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Amul bucked Covid blues, launched more than 100 products during lockdown

At a time when other food and beverage (F&B) brands took a hit during the lockdown, Amul was on a product-launching spree.

HUL beats estimates with Rs 2,381-cr net profit in Q1; revenue up 19.6%

Revenue was up 19.6% YoY and profit up 13.5% YoY, its highest-ever quarterly figures

Food stocks dwindling, country staring at severe food crisis: Congress

The Opposition party said the dwindling food stocks in the country were at a 15-year low and at a 50-year low in per capita terms.

First I2U2 projects to promote agriculture, food, green energy in India

The first projects of the I2U2 will be located in India and help with agriculture, food and green energy, according to the joint statement of the four leaders after the group's launch

Putin's Ukraine war has created a food crisis the world can still solve

The invasion has certainly delivered a series of shocks to global commodity markets that have threatened the food security of the most vulnerable countries, especially African ones

Edible oil prices will soften by Rs 15/litre in a few weeks: Industry

Decision arrived at today during a meeting between industry players & officials

Edible oil brand Gulab Oils eyes Rs 5,000 crore turnover in four years

Plans to enter ten states from four currently, expand capacity 10-fold to 1,000 tonnes a day and make additions to product portfolio

UN chief Guterres warns of 'catastrophe' from global food shortage

There is a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022, he said in a video message to officials from dozens of rich and developing countries gathered in Berlin. 2023 could be even worse.

WTO makes final negotiations for trade deals, with eyes on defiant India

The 164-member body is seeking to agree on a response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a reduction of fishing subsidies, pledges on food security and the launch of an internal reform.

WTO MC12: Export restrictions can blow up global food crisis, says DG

Director General Okonjo Iweala Ngozi warns of a 'bumpy road' to consensus on even one-two deliverables

''We don't have food'': African leaders meet as humanitarian crises grows

Leaders called for increased mobilisation to resolve a humanitarian crisis that has left millions displaced and more than 280 million suffering from malnourishment.

Humanitarian aid reached 6.4 mn people in Ukraine since war began: UN

More than 1.5 million people have received health care support, and around 352,000 people have been provided with clean water and hygiene products

Aid deliveries into Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray far from enough: UN

About 1.5 million people have received food assistance over the past seven months in Northern Ethiopia. However, this is only about a quarter of the number of people who needed assistance, OCHA said

19.7 million people in acute need of food in Afghanistan, says UNWFP

UN's World Food Program (WFP) has once again warned of an increase in record hunger levels in Afghanistan, saying that 19.7 million people are in acute need of food

US Fed's closely watched inflation measure continues to surge 6.6% in March

Excluding the volatile food and energy, the core PCE price index increased 5.2 per cent in March from a year ago, compared with 5.3 per cent in February, Xinhua news agency reported

Chhattisgarh HC upholds decision to centralise ready-to-eat food production

In its order, the high court said, "The writ petitions filed are without any substance, hence, all the petitions in this bunch are dismissed accordingly."

Two in three children in Afghanistan not eating enough, says report

With the country facing one of its worst food crises, about 2 in 3 children in Afghanistan - or 12 million - whose families depend on farming to survive, are struggling to get enough food to eat daily

World Food Programme extends North Korea aid programme until 2023

The World Food Programme (WFP) revealed that it has extended the aid programme for North Korea by a year until the end of 2023, with strict border restrictions against the Covid-19 pandemic in place.

World faces food emergency as Ukraine war compounds hunger crisis

Russia's invasion of Ukraine means the food inflation that's been plaguing global consumers is now tipping into a full-blown crisis, potentially outstripping even the pandemic's blow

Google machine learning can help discover new antibodies, enzymes, foods

Alphabet (Google's parent company) subsidiary DeepMind has shown that Machine Learning can predict shape of protein machinery with unusual accuracy, can help discover new antibodies, enzymes and foods