NEW DELHI: India imported 13.35 million tonnes of edible oil, a little more than half of its total consumption, in its fiscal year 2020-21, according to government data.
Its domestic production of edible oils for the April-March fiscal year totalled...
By Shakir Husain
NEW DELHI: India imported 275,915 tonnes of palm oil from Malaysia in June, according to the latest data from an industry group.
The country's total edible oil imports last month were 969,431 tonnes, with palm oil's share being...
By Shakir Husain
NEW DELHI: The Indian government has reduced its import duty on crude palm oil (CPO) from 15 per cent to 10 per cent amidst the high domestic edible oil prices.
The new tax rate will be effective from...
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new application "M-Yoga" on the occasion of 7th International Yoga Day on Monday.
According to Xinhua, the theme of this year's International Yoga Day is "Yoga for Wellness", which focuses on...
NEW DELHI: Indian man from the northeastern state of Mizoram who is believed to have headed the world's largest family, with 38 wives and 89 children, died Sunday at the age of 76, officials said.
According to Anadolu Agency (AA),...
NEW DELHI: As India battles a second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, a large number of cases of a deadly fungal infection called mucormycosis, or “black fungus”, has triggered a new health challenge in the populous South Asian country.
Mucormycosis,...
SINGAPORE: There is no “Singapore variant”, says the republic's Ministry of Health (MOH) in response to several news reports in India claiming of a new variant in Singapore.
"The strain that is prevalent in many of the Covid-19 cases in...
KUCHING: Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuching, Most Reverend Simon Poh has announced that the church’s collection (money contribution) in the Kuching Archdiocese starting Sunday (May 16) will go towards helping India which is facing a Covid-19 crisis.
He said public...
KUALA LUMPUR: The 14-day mandatory quarantine period for all passengers from India arriving in Malaysia via the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) mission on May 12 and repatriation flight on May 13, has been extended to 21 days.
Health...
PUTRAJAYA: No Covid-19 contamination in meat products from India has been reported so far, said Veterinary Services Department (DVS) director-general Datuk Dr Norlizan Mohd Noor.
He said the department had conducted laboratory tests on 400 food and livestock product samples...
