New Delhi [India], November 29 (ANI/GPRC): If the quality of talent is one of the most crucial areas in the digital era impacting the strategic growth of the organization, Curatal is here to rewrite the existing practices and take a giant leap into the future in talent management.

The urge to vomit after eating contaminated food is the body's natural defensive response to get rid of bacterial toxins. However, the process of how our brain initiates this biological reaction upon detecting germs remains elusive.

After years of scientific research, GM mustard was last week approved by Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) for field trials.

New York [US], October 13 (ANI/PRNewswire): 1Verse and Tyremarket.com have launched the world's first fully integrated Metaverse based dealership through a subsidiary using 1Verse's breakthrough meta to real world platform.

New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): Edible oil industry body The Solvent Extractors' Association of India (SEA) has requested Indonesia to maintain stable export duties and levies besides trade policies related to palm oil to ensure less speculation on what stance the government might take.

New Delhi [India], June 23 (ANI): The government should use minimum support price (MSP) as a tool for both encouraging crops which are in short supply like oilseeds and pulses, and disincentivise crops such as wheat and rice which are in abundance, said edible oil industry body The Solvent Extractors' Association of India.

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 3 (ANI/PRNewswire): HyperVerge, a Silicon Valley based AI company that provides KYC solutions, recently announced that they ranked fourth globally for contactless travel of passengers in a tie with the first three algorithms on the National Institute of Standards (NIST) FRVT Paperless Travel leader board.

New Delhi Dec 27 PTI Major edible oil companies including Adani Wilmar and Ruchi Soya have reduced the maximum retail price MRP of their products by 10-15 per cent to provide relief to consumers industry body SEA said on Monday The prices have been reduced by Adani Wilmar on Fortune brands Ruchi Soya Mahakosh Sunrich Ruchi Gold and Nutrella brands Emami Healthy Tasty brands Bunge Dalda Gagan Chambal brands and Gemini Freedom sunflower oil brands it said COFCO Nutrilive brands Frigorifico Allana Sunny brands Gokul Agro Vitalife Mahek and Zaika brands and others have also reduced prices it added We are happy to share that our leading members have responded proactively and reduced MRP on edible oils marketed by them across the board by 10-15 per cent to provide relief to consumers during the festival season Solvent Extractors Association of India SEA said in a statement With a view to providing succour to consumers Union Food Secretary Sudhanshu Pandey had called a meeting of industry leaders a few days back and requested them to respond positively to the reduction in import duties which the government had announced it added The industry body said it is hopeful the New Year would bring happier tidings for consumers with expectations of a large domestic mustard crop coupled with softening international prices in coming months The SEA further said that the exorbitant price increase in edible oils during the last few months on account of high international prices was unnerving domestic consumers as well as policy makers To rein in the prices of edible oils the government has reduced import duties on both refined and crude edible oils several times this year The last reduction on import duty was done by the government on December 20 when the basic customs duty on refined palm oil was brought down to 125 per cent from 175 per cent till the end of March 2022 To boost supplies the government has allowed traders to import refined palm oil without licence for one more year till December 2022 and markets regulator banned launch of new derivative contracts of crude palm oil and a few other agricultural commodities According to the SEA Indias dependence on import of edible oils is nearly 65 per cent of the total consumption of about 22-225 million tonne The country imports 13-15 million tonne to bridge the gap between demand and domestic supply For the last two marketing years November to October due to the pandemic the imported quantity reduced to nearly 13 million tonne PTI LUX MR MR

New Delhi Dec 20 PTI The government on Monday said traders will be allowed to import refined palm oil without licence for one more year till December 2022 a move aimed at increasing domestic supplies and bring down prices of cooking oils In June the government removed import restrictions on refined palm oil till December 31 this year as prices of edible oils had risen sharply Import of refined bleached deodoerised palm oil and refined bleached deoderised palmolein is free for a period up to December 31 2022 according to a notification by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade DGFT It however added that the import is not permitted through any port in Kerala Earlier these imports were under the restricted category wherein an importer needed a licence or permission from DGFT for inbound shipments Solvent Extractors Association of India SEA Executive Director B V Mehta said the decision to extend the free import period will hit domestic oilseed processors The government has taken this decision in view of high wholesale inflation However it should have extended the period only till March next year Local mustard crop will start arriving in the market from March onwards boosting domestic edible oil production he added According to the SEA Indias dependence on import of edible oils is nearly 65 per cent of the total consumption of about 22-225 million tonne The country imports 13-15 million tonne to bridge the gap between demand and domestic supply For the last two marketing years November to October due to the pandemic the imported quantity reduced to nearly 13 million tonne In 2019-20 the import quantity dropped to 132 million tonne valued at about Rs 71600 crore In 2020-21 India imported a similar quantity but the import bill jumped by 63 per cent and touched an alarming level of Rs 117 lakh crore due to hike in international prices of edible oils it had said Earlier in the day Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha we will attend to the problem of edible oil price and also some of the essential edible items In order to rein in the prices of edible oil the government has cut import duties on both refined and crude edible oils several times this year PTI NKD MJH RAM

Washington [US], November 23 (ANI): To absolutely no one's surprise, British singer and songwriter Adele's new album '30' has now become the top-selling album of 2021, achieving the feat in just three days.