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Food security & wider safety net—TN planning body says govt’s financial aid is making women self-reliant

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.

Middle East and Asia are leading food-water innovation—a blueprint for the world

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.

Israeli fire kills 23 people in Gaza, many at aid site, medics say

Israeli fire kills 23 people in Gaza, many at aid site, medics say

KFC fried chicken toothpaste is edible marketing gone wild

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.

ICMR-led consortium seeks health tax on fat, sugar & salt-rich foods to cut adolescent obesity burden

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.  

Hyderabad haleem hit by Instagram epidemic, poor campaigns, and paid reviews

Dear ‘food reviewers’, please leave haleem alone. It doesn’t need your loud Instagram Reels.

It’s not idli-sambar, Goa’s real food crisis is tradition losing out to Instagram Reels

Every few months, someone sounds the alarm on Goa’s imperiled identity—sometimes it’s idli-sambar, sometimes gobi manchurian.

Garlic in kheer, narangi korma—a chef celebrates Awadhi cuisine, with a pinch of innovation

Ishtiyaque, the eldest son of chef Imtiaz Qureshi, a Padma Shri awardee, has worked in various departments, from bakery to butchery.

Coming soon: Norms on monitoring microplastics & limiting exposure through bottled water, food items

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.

New Sri Lankan cookbook unites the island’s food cultures—Tamil, Sinhala, Arab, European

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.

On Camera

In Bihar, BJP is courting upper castes—a clear shift from its 2020 strategy

With two parties led by Dalit leaders now part of NDA, the BJP is hopeful of winning a large number of reserved constituencies.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

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. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

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.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

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.