Nasik to get a modern private agriculture mandi
A private agricultural mandi (wholesale market) with modern facilities, said to be India’s first, is coming up at Dindori, in Maharashtra’s Nashik district.
The Sahyadri...
Bisleri in talks with Tata, others to sell packaged water business
Indian business circles went abuzz on 24 November 2022 over news reports that the Tata Group had finalized a Rs 7,000-crore deal to buy...
Haldiram’s to merge Delhi-Nagpur businesses ahead of IPO debut?
The Delhi-based Haldiram Snacks and Nagpur-based Haldiram Foods International are planning to merge their operations ahead of their initial public offering (IPO) debut, CNBC...
Coca-Cola launches 100% recycled PET bottles for FIFA
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy and Coca‑Cola Middle East announced the introduction of 100% recycled PET (rPET) bottles for Coca‑Cola’s range of...
Huhtamaki’s compostable coffee capsules for Nespresso
Huhtamaki, began an exclusive partnership with one of the largest coffee brands, Nespresso, in early 2021 to innovate a sustainable home-compostable paper-based coffee capsule....
JK Paper to acquire Horizon Packs & Securipax Packaging for Rs 578 crore
PTI on 21 November 2022 reported that JK Paper and Horizon Packs and Securipax Packaging both owned by the Mumbai-based Modi family have entered...
GM mustard cleared for environmental release, field trials
In the last week of October, the Indian government’s Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) ordered the environmental release of the GM (genetically modified) mustard—the...
FSSAI releases draft regulations on GM food
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released for public consultations a new draft of regulations for genetically modified (GM) food,...
Baby food packaging market on a steady upward spiral
The baby food packaging market is on a growth trajectory, riding on safety and hygiene concerns after the Covid pandemic as well as a...
Progress and disappointment on climate change at COP27
At the conclusion of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 19 November 2022 the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said, “From the beginning, this conference...
