Epichlorohydrin BIS Ban: Tea Bags, Safe Packaging & Health Rules
Why in news? The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued new rules for the manufacture of tea bags. The standards prohibit the use of epichlorohyd...
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Why in news? The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has issued new rules for the manufacture of tea bags. The standards prohibit the use of epichlorohyd...
Why in news? The 114th session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) is being held in Geneva from 1 to 12 June 2026. Delegates are discussing c...
Why in news? On 18 March 2026 the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and its marketing arm TRIFED launched a premium brand called “RISA: Timeless Tribal” ...
Why in news? The Supreme Court of India recently ruled that high courts should not routinely apply the doctrine of forum non conveniens to decline wri...
Why in news? The World Bank has approved an additional US$9 million to help the Republic of the Marshall Islands cope with soaring fuel costs and prot...
Why in news? Archaeologists working at the Pool No. 11 site in Angkor Thom, Cambodia, have uncovered remnants of a sophisticated hydraulic system dati...
Why in news? A team of international researchers recently reported that a self‑reinforcing loop between certain immune cells lies at the heart of Sj...
Why in news? In June 2026 the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) fined the online education platform PhysicsWallah ₹5 lakh and the cyberse...
Why in news? The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) highlighted recent success stories under the National SC‑ST Hub (NSSH) Schem...
Why in news? Scottish authorities confirmed an outbreak of American Foulbrood (AFB) in an apiary in Kincardineshire in June 2026. The disease is fatal...
Why in news? Astronomers analysing five years of data from the Atacama Large Millimetre/Sub‑millimetre Array (ALMA) announced in 2026 that they had ...
Why in news? Scientists have described a new species of fish named Eechathalakenda incognita from the upper reaches of the Periyar River in Kerala. T...