Junk Food Advertisements Need Regulation

Junk Food Advertisements Need RegulationOn Monday, the Australian Medical Association has hailed the Federal Government to regulate the fast-food industry and marked the self-regulation as failure, soon after a study which has claimed that children have an unlimited exposure to a number of junk food advertisements on television. However, the fast food industry has earlier introduced new rules about marketing products to children.

Further, the study has suggested that the advertisements have increased after the fast food industry has introduced voluntary marketing code in 2009.

AIDS, the Epidemic; Then and Now

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Price of Basic Food Items on the Rise in India

foodAccording to a study by the rating agency Crisil, Indian households, particularly lower income households, are under increasing stress as the price of food rises dramatically as a result of inflationary pressures on the Indian rupee.

The report found that the overall inflation rate in the Indian economy has increased by nearly 8% per year for the last three years compared to 5% per year during the period of 2008 to 2009. As well, inflation in the household sector goods and services rose to 8.1% over the last three years.

Tata Steel Expecting an Increase in Demand of Steel Inspite of Inflation

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Gizmo Aid for Treatment of Brain Injuries

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IndusInd Bank Signs MoU with Indian Army for Opening Salary Accounts

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The sole motto behind this step was to refine the salary administration system of the Indian Army in addition to provide improved customer convenience and satisfaction. With this agreement, IndusInd Bank will have to escalate its number of branches by 400 by March 2014 to sustain such huge expansion of business operation.

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