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  • Maggi taken off the shelves across India

     Hours after Nestle decided to take Maggi noodles off the shelves in India citing “unfounded confusions”, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday ordered recall of all nine variants of the popular instant noodles from the market, ....

     Hours after Nestle decided to take Maggi noodles off the shelves in India citing “unfounded confusions”, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Friday ordered recall of all nine variants of the popular instant noodles from the market, ....

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  • Nestle withdraws Maggi noodles from stores

     Nestle India early on Friday said it was withdrawing Maggi noodles in the country amid nation-wide scrutiny over more-than-permissible limits of lead, but continued to maintain it was safe and that it would be back on store shelves soon. “Maggi noodles are co ....

     Nestle India early on Friday said it was withdrawing Maggi noodles in the country amid nation-wide scrutiny over more-than-permissible limits of lead, but continued to maintain it was safe and that it would be back on store shelves soon. “Maggi noodles are co ....

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  • Dalit families want to relocate

    Facing a social boycott from upper castes and fearing possible violence, all 13 Dalit families of Ansurda village in Osmanabad in Maharashtra have written to District Collector Prashant Narnavre seeking rehabilitation near an urban area. Mr. Narnavre said the administrat ....

    Facing a social boycott from upper castes and fearing possible violence, all 13 Dalit families of Ansurda village in Osmanabad in Maharashtra have written to District Collector Prashant Narnavre seeking rehabilitation near an urban area. Mr. Narnavre said the administrat ....

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  • LIVE: Our products are extensively tested: Nestle CEO

    Nestle's CEO Paul Bulcke addressed a press conference, where he maintained that Maggi was safe. Live updates: 1 pm: Safety is important to us. We have about 8,000 people working on safety standards globally and about 350-400 people in India for this: Mr. Bulck ....

    Nestle's CEO Paul Bulcke addressed a press conference, where he maintained that Maggi was safe. Live updates: 1 pm: Safety is important to us. We have about 8,000 people working on safety standards globally and about 350-400 people in India for this: Mr. Bulck ....

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  • Coal scam: Naveen Jindal allowed to travel abroad

    Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the plea filed by Mr. Jindal seeking the court’s permission to go abroad. Mr. Jindal was earlier granted bail by the court which had imposed several conditions on him, including that he will not leave the country withou ....

    Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar allowed the plea filed by Mr. Jindal seeking the court’s permission to go abroad. Mr. Jindal was earlier granted bail by the court which had imposed several conditions on him, including that he will not leave the country withou ....

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  • Rain forecast, a gamble on monsoon

    On Tuesday, the Earth System Science Organisation and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) downgraded the operational long-range forecast for the southwest monsoon (June-September) rainfall from its April figure of 93 per cent (with an error margin of five per cent ....

    On Tuesday, the Earth System Science Organisation and the India Meteorological Department (IMD) downgraded the operational long-range forecast for the southwest monsoon (June-September) rainfall from its April figure of 93 per cent (with an error margin of five per cent ....

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  • Maggi row: In a first, Centre moves Consumer Forum

     In further troubles for Nestle over Maggi issue, the government has filed a complaint on its own with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) — using a provision for the first time from the nearly three-decade-old Consumer Protection Act. ....

     In further troubles for Nestle over Maggi issue, the government has filed a complaint on its own with the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) — using a provision for the first time from the nearly three-decade-old Consumer Protection Act. ....

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  • Parrikar voices concern over arms sale to Pak.

     Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday expressed concern over arms sale to Pakistan, ahead of his meeting with visiting US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter. “I will not comment on specifics but any arms sale to Pakistan is a concern to India,” he ....

     Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday expressed concern over arms sale to Pakistan, ahead of his meeting with visiting US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter. “I will not comment on specifics but any arms sale to Pakistan is a concern to India,” he ....

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  • Ex-IB chief is Prime Minister’s special envoy on counter-terror

     Signalling its growing concern over IS terror and radicalisation, the government has appointed the former Intelligence Bureau Chief Asif Ibrahim to a key post in the Prime Minister’s office. Mr. Ibrahim, who retired in December 2014, will be the PM’s &l ....

     Signalling its growing concern over IS terror and radicalisation, the government has appointed the former Intelligence Bureau Chief Asif Ibrahim to a key post in the Prime Minister’s office. Mr. Ibrahim, who retired in December 2014, will be the PM’s &l ....

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  • Google apologises over Modi image search results

    “These results trouble us and are not reflective of the opinions of Google. Sometimes, the way images are described on the internet can yield surprising results to specific queries. We apologise for any confusion or misunderstanding this has caused. We’re co ....

    “These results trouble us and are not reflective of the opinions of Google. Sometimes, the way images are described on the internet can yield surprising results to specific queries. We apologise for any confusion or misunderstanding this has caused. We’re co ....

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