Licensing/Registration under Food Safety And Standards Act of India The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has been established under Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 which consolidates various acts & orders that have hitherto handled food related issues in various Ministries and Departments. FSSAI has been created for laying down science based… Continue reading License under Food Safety And Standards Act
MEGA FOOD PARKS IN INDIA The Indian food market is set to more than double by 2025. The market size for the food consumption category in India is expected to grow from US$ 155 billion in 2005 to US$ 344 billion in 2025 at a compound annual growth rate of 4.1 per cent. In India,… Continue reading Mega Good parks in India
When Shahana Nair Joshi, a young professional from Delhi, wrote a blog post titled ‘An Open Letter to a Delhi Boy’ last year, she was not prepared for the repercussions that followed. The post went viral overnight and received as many as 7,000 comments. Her blog post, which was a rant against the stereotypical Delhi… Continue reading Trail of the Trolls: Bullying and abuse on the Internet is on the rise, Smitha Verma,The Telegraph , 4 January 2012
Kapil Sibal’s suggestion to social media websites to filter “objectionable content” has drawn many charges, one of them is sycophancy. “It is part of the Congress’ megalomania to not allow any criticism. It is sycophantic, stupid and it’s his way of currying favour with the power centre in the party,” rued Dr Aditya Nigam, of… Continue reading Online censorship is sycophantic, stupid, & unconstitutional, The Sunday Guardian, Dec 11, 2011
Union telecom minister Kapil Sibal’s proposal to monitorwebsites to weed out “objectionable” content has notgone down well with the residents of the state capital.The Telegraph spoke to a large number of people from different walks of life but could not find anyone who agreed with Sibal’s opinion. Everyone slammed the Union minister and said the… Continue reading Capital cry against Web gag, The Telegraph , Dec 8,2011
In New Dehli, Arindam Chaudhuri filed a major lawsuit against Google and several other sites for publishing and distributing “defamatory, libelous, and slanderous articles.” His action created a maelstrom of debate on whether or not aggregation websites, including search engines, can be held responsible for showing libelous information created by other groups. Karnika Seth, an expert in cyber law who… Continue reading Google Sued for Showing Defamatory Results, Rob D Young , Hindustan Times June 23, 2011