Food regulator finds no trace of ethylene oxide in Indian spices

IANS | May 21, 2024 7:16 PM

New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) Amid the global furore over the alleged presence of a "cancer-causing substance" in certain spices from India, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has cleared more than a dozen samples of spices from MDH and Everest brands.

ICMR rejects BHU study on Covaxin, says findings misleading

IANS | May 20, 2024 12:42 PM

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has rejected a recent study led by Banaras Hindu University (BHU), which claimed that Covaxin raised the rare risk of stroke, and Guillain-Barre syndrome, among others, and said that the findings are "misleading."