Under Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam, 1.15 crore women heads of families receive monthly cash assistance of Rs 1,000. Report says 43% spend it on rice, vegetables & other essentials.
Emerging economies are turning resource scarcity into a catalyst for ingenuity. Asia Pacific and the Middle East are key growth markets for green food and water technology.
KFC teamed up with Australian dental care brand Hismile to launch a limited-edition $13 fried chicken-flavoured toothpaste. It sold out within 48 hours.
The consortium, Let’s Fix Our Food, has come out with suggestions to control intake of high-fat, salt & sugar foods. Over 17 mn children & adolescents in India are affected by obesity.
A panel, constituted by the FSSAI after a study in August found microplastics in salt & sugar sold in India, is finalising its recommendations, ThePrint has learnt.
Tasha Marikkar observed that since 1950, Sri Lankan cookbooks have focused on a single ethnic cuisine. That’s when she got the idea of uniting the entire island’s food culture in one book.
CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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