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“We should let consumers know that palm trees produce four to ten times more oil per hectare than any other oil crop,” said Webber.

The newly-created arm of state-run gas major Gail India, Konkan LNG, will pump in around Rs. 3,000-crore to double the capacity at its liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Dabhol in the Konkan region of Maharashtra to 10 million tonnes (mt) over the...

• LNG
• India

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has announced the introduction of Bharat Stage (BS) VI fuels in Delhi NCT. A function to mark the launch was organised in New Delhi on April 2, 2018.

• India
• Oil

Gujarat State Fertilizers Company (GSFC) said it has got permission from the Central Government to install fertilisers vending machines (FVMs) in three states. The Union Agriculture Ministry has allowed the company to install FVMs in Gujarat, ...

• GSFC
• India

The Union Cabinet has slashed subsidies for potash-based fertiliser by more than 10 per cent for the next fiscal year beginning April 1, as the world’s leading importer of the crop nutrient tries to contain a fiscal deficit.

• India
• Fertilisers

Gujarat state-promoted Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and Chemicals Ltd. (GNFC) recently opened a unit for manufacturing organic neem soaps at Bharuch in Gujarat.

• GNFC
• India

Pharma exports, which account for 44 per cent of total merchandise exports from Telangana, are set to soar with the setting up of a new pharma city. According to the recently released Socio-Economic Outlook 2018, sector-wise analysis of merchandise...

• India
• Export

India’s drug regulatory body, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), is reportedly creating a national digital database of pharmaceutical manufacturers and their medicines so that regulators can be more effective when acting on problems...

• India
• Pharma

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. has named Mr. Erez Israeli, former President and CEO of Enzymotec, as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) and Global Head of Generics & PSAI. The incumbent COO, Mr. Abhijit Mukherjee, retired on March 31.

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• Reddy’s
• Laboratories
• People

India’s central drug regulator, Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), has set up a nine-member intelligence cell to track illegal activity in the country’s pharmaceutical sector. This includes gathering information on the medicines and...

• India
• CDSCO

Events firm UBM’s bioprocessing and manufacturing expo, bioLIVE, which will debut this October alongside CPhI Worldwide trade fair in Madrid, is introducing a biologics manufacturing and processing league table, which will rank the perception of the...

• UBM
• Biopharma

Belgian speciality chemical company, Solvay, has announced a major restructuring which will see it cut 600 jobs and concentrate research activities in Lyon and Brussels. The company said that the move was part of an ongoing effort to streamline its ...

• Solvay
• Europe
• Brazil

Global petchem use of LPG will expand by 140,000 barrels per day (bpd) this year, according to ESAI Energy’s newly published ‘Global NGL Outlook’.

• LPG
• Petrochemical

Reliance Eagleford Upstream Holding LP, a unit of Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL), has agreed to sell its interest in certain acreage, producing wells and related assets in the western portion of its Eagle Ford shale position to Sundance Energy Inc for...

• India
• RIL

The Turkish drive for a spot in the global pharmaceutical sector will involve investment incentives by the government in the form of rev...

• Turkey
• Pharmaceutical

Mumbai-based Lupin has said the UK health regulator has completed the inspection of its Goa facility without making any critical observations. In a stock market filing, Lupin announced the successful completion of the inspection by the UK MHRA at its ...

• UK
• Lupin

Derivatives include Sodium Tallowate, Tallow Acid, Tallow Amide, Tallow Amine, Talloweth-6, Tallow Glycerides, Tallow Imidazoline.

• Cosmetics
• Ingredients

Lupin has said that its Pithampur unit 2 manufacturing facility located in Indore has been cleared by Health Canada after a review. “Following the review, Health Canada has maintained the compliant rating for unit 2 at Pithampur (Indore) ...

• Lupin
• Canada

Anti-pollution cosmetics include "sun-care" products that prevent PM10 (particulate matter of 10 micrometers or less in diameter) from p...

• Cosmetics
• Products