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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicFood consumption

Topic: Food consumption

How Covid worsened hunger in India, the world’s largest food basket

The pandemic disrupted local, regional and national supply chains, adding to the impacts of the country’s food waste problem.

Sizzling onion prices to push inflation but that won’t stop RBI from cutting interest rate

A 200% spike in onion prices is likely to add at least 30 basis points to September’s headline inflation. Tomato prices also soared in September.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.