World’s largest packaged food Swiss group, Nestlé, said this week that it had found a way to reduce the amount of sugar in some of its chocolate bars by 40% without compromising on taste. It is now planning to come up with low-calorie Kit Kats.
The Swiss food company, whose products include Kit Kats, Aeros and Yorkies, claims that...
The United Kingdom is close to allowing a three-parent baby which will have the DNAs of three parents instead of two. Medically it is known as Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy(mDNA), and helps to avoid diseases that are transmitted through the DNA found in cell mitochondria.
But there are concerns that the process will bring along its own set of medical concerns.The...
“MAKE LOVE NOT SCARS”(MLNS) is a non-government organization (NGO) in Delhi dedicated to helping acid attack survivors rehabilitate. The NGO launched a job portal, #Skills Not Scars, on Nov. 28 to help the victims find job opportunities and re-enter mainstream life .
Within two days nearly 30 people have enrolled on the site. Anyone can log in to the site...
Amidst all the chaos of demonetisation, a bill to ban commercial surrogacy was introduced in the Lok Sabha. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016 was presented by Health Minister J P Nadda.
The bill is supposed to focus on protecting women from exploitation and ensuring the rights of the child born through surrogacy. If approved, commercial surrogacy will face a complete ban in India.
Under special...
