The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials seized mangoes costing Rs23,908 from two bulk fruit traders for using carbide to ripen the fruits. The seizures were held under the Food and ...

A season’s loss of mango crop for a farmer has spawned an innovative solution, which is claimed to help ripening of mangoes without the use of poisonous substances. En-ripe, the ethylene gas ...

The season of juicy and heavenly mangoes is here. The fruit is not just great in taste, but also full of health benefits, being high in fibre, antioxidants, Vitamin C and many other micronutrients.

Acetylene, Coke, and calcium carbide are no longer part of the vocabulary of chemists and chemical engineers working at most modern industrial sites. But in China, these materials, dating back to the ...