Economic Survey 2019-20: Coverage of food processing sector needs scaling up

Recommendation is backed by fact that schemes floated to help sector have not been implemented properly

Five points on food inflation and onions

Retail inflation hitting double digit being attributed to high food prices, but is it so?

NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India

Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019 

बच्चों की याददाश्त और सीखने की क्षमता को प्रभावित कर सकता है मोटापा

एक नए अध्ययन से पता चला है कि सामान्य वजन वाले बच्चों की तुलना में मोटापे से ग्रस्त बच्चों में याददाश्त और निर्णय लेने ...

Simply Put: Sugary beverage

प्रसाद होकर भी उपेक्षित पनियाला

छठ पर्व में प्रसाद के रूप में पनियाला का अपना महत्व है। औषधीय गुणों से भरपूर पनियाला अब मुश्किल से ही कहीं मिल पाता ...

महुआ: सर्वहारा का वृक्ष

तीज त्योहारों से लेकर साहित्य और उत्सवों तक में अपनी महत्ता साबित कर चुका महुआ स्वास्थ्य की दृष्टि से भी पोषक तत्वों से भरपूर ...

घर में भी बना सकते हैं बांस के व्यजंन, ये है रेसिपी

भारत के जनजातीय क्षेत्रों में बांस के कोंपल से बने खाद्य पदार्थ लंबे समय से प्रचलन में हैं। इनमें प्रोटीन और फाइबर भरपूर मात्रा ...

Superbugs found in pork products in Walmart US

9 of the 16 Walmart batches tested contained at least one multi-drug-resistant bacteria

Rice yields could plummet 40% by 2100 due to climate change: Stanford University

At least 2 billion people, especially in Asia, could be affected due to the scarcity

आहार संस्कृति: भारत के 10 राज्यों में चाव से खाए जाते हैं कीड़े, होते हैं पौष्टिक

भारत के दस राज्यों में कीड़े खाने का चलन है, जलवायु परिवर्तन के दौर में कीड़े मांस का बेहतर विकल्प हो सकते हैं

What the Dengvaxia episode teaches us

Introducing a vaccine prematurely and in haste, and exposing whole populations to considerable risks must never be repeated again

Worrying picture emerges about India’s SDG indicators on food and agriculture

Cultivable land in India, which is home to 18 per cent of the world’s population, is vulnerable to drought, floods and degradation

Fall Armyworm attack: 'It is the biggest pest attack ever'

The worm prefers maize, but its diet comprises up to 300 plant species, including vegetables and ornamental plants

All you need to know about Universal Basic Income

Here’s a lowdown on what the basic income scheme is and what it entails

African countries join hands to transform livelihoods

An Africa-led financial mechanism started in 2013 has achieved remarkable results by assisting African nations to address critical agricultural …

Patients having atopic dermatitis, food allergy have structural differences in skin

Identifying such differences will help prevent children at an elevated risk from developing food allergies

Leveraging flexible investment instruments for impact

Flexible investment in the right balance can cut costs and create synergies for SDGs

Bamboo shoots: Plants of nutrition and employment

Fermented bamboo shoots are a delicacy in the Northeast. They can also become a viable livelihood activity

Benefits of milk: What can it do to your body?

Milk is very beneficial for our bodies and here are such five ways that milk can make our lives better

Humans will eat 20% more fish by 2030

The increase in consumption along with wastage of fish, overfishing is likely to have huge impacts on global food security

Climate change will make rice less nutritious, putting millions of the world's poor at risk

As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rise, rice plants produce fewer vitamins and other key nutrients

Fruity twist to grandma's tale

The country fig can pass off as any other wild fruit. Little can one guess it has a cluster of fibrous flowers inside, loaded with prebiotic …

Health in news on May 14

A round-up of what's new in health

Tree-borne oilseeds can reduce India's import dependency

If government promotes indigenous production of vegetable oils, it can create new markets while providing employment to marginalised communities