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Three labourers were killed and 15 others injured when a series of blasts and a fire ripped through a chemical plant that spread to four adjoining units in Tarapur Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in Palghar near Mumbai on March 8.

• India
• Accident
• Explosion

Expressing concerns on the country’s mounting dependence on imported edible oils, the Solvent Extractors’ Association of India (SEA) has requested the government to hike the import duty on other edible oils – soft oils – in line with palm oil duty ...

• SEA
• India

Resil Chemicals has inked a deal with Japan’s Nicca Chemical for joint development and marketing of products used for processing synthetic textiles. Even though India is known for its strengths in cotton textiles, in recent years processing of...

• Resil
• India

Pune-based Praj Industries is in advanced stage of discussion to set up second generation ethanol plants in two counties of the European Union.

• India
• Praj
• EU

Adhesives specialist, Pidilite Industries, has entered into a collaboration with Jowat SE, a German family-owned enterprise, for sales a...

• Pidilite
• India
• Germany

Export of oilmeals from India during February this year has dropped by 47% in comparison to February 2017 to 161,969 tonnes from 305,457...

The New Development Bank (NDB) and International Solar Alliance (ISA) have joined hands to promote solar energy across the globe.

• NDB
• ISA
• India

The Ministry of National Food Security and the Ministry of Textile Industry are locked in a tug of war over the process of handing over administrative control of the Pakistan Central Cotton Committee (PCCC) as the latter has issued a notification...

• Pakistan
• Cotton

Mangalam Organics Ltd., manufacturer of camphor, resin and sodium acetate with strong expertise in pine chemicals, has announced an alliance agreement with France-based pine chemistry industry major Derives Resiniques ET Terpeniques (DRT) to manufacture..

• DRT
• Mangalam
• India
• Organics

Giving thrust to the government’s ambitious e-vehicle project with the objective of reducing air pollution and crude oil import, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is in the process of transferring the technology of the cheaper version of space ...

• ISRO
• India

In what appears to be sheer wastage of taxpayers’ money, the government set aside on Monday Rs339 million for another project meant for “strengthening industrial cooperation” under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

• CPEC
• Pakistan

IOC and Tata Motors have launched the trial demonstration of the country’s first hydrogen fuel cell bus. A company statement said that the bus was flagged off during the 47th Foundation Day Function of IOC R&D held recently.

• IOC
• Tata
• Pakistan

"The migration of food packaging into whatever food or drink it is protecting is not uncommon," Mr Parker said on Tuesday.

• Plastics
• Water

The Polish Investment and Trade Agency has set up a national stand to promote this sector of the economy, public broadcaster Polish Radi...

• Polish
• Cosmetics

The presence of PFASs and many other potentially harmful chemicals in the products we put on our bodies is a ...

• Cosmetics
• Teflon

"We are excited that RD Heritage sees the potential for such a significant amount of business with the food producers in its network dur...

• Food Additives
• Omega-3

They also are consulting with physiologists to study how supplementing sows' diets with grape pomace from late gestation through lactati...

• Grape
• Food Additives
• EDTA

This can cause food allergies, deplete the immune system and also cause cancer.

• Food Additives

Non-porous coatings exhibit more stability in pH range from 2 to 9 than porous coatings.

• Coatings
• Superhydrophobic

The first phase will start in March 2018, with yearly production of 20 million pieces of knitted apparels.

• Apparel
• Xinjiang