Under GST regime, aerated beverages will attract a total tax of 40 per cent, which is likely to increase prices
Notified in May 2016, this amendment was previously extended by six months till December 2016 and then further to February 27, 2017
Black rice is indigenous to the Northeast, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. In Manipur, it is considered food as well as part of traditional medicine
Latest data suggests a decline in the nutritional quality of food. What is stripping our food of nutrients? Can authorities cope with the challenge?
TOP TIP Commercials mislead consumers by shifting the focus from poor nutrition to physical exercise
Reducing the intake of sugar as per the World Health Organization's recommendation is a must to lower the risk of non-communicable diseases
Excessive salt use may trigger autoimmune diseases
Want to try a new recipe but not sure of the steps? Or too tired to chop veggies for dinner? A new venture now makes it easy to cook gourmet meals at home in no time
Home-made and home-delivered food is a hit in Delhi
A new breed of dairy farmers is milking the growing demand for healthy, safe food
More and more people in food-deficit Kerala are taking up terrace farming to grow organic vegetables and fruits
Focus on Alphonso has resulted in neglect of native mango varieties grown in the Western Ghats, some of which are on the brink of extinction
It is established that bee-keeping increases fruit productivity, but can the practice become successful in urban India?
Livelihood of 2,000 families is threatened as the Maharashtra forest department tries to ban extraction of lotus roots
First Food
Sunita Narain, Director General of the Centre for Science and Environment, talks about the book 'First Food — A taste of India's biodiversity'..
Agra’s petha is losing its sheen
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First Food — Recipe Karanda Sabzi
Recipe for Karanda Sabzi, taken from the book 'First Food — A Taste of India's Biodiversity', by Sunita Narain and Vibha Varshney
