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The committee periodically scrutinises advertisements and claims made by FBOs on social media, e-commerce platforms and elsewhere

In this video, Business Standard spoke to Dr. Eileen Canday, head of department, Nutrition & Dietetics at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre, about different sugar names & more

How big brands sell sugar under different names

Bournvita

Commission says it is acting after complaint against the Indian arm of USA's Mondelez

Bournvita recently made headlines after an Instagram influencer claimed that it contains sugar, cocoa solids and a cancer-causing colourant

Apex child rights body NCPCR on Wednesday asked Mondelez India-owned brand Bournvita to withdraw all "misleading" advertisements, packaging and labels after a video claimed that the health drink has high sugar content.
In a notice to the confectionery major, the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) also asked it to send within seven days a detailed explanation or report to apprise the panel  on the matter.
The notice came after a social media influencer sparked a row by posting a video alleging that Bournvita has high sugar content.
Though the influencer, Revant Himatsingka, deleted the video from all platforms after being served a legal notice by Mondelez India, it had already raked up around 12 million views and was widely circulated.
The NCPCR said it has received a complaint alleging that Bournvita promotes itself as a health drink improving children's growth and development but it contains high percentage of sugar and other substances that might impact a 

TMS Ep 417: India’s demography, Bournvita row, markets, Sudan turmoil

Is India facing a demographic challenge? Does Bournvita row raise questions about health food? Why did cryptos outperform equities? Why are Sudan's defence forces fighting each other? Answers here

FSSAI

Food regulator FSSAI on Friday said it continues to act against food business operators reported to be involved in making false or misleading claims to protect consumer interests, amid issue over allegations of high sugar content in Mondelez India-owned health drink brand Bournvita.
Although the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) did not specifically refer to the Bournvita issue, the regulator in a statement said that it has taken note of various media reports, including on social media about various health claims made by the Food Business Operators (FBOs) in the country.
"FSSAI is actively discharging its statutory role for the sake of consumers by acting against the FBOs reported to be involved in making any false/misleading claims on food products to protect the interests of the consumers while ensuring fair trade practices and orderly growth of food industry in the country," it said.
The statement comes in the wake of allegations of high sugar content in ...

Govt looks to rein them in with guidelines

Mondelez India-owned health drink brand Bournvita on Monday rejected the claims of a social media influencer of having high sugar content, terming a video posted by him as "unscientific", which "distorted facts and made false and negative inferences".
The video has been deleted by the influencer Revant Himatsingka after being served a legal notice by the company, but it was widely circulated on the social media platform putting the confectionery major in a tizzy.
Rejecting it, Bournvita in a statement said over the last seven decades, it has earned the trust of consumers in India by being a scientifically formulated product that adheres to quality standards and complies with the laws of the land.
"We would again like to reinforce that the formulation has been scientifically crafted by a team of nutritionists and food scientists to offer the best of taste and health. All our claims are verified and transparent and all ingredients have regulatory approvals. All the necessary nutrition

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Within biscuits, this will be the fourth launch after Oreo in 2011, Bournvita biscuits in 2016 and Cadbury Chocobake cookies in early 2020

Oreo, Mondelez,

Mondelez is the country's largest chocolate player and ranks among the top two health food drink makers in India

Kareena Kapoor

Given increasing consumer concerns over a healthy lifestyle, the company sees potential in expanding the brand's health promise into new forms and areas

coffee, heath drink

Mondelez is also looking at more emerging spaces within health drinks

Since 2010, the ads have used the tagline 'Prepare to win', focusing on the theme of nutritional well being among  children and young adults

The health drink brand from Mondelez walks the tight rope between tradition and trendy to stay relevant

RBI imposes penalty on SBI, Indian Bank, Punjab & Sind Bank

The scheme will offer an annual interest subsidy of between 3-6.5% on up to 0.9 million rupees of the loan amount

home loan, loan interest

Das asserted that directors in UCBs, who are elected to their positions, must possess expertise in diverse banking functions, including risk management and information technology

