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Thursday, September 4, 2025
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Topic: Millets

India’s millet millionaires are powering a food revolution with bajra bars, sorghum noodles

A growing ecosystem of entrepreneurs, evangelists, and incubators is pushing hard to make millets trendy, tasty, and thrifty. Hyderabad is leading the way.

Make holistic people-led movement by promoting yoga, millets: PM Modi urges gram panchayat chiefs

Recognising yoga's universal appeal, the United Nations proclaimed 21 June as the International Day of Yoga on 11 December 2014.

FAO declares millet a ‘global superfood’ at closing ceremony of International Year of Millet

The closing ceremony of IYM 2023 was held in Rome, Italy, on March 29 in hybrid mode.

The big, fat Diwali hamper is now vegan, healthy, millet-based

They used to say gifting was art, a skill. It's been retracted by this burgeoning breed of hampers.

SubscriberWrites: Millets: Public health, climate & sustainable agriculture

Agriculture is one of key contributors to climate change due to excessive chemical use, soil degradation, deforestation & groundwater consumption.

Army to reintroduce millets in soldiers’ diets, cooks being trained to whip up ‘tasty, nutritious’ meals

At present, each soldier is entitled to daily ration of 620 grams of rice or atta. Under the new plan, 25% of the 620 grams will be millets. Ragi, jowar & bajra varieties to be offered.

Is bajra the new wheat? How ICAR’s turning humble millet into versatile, ‘luxury’ ingredient

A team at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute is using age-old Indian technique to make millet flour softer, last longer & to present it as an alternative to wheat and rice flour.

Stubble burning incidents in Haryana ‘down by 48%’, says agriculture minister Jai Parkash Dalal

Chandigarh: Instances of stubble burning in Haryana declined by 48 per cent between October last year and January 2023 compared to the same period...

Even BJP officials, ministers are now bored of millet. But Modi is promoting it everywhere

Pathaan's success has made a BJP MP extremely happy but Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone's bikini has stopped him from sharing it.

Another reason to celebrate bajre ki roti: Indian scientist wins award for fortifying millet

Dhanashakti has more iron compared to regular varieties of pearl