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Friday, February 20, 2026
TopicFood habits

Topic: food habits

New book explores the intersection of food and politics

ThePrint Team -
Published by HarperCollins India, ‘Sacred Cow and Chicken Manchurian' by James Staples will be released on 29 February on SoftCover, ThePrint’s online venue to launch non-fiction books.

Nearly 15% Jain men, over 4% Jain women eat non-veg, reveals NFHS-5 data

Sukriti Vats -
NFHS-5 data also shows that eggs are part of the diet of about 11 per cent of Jain men and 6.7 per cent of Jain women.

‘Food’ and ‘mood’ go together. What you eat impacts your mental health

Elena Koning -
Irregular eating contributes to poor mental health, including depression and anxiety, as well cardio-metabolic diseases and weight gain.

How many calories you eat can affect your retirement account

Teresa Ghilarducci -
Making the right food choices over time can have just as much of an impact on retirement savings as market forces and investment decisions.

Millet dosa or Millet biryani? Read the fine print on the food fad of the future

Subhasree Ray -
Millets provide a slow supply of energy throughout the day, increase the feeling of being full, decrease cholesterol, and lower the risk of colon cancer.

The Covid crisis has changed what we eat and how we eat

Marvin G. Perez -
People want comfort. They also want to eat their way to stronger immune systems. They’re stress baking, but they’re also eating healthier.

Will more people turn to vegetarianism in a post-coronavirus world?

ThePrint Team -
People across the world like Queen guitarist Brian May have sought to link Covid-19 to non-vegetarian diets, saying the pandemic came from “people eating animals”.

Tea, chillies & takeaway: What the food choices of second-generation British Muslims reveal

Riyaz Timol -
Human palates evolve, chameleon-like, to reflect changing social and cultural conditions often brought into sharp relief by migration.

There is a scientific reason why North Indians consume so much dairy

Tony Joseph -
The gene story tells us that there are good reasons behind what Indians eat and do not eat.

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Opinion

India can sell its vision, but it can’t spectacle its way to AI power

Catherine Thorbecke -
The challenge of translating the AI wave into livelihoods is a bigger governing test for PM Modi than collecting selfies with Silicon Valley’s elite.

‘Good old days of bonhomie’ between New Delhi and Dhaka won’t be easy

Middle powers are showing unprecedented agency. To offset unsteady US era

Economy

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

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

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

Shekhar Gupta -
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.

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