Topic: fruits
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.
On Camera
YourTurn
A tale of two summits: Quad under a Chinese shadow & Davos searching for a solution to Russia
Quad's message from Tokyo was of solidarity and the World Economic Forum's Switzerland meeting was more political than ever. Both were concerned about the health of geopolitics.
What are UST & Luna and why the fall of 2 ‘stablecoins’ led to a crypto crash in India
Along with crash in value of UST and Luna coins, Indian market for crypto assets also reeling under strict control imposed by government, with the imposition of TDS on all crypto transactions.
Defence
NSA Ajit Doval pushes for ‘terror free’ Afghanistan, says India stands with Afghan people
Doval's comments came at 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan attended by national security advisors from Tajikistan, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan & China.
Why it’s obscene to tell Ukraine to give in & how war-upended global balance of power brings openings for India
Global order is in flux, and India is being wooed by all. It opens up economic, strategic & military possibilities unimaginable till recently. It is for India to take this opportunity.