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Tuesday, January 27, 2026
TopicMeat industry

Topic: Meat industry

Startups to govt policies—India wants to lead the lab-grown meat revolution

Once limited to science fiction films like Star Trek, cultivated meat is on the brink of hitting restaurant plates and grocery stores.

After Singapore, US now approves sale of lab-grown meat in restaurants, grocery stores

The US government’s approval to two California-based companies is being seen as a huge step for the alternative protein industry.

Black money traced, say IT officials after raids on meat producers & exporters in 3 UP districts

Raids in Lucknow, Bareilly and Unnao lasted four days. IT officials claim to have traced Rs 1,200 crore in black money. UP GST dept conducted statewide raids earlier this month.

Reduce meat eating to meet climate goals. Direct tax is a solution

Other types of regulation like rules on animal feed or manure run the risk of putting domestic livestock farmers at a disadvantage. Here's how a tax can help.

Irresponsible of BJP and Anna Hazare to seek reopening of temples when Covid R-value is above 1

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Indian veganism is a thing, and taking off. Especially in the pandemic

Excited by the business potential, many non-vegan entrepreneurs in Bengaluru and Delhi have established their own vegan-friendly businesses.

Faith, freedom, finance leave Gurugram divided over ‘unfair & unjust’ no-meat Tuesdays

Gurugram has banned sale of raw meat on Tuesdays. The directive means loss of business for some, curb on choices for others. Many, though, are cheering the nod to Hindu sentiments.

Laboratory-grown meat Is getting closer to supermarket shelves

Lab-meat startups have grown from a handful in 2016 to at least 60 now. The sector wants to make production more humane & environmentally sustainable, but challenges remain.

From birth to slaughter — an account that ‘blows lid off meat, egg and dairy trade secrecy’

Poorva Joshipura's 'For a Moment of Taste', by HarperCollins, will be released on 5 August on SoftCover, ThePrint’s e-venue to launch select non-fiction books.

US sees Covid spread twice as fast in areas where major meatpacking plants have reopened

Counties with these meatpacking plants accounted for 10% of new confirmed cases from 28 April to 5 May while representing just 7.5% of the US population.

On Camera

New Delhi prefers to look at Manipur as a horizontal problem, not vertical

‘Well-entrenched institutional apathy' is how Dhiren A Sadokpam, editor of The Frontier Manipur defined it. 'New Delhi has the power to intervene at every level,' he said.

RBI opens door to urban co-op bank licences after 2 decades. But high capital bar may shut most out

Proposal to restart licensing is welcome, but Rs 300-crore minimum capital requirement could mean only handful of credit societies qualify, say sector executives

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.