Shaktikanta Das

In Feb 2018, the MoD established two defence industrial corridors to serve as engines of economic development and growth of defence industrial base in the country

An exhibit of Su 30 MK-I fighter aircraft at the Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) pavillion during the 12th edition of DefExpo, in Gandhinagar on Tuesday

Defence Expo 2022

Weak demand, global slowdown add to their woes

Crude oil

A Kashmir-based Sikh body on Saturday said the India-Canada row was "a political gimmick" by the establishment to garner votes in the elections and that the community was an integral part of the country.
"Everything is politically exploited. Sikhs are an integral part of this country. Since RSS came into power, the only agenda it has is that they will talk about 'gharwapsi' whether it be in Muslims, Sikhs or anybody. We are not going to tolerate it," All Parties Sikh Coordination Committee Chairman Jagmohan Singh Raina told reporters here.
"The India-Canada situation is a political gimmick as elections are coming up. It is to garner votes during elections and nothing else. The community is progressive, it is working hard for the country and it will continue working like that," he said.
He alleged that the Khalistan issue was a narrative, built on lines of Kashmir issue for political mileage. "A political scenario has been created like for Kashmir, Pakistan scenario has been formed a

India Canada

This comes at a time when tensions between the three major nuclear powers have risen to their highest in decades

test firing, North Korea, North Korean government, rocket launcher, weapon's combat application, nuclear weapon, nuclear attack

Pakistan's plans to travel to Dubai for a pre-World Cup team bonding trip have been cancelled as the team was still waiting for their visas to travel to India on Friday, according to ESPNcricinfo

Pakistan cricket team gets clearance from government to participate in ODI World Cup 2023 in India. Photo: PCB

Pakistan Cricket Team

Poverty in Pakistan shot up to 39.4 per cent as of last fiscal year, with 12.5 million more people falling into the trap due to poor economic conditions, the World Bank has said, as it urged the cash-strapped country to take urgent steps to achieve financial stability.
The Washington-based lender on Friday unveiled draft policy notes that it prepared with the help of all stakeholders for Pakistan's next government ahead of the new election cycle, The Express Tribune newspaper reported.
Poverty in Pakistan rose within one year from 34.2 per cent to 39.4 per cent, with 12.5 million more people falling below the poverty line of the USD 3.65 per day income level, according to the World Bank. About 95 million Pakistanis now live in poverty, it said.
Pakistan's economic model is no longer reducing poverty, and the living standards have fallen behind peer countries, said Tobias Haque, the World Bank's lead country economist for Pakistan.
The global lender urged Pakistan to take urgent ste

World Bank

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of an international cricket stadium in his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Saturday.
Former India cricketers, including Sachin Tendulkar and Ravi Shastri, BCCI President Roger Binny, its vice-president Rajiv Shukla and secretary Jay Shah were present on the occasion. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath also attended the function.
The Uttar Pradesh government said that it has spent Rs 121 crore to acquire the land for the stadium while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will spend Rs 330 crore on its construction.
To be built near the Ring Road in Rajatalab area, the stadium is likely to be ready by December 2025. The spectators' gallery of the stadium would resemble the steps of the ghats of Varanasi.
This will be Uttar Pradesh's third international cricket stadium after Kanpur and Lucknow.

international cricket stadium in Varanasi

International credit agency Moody's Investors Service has made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar without citing any evidence, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Monday.
The UIDAI issued a strong rebuttal to Moody's Investors Service which claimed that the Aadhaar system often results in service denials and the reliability of biometric technologies, especially for manual labourers, in hot and humid climates is questionable.
"A certain investor service has, without citing any evidence or basis, made sweeping assertions against Aadhaar, the most trusted digital ID in the world. Over the last decade, over a billion Indians have expressed their trust in Aadhaar by using it to authenticate themselves over 100 billion times," the UIDAI said in a statement.
The unique id Aadhaar's custodian said that the report in question does not cite either primary or secondary data or research in support of the opinions presented in it.
"The investor service did not make any

