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Photos of the week: A Delhi demolition, and persimmons in plenty

New Delhi: From protests against a demolition drive near Faiz-e-Elahi Masjid at Turkman Gate inDelhi to Kullu’s persimmon revolution delivering lakhs in profit to...

‘Consult dietitians, not Internet’: Experts after 39-yr-old Russian food influencer’s sudden death

Russian influencer Zhannah Samsonova died of 'starvation' after living on an 'only-fruits diet' for over a decade, according to reports.

IIT Guwahati researchers create edible coating to boost shelf life of fruits, vegetables

The layer, made primarily from micro-algae extract, can be directly coated on the vegetable or even morphed into a vegetable storage pouch.

Pomegranate to prawns — how Barmer is moving beyond desert staples bajra & cumin

Scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra have helped farmers in Rajasthan's Barmer district grow fruits and vegetables never grown here before, and earn up to five times more.

Food combining ‘ayurvedic’ taboos are back as fad. It’s ok to mix fruits with vegetables

Popular tips on ‘food combining’ are floating on social media and are followed by many. But are we ready to look into the evidence?

Allopathic drug in Jackfruit365 flour that ‘controls diabetes’? WhatsApp forward spurs fresh test

A lab report doing the rounds on doctor groups claims a brand of jackfruit flour sold by Kerala-based Jackfruit365 contains an allopathic drug. Allegation remains unverified.

A diet consisting mainly of fruit is bad for you

Some fruitarians claim that ‘going raw’ has marked benefits including curing cancer and eliminating bloating and body odour. There is no robust evidence to back these claims.

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Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.