana, glucuronolactone, taurine,... read more »

Heart scan can predict premature death r...

Heart scan can predict premature death risk

A scan of calcium deposits inside the arteries can identify those at risk of dying over the next 15 years, a new study has found. A coronary artery calcification (CAC) scan is an X-ray test that looks for specks of calcium in the walls of the coronary arteries. These specks of calcium are called... read more »

Indian Institute of Science ranked 5th a...

Indian Institute of Science ranked 5th among best universities in BRICS nat...

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore has been ranked fifth among the best universities in the BRICS countries by an international ranking body, making it thus the best performance by an Indian institute in the global ranking lists. The ‘QS University Rankings: BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India,... read more »

Gujarat University MCA and MBA seats vac...

Gujarat University MCA and MBA seats vacant

The Gujarat University has said that 72 per cent of the seats in the Master of Computer Application (MCA) and Master of Business Administration (MBA) will stay vacant this year because the online admission process ended on Wednesday — only 7,000 students had registered against the availability of... read more »

US-led air strikes hit Qaida branch in Syria: Monitor

BEIRUT: US-led coalition air strikes hit al-Qaida’s Syrian branch overnight, expanding the raids to jihadists outside the Islamic State group for only the second time, a monitoring... read more »

Hope to make India power surplus by 2019: Piyush Goyal

NEW DELHI: The government is working towards making India a power surplus country by 2019, minister of state for power, coal and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He said that... read more »

Bharti Airtel to invest Rs.4,000 crore in Punjab

Airtel to woo data users through free internet

NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel, the country’s biggest telecom operator, is set to offer free internet to subscribers for trial as the company looks to convert more users into... read more »

Coal block winners may have to pay 10% upfront

NEW DELHI: Winners of coal blocks for steel, sponge iron and captive power plants would have to pay 10% of the floor price upfront. Subsequently, they would have to pay on a per-tonne basis... read more »

PM asks Varanasi weavers to utilize growing e-commerce market

VARANASI: Pitching for modernization of the textile sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the weavers to utilize the growing e-commerce market to reach out to global consumers even as... read more »