New Delhi: Pakistan is exploring possibilities for import of auto fuels like petrol and power from India, a senior Pakistani diplomat on Monday said. While Pakistan had last year allowed import of diesel from India, petrol still continues on its negative list. Islamabad is considering taking petrol off the list to get fuel from across the border. Also, it is looking at buying electricity to meet its widening energy deficit....
01:07 AM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: Advertisement for a new skin whitening product for private parts has sparked outrage on the Internet with people blasting the commercial as an "ultimate insult to women." This is the latest in a long list of skin whitening products to have earned the wrath of women including a wide range of fairness creams. The television commercial for the "intimate" product promises its "special pH-balanced formula cleans and protects...
02:46 PM, Apr 05, 2012
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday issued notice to the health and family welfare ministry on film director Mahesh Bhatt's plea seeking quashing of a notification prohibiting smoking scenes in movies. Bhatt said that the government's notification of Sep 27, 2011 was 'illegal and arbitrary' and violated his fundamental rights. A division bench of Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher refused to stay the notification as sought...
03:53 PM, Mar 17, 2012
New Delhi: Biocon and US drug major Pfizer on Tuesday called off $350 million global alliance to commercialise the Bangalore-based firm's biosimilar versions of insulin and insulin analog products. "The companies have agreed that due to the individual priorities for their respective biosimilars businesses, it is in their best interest to move forward independently," the two said in a joint statement. In October 2010, they entered into a strategic global...
12:08 PM, Mar 13, 2012
Rome: Italy's anti-trust body has fined units of US technology group Apple Inc a total of 900,000 euros for failing to adequately inform customers about their rights to product guarantees and assistance. The authority said Apple Sales International, Apple Italia and Apple Retail Italia did not properly inform customers that they were entitled to two years of free assistance under Italian law. Three Apple spokesmen contacted by Reuters weren't immediately...
10:45 AM, Dec 28, 2011
Panaji: Stating that India has competition only from China in becoming an economic superpower, Baba Ramdev said in Panaji on Saturday that every patriotic Indian should stop using China-made products. "The countries like America and Russia are losing their economic prosperity due to increasing debt. Japan is a small nation to be a super power. India has competition to become economic superpower only from China, which is also progressing rapidly,"...
07:39 PM, Dec 10, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation declined marginally to 11.81 per cent in the week ended October 29, but the slight moderation in the rate of price rise provided little respite to consumers burdened by high prices of essential kitchen staples like vegetables and pulses. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 12.21 per cent in the previous week ended October 22. The rate of price rise...
12:53 PM, Nov 11, 2011
New Delhi: Food inflation rose to 12.21 per cent during the week ended October 22, with expensive vegetables, pulses, fruits and milk, putting more burden on the common man. Food inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), stood at 11.43 per cent in the previous week. The rate of price rise of food items stood at 13.55 per cent in the corresponding week of the previous year. As...
12:10 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New York: Steve Jobs pushed the envelope many times when it came to product design, and the results weren't always pretty. Here are seven products created under his direction that failed commercially or functionally: 1. Apple III (1981): The successor to the very popular Apple II was focused on business users and priced accordingly. Unfortunately, the hardware was unreliable. Apple lost the business market to the IBM PC, launched the...
09:47 AM, Oct 06, 2011
New York: Here's a market riddle for you: Why does Apple's stock fall on the same day the company reveals a new product? A hot gadget would seemingly give investors reason to buy more shares. But, since early 2007, the stock has fallen about half the time following a major product announcement. That's either because of high investor expectations or sheer bad timing, such as when Apple debuts a product...
09:21 AM, Oct 05, 2011
London: Actress Elizabeth Hurley says her cricketer boyfriend Shane Warne is so concerned about his appearance that he has his own set of beauty products. Hurley, 46, says that Warne used to use her beauty products previously but now he's got his own, reported Daily Mail online. "He has his own set now. He uses the girls' ones - they're much better, as I'm sure you know. Every guy I've...
03:56 PM, Sep 05, 2011
New Delhi: After a ban on plastic packaging for tobacco products, and harsher pictorial warnings that come into effect this December, the smokeless tobacco industry is facing the heat again. This time in the form of the new Food Safety Standards Act. Under the new notification tobacco and nicotine cannot be used as ingredients in any food products. This latest regulation could cost the Rs 8000 crore gutka industry, given...
09:53 AM, Aug 30, 2011
London: If you thought herbal supplements were safe by virtue of being 'natural,' then you could be wrong. They do have side effects, says a new research. Commonly used remedies like St John's wort, Asian ginseng, Echinacea, garlic and Ginkgo are as strong as their allopathic counterparts. Many of them do not list key information required for safe use, reports the journal BMC Medicine. For instance, St John's wort can...
01:52 PM, Aug 09, 2011
New Delhi: New, stronger pictorial warnings will finally appear on tobacco products this December but cigarette packs won't have the harsher warning that Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad himself had publicised in March 2010. Those will only go on chewable tobacco products. Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said, "Of 35 per cent of Indian adults, only 9 per cent are using tobacco and beedi. Whereas 26 per cent are using...
08:22 AM, May 31, 2011
The Union Health Ministry has cleared a new set of pictorial warnings for tobacco products such as cigarettes, beedis, gutka, and cigars in India, which will be visible from December 1, 2011. ...
05:54 PM, May 28, 2011
New Delhi: After a ban on plastic packaging for tobacco products, the Supreme Court is now considering a total ban on gutka and other smokeless tobacco products. Srinath Reddy, PHFI said, "Tobacco is the number one killer. It kills more than 1 million Indians every year. If you are considering this as a food product, clearly its a very hazardous food product. So the PAFA act comes into play." Meera...
09:16 AM, Apr 13, 2011
New Delhi: Designer Shah Rukh Zaidi showcases his label Studio SRZ at Wills India Lifestyle Fashion Week " an eclectic mix of leather belts and handbags for both men and women. Reviving the timeless elegance of leather, staying true to the fine art of hand crafted leather goods. The SRZ collection of exceptional products represents the right form of "Vintage Luxury." An illustrative anatomy of intricate couture, accessories by Studio...
06:11 PM, Apr 07, 2011
London: Women never change, it seems. They spend more on their looks than on their health, a new survey has revealed. According to the survey, the average bill for hair products, make-up and fake tan in a bid to look young is 336 pounds a year. Just 228 pounds is spent on vitamins and gym membership. The statistics emerged in the poll of 3,000 women from age 18 to 65...
12:22 PM, Jan 29, 2011