Adhaar, UIDAI

The Nijjar murder is fast unfolding into treacherous scenarios that could have tragic consequences for both nations. No one stands to gain from the ongoing face-off

India's rage is misplaced and hardly serves to endear the country to those appalled by the idea that it may have had a Canadian citizen killed

The leaders of both countries should encourage bilateral trade and people-to-people exchanges that can help build bridges

Canada has updated travel advisory for its citizens in India asking them to "stay vigilant and exercise caution" in the context of recent developments as there are calls for protests and some "negative sentiment" towards Canada on social media.
Tensions flared between India and Canada following Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's explosive allegations of a "potential" involvement of Indian agents in the killing of Khalistani extremist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, 45, on his country's soil on June 18 in British Columbia. India had designated Nijjar as a terrorist in 2020.
India angrily rejected the allegations as "absurd" and "motivated" and expelled a senior Canadian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move to Ottawa's expulsion of an Indian official over the case.
"In the context of recent developments in Canada and in India, there are calls for protests and some negative sentiment towards Canada on social media. Please remain vigilant and exercise caution," the Canadian government said in an

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the probe agency will not summon BRS leader K Kavitha in the Delhi excise policy case till the court hears her plea on November 20.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia told Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Enforcement Directorate, "Don't call her in the meantime."
Raju assured the bench that Kavitha will not be called for questioning till November 20.
The bench posted Kavitha's plea, in which she has challenged the summons issued by the agency on November 20, and said in matters where interim orders of protection are issued will be extended.
On September 15, the ED had told the apex court that the summons issued to Kavitha for her appearance before the agency will be extended by 10 days.
The ED had issued the summons dated September 4 to Kavitha, the daughter of Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, seeking her appearance at the agency's Delhi office on Septemb

ED tells SC it will not summon Kavitha in Delhi excise case till Nov 20

Enforcement Directorate

Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, moved Supreme Court challenging Allahabad High Court which denied bail to him in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case

Supreme Court, Manipur violence

ICMAI CMA Result 2023 has been released today, September 26, 2023. Alongside the ICMAI CMA July Session result, the Institute will announce the CMA pass rate at icmai.in

ICMAI CMA Result 2023

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said dreaming has become a habit of the Congress and the people of Madhya Pradesh will decide in the next 60 days who is nervous in the elections.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday released its second list of 39 candidates for the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls due this year-end, fielding seven Lok Sabha members including Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Singh Patel and Faggan Singh Kulaste.
It also fielded BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya.
The election schedule is yet to be announced.
With the second list, the BJP has named its candidates for 78 out of the total 230 assembly seats in MP.
The Congress claims the BJP has fielded its senior leaders because it is scared of defeat.
Asked about it, Scindia told reporters here, The people of the state will decide in the next 60 days who is nervous in the elections. Dreaming has become a habit of the Congress. The prime minister has already giv

Dreaming has become habit of Congress: Jyotiraditya Scindia

Jyotiraditya Scindia

Shah Rukh Khan's Dunki will clash with Prabhas's Salaar this Christmas. SRK's last two movies were blockbusters, and this movie is also expected to do good

Bournvita

'Misleading' ads: FSSAI may slap notices on food business operators

How big brands sell sugar under different names

NCPCR asks Bournvita manufacturer to remove 'misleadings ads', sends notice

Child rights body asks Bournvita to remove misleading ads, submit report

Bournvita row: NCPCR asks health drink brand to remove 'misleading' ads

TMS Ep 417: India's demography, Bournvita row, markets, Sudan turmoil

Will keeps acting against food biz involved in misleading claims: FSSAI

Bournvita saga brings role of health and wellness influencers back in focus

Bournvita rejects social media influencer's claims of high sugar content

Mondelez extends Bournvita into cookies, second brand extension in 5 months

Mondelez test-markets cereal in snacking push, looks to expand presence

Bournvita finds its way around wellness track as it plans brand expansion

Mondelez India ups Bournvita game, now offers new variant to women

Bournvita stays the course as it turns 70