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Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India, has developed an Indian Standard for ‘non-electric cooling cabinet made of clay.’ Named as ‘Mitticool refrigerator’, Mansukh Bhai Prajapati from Gujarat is the innovator behind the refrigerator which projects an eco-friendly technology. BIS standard specifies the construction and performance requirements of a cooling cabinet ...

With an aim to protect the consumer from exploitation by misleading advertisements, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) under the department of Consumer Affairs has issued ‘Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022’. The government has also clearly outlined the penalty for violating the guidelines according to which CCPA can ...

Expanding its footprint in India and extending its franchise agreement with Indian partner Ace Hospitality, independent Scottish brewer and retailer BrewDog has decided to open 25 more bars in Indian to grow its presence in craft beer market and making it double in size by 2050. Ace already operates two venues in Mumbai and plans ...

An Indian street food restaurant named Chai Pani, situated in North Carolina has been voted America’s best restaurant at the James Beard Foundation Awards in Chicago. The awards were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 as COVID-19 induced lockdowns forced closure of several US restaurants. “After a very challenging few years for our industry, we are ...

The Bengaluru-based Web3 startup DAOLens has raised USD 5 million (nearly 39 crore) in a pre-Seed funding round led by Web3 investors Nexus Venture Partners, Better Ventures and iSeed II. The round also saw participation from Web3 investors, including Gokul Rajaram, Board of Director, Coinbase, Sandeep Nailwal , Co-founder of Polygon, Raj Gokal, Co-founder of ...

Jio-bp will provide electric vehicle mobility services to food delivery app Zomato to support its commitment towards the Climate Group’s EV100 initiative of 100 per cent EV fleet by 2030. Announcing the partnership, Jio-bp and Zomato said that Jio-bp will also provide access to ‘Jio-bp pulse’ branded battery swapping stations for last mile delivery. Leveraging ...