Parliament ratifies sugarcane bill

Mill owners to challenge bill

Birlas fend off bid to close UP sugar mill

Hampered by a Supreme Court order, UP pollution control authorities are finding it difficult to close a Birla sugar unit emitting acidic …

Maharashtra finally sets up sugarcane board for regulating cane prices

Board will have the right to pay farmers a price over and above Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) on cane decided by the Centre

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2023)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Tax on sugar-sweetened drinks in Mexico associated with drop in sales, says study

Levying higher taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages, alcohol and gambling is a global practice

Sustainability increases if ethanol is made from sugarcane juice: Study

Sugarcane cultivation has benefitted from entrenched policies that incentivised production for decades

Lateral Thoughts: Will WHO norms on artificial sweeteners help consumers?

Guidelines are just beginning of process of purging these toxins from food chain

Bagasse power

Food for warmth

As winter sets in, people in north India turn to savoury dishes and sweets that can keep them warm. The market at this time is flooded with …

Sugar mills turn U

Bittersweet

ec sugar reform proposal doesn't please anyone

How sweet

An encounter with industry's sugar-free politics

The Case Against Sugar

From the best-selling author of Why We Get Fat, a groundbreaking, eye-opening exposé that makes the convincing case that sugar is the …

New deal

Jaggery made using time-tested method is more wholesome

Sugarcane byproduct pressmud can be a sweet spot for India’s compressed biogas sector

The byproduct can help generate 460,000 tonnes of compressed biogas CBG valued at Rs 2,484 crore

Sugarcane farmers caught in a maze of brotherhood of brokers

Sugar barons enjoy political proximity with all ruling parties and switch political loyalties just to stay in power

India’s sugar output increases in December despite low production in several states

Substantial increase in sugar production in Uttar Pradesh compensated production decline in Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana

Cane fumes

Mills of Gorakhpur grind slowly, but they grind too fine

Sugarcane farmers could use some sweetening of the pill

The farmers will continue to bite the bitter pill unless politicians divorce themselves from the sugar industry and mills are forced to pay arrears

Uganda protests over sugar plantation on forestland

Most baby food products in South Africa have high sugar content

Study sample included commercially available baby foods targeted at children under 12 months and sold in supermarkets and other major retailers …

Not a sweet deal

RAVLEEN KAUR attends a meeting where farmers rail at government’s sugar pricing policy

Industry pollutants in river kills cattle and fishes in Bihar

Increasing protein, dairy intake may help cut diabetes burden: Study

A new study has linked food preferences of individuals to prevalence of diabetes in various states of India