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Goodbye guinea pigs: India bans cosmetic testing on animals

India ha banned the testing of cosmetic products and their ingredients on animals, on Friday.

FP Archives|May 24, 2014, 10:26:52 IST

New Delhi: India ha banned the testing of cosmetic products and their ingredients on animals, on Friday."Effective today (Friday), the animal testing for cosmetic products and ingredients is outlawed throughout India. This is a huge victory for animals in laboratories," said Alokparna Sengupta, Humane Society International's Be Cruelty-Free India campaign manager.[caption id="attachment_154023" align="alignleft" width="380"] Image used for representational purpose only. AFP[/caption]The test ban was finalised through the gazette notification of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules (Second Amendment), 2014, following completion of a 45-day public consultation period."India has now taken a step forward in ethical consumerism and with the notification, will lead the world towards it too," added Sengupta.With this ban, India joins a list of countries like Brazil, Australia and New Zealand.IANS

Air India to cut Delhi-Toronto flight time by 3 hours, resume non-stop services from August 1

Air India will resume non-stop Delhi-Toronto flights from August 1, cutting travel time by nearly three hours and deploying its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the route

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J&K cop on Amarnath Yatra duty shot dead in Anantnag terror attack; TRF claims responsibility

The Resistance Front (TRF), a shadow outfit of Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack through a social media post

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Jaishankar meets Canada's Anita Anand, discusses bilateral cooperation and shared interests

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Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad... Neet paper leak protest spreads nationwide even as govt reaches out to CJP, Opposition

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Why is India seeing 95% cloud cover despite a Super El Niño?

India is witnessing nearly 95 per cent cloud cover despite a Super El Niño, a climate event usually linked to weaker monsoons. Regional weather systems, cyclonic circulations, the monsoon trough and moisture from two seas are temporarily overpowering one of the world's strongest climate phenomena

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