Megha Prakash

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Megha Prakash is an independent journalist with over a decade of experience covering science, health and technology. She is also interested in documenting indigenous food

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Food

Karela's sweet cousin, a delicacy in the hills

The little-known vegetable grows abundantly in Uttarakhand and people either eat the baby karela raw or cook it as a vegetable

Waste

Discarded solar panels can be used as building material

The usage of discarded solar panels in this manner will help to address the problem of solar photovoltaic waste

Food

Restaurants turn to indigenous foods for lucrative business

Serving local cuisines comes with major operational challenges too

Food

100 रुपए में एक किलो नमक बेचती है यह नमकवाली, विदेशों में भी है मांग

उत्तराखंड में खाये जाने वाले पीसी लून (नमक) की मांग तेजी �…

Food

The flavoured salts of Uttarakhand

The age-old flavoured salts loaded with micronutrients are not only a healthy option, but can also tickle your taste buds

Food

How a vegetable can tackle malnutrition in the hills

Gaithi, a tuber variety that grows in the hills of Uttarakhand, has both nutritive and medicinal properties

Water

‘Climate change one of many reasons for Kerala’s receding groundwater table’

Anand Zacharias, development associate (water) with MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, talks about how open well recharge system is helping …

Water

Kerala's Thrissur district is recharging 4.5 lakh wells

Inititated in 2008 to arrest fast depletion of groundwater, the community scheme received the Danish Water Air Food Award 2018 for offering …

Agriculture

‘Cashew Board will help procure raw cashew nut directly’

Rajesh R, Managing Director of Kerala State Cashew Workers Apex Industrial Co-operative Society (CAPEX), talks about the problems with the Indian …

Agriculture

In 2 years, 80% cashew producing units closed in Kollam

Huge operational costs and unfriendly government policies led to the closure of the units; it also left 0.35 million people jobless, mostly women&…

Governance

Tourism industry hit as Uttarakhand HC ends night stays in meadows

Tour operators in the state plan to re-appeal against the court order

Food

Popeye would like this spinach

Tree spinach, or chayamansa, is nothing less than a superfood for humans as well as livestock

Wildlife & Biodiversity

‘We inform locals about the wildlife in their backyard’

Sanjay Gubbi, who recently set up a nature information centre in Karnataka, says this it’s the first such centre to disseminate information …

Environment

Exposure to LED lights could be harmful; scientists suggest a simple solution

In light of the harmful effects of radiations from LEDs, many manufacturers are taking a serious note and moving towards innovation

Agriculture

जहर बुझी फुहारें!

एक अध्ययन के अनुसार आर्गेनोफास्फेट कीटनाशकों के लंबे स�…

Health

A common class of insecticides puts farmers at high risk of diabetes

Long-term exposure to organophosphate insecticides puts the farming community at a higher risk of developing diabetes, shows a study

Health

Sweet miracle

A cheap hand-held device that does multiple tests accurately and quickly could revolutionise diabetic treatment

Pollution pangs

High ground-level ozone increases appendicitis risk

Breakthrough in fuel cell

K T Jacob, Indian National Academy of Engineeringdistinguished professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, has devised a new type of …

Kills more than the pain

Researchers report hearing loss associated with aspirin use

Never let an idea die

Modern science backs Ayurveda on ginger’s gut-cleansing call

Its always about DNA

Blood is the clue, its genes are the target for curing diseases

Cell phone now a lab too

How to make curcumin cure better

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