In an attempt to prevent the consumption of spurious milk, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has made a device called the Ksheer Tester, which can measure contaminants such as urea, salt, detergent, soap, soda, boric acid and hydrogen peroxide in milk through a single-button operation.
Long supply chains and grocery stores selling loose ingredients make it impossible to track where the food comes from or what sub-standard material is mixed in it. However, there is help at hand.
Dr. Hema Krishnan thinks cooperatives have the capacity to lift millions of the world’s impoverished, as they have in India. Here's why she thinks they support those living below the poverty line.
The largest producer of milk in the world, about 68% of India's milk does not mark up to the standards set by food regulators due to adulteration. To fix this, CSIR-CEERI has developed a new instrument that can detect all kinds of adulteration in just 45 seconds.
After many successful cases of Indian Railways assisting people with the help of Twitter, passengers are now aware of the place where their problems will be addressed instantly. The same happened this Thursday, when an 18-month-old child needed milk on a train that was delayed due to fog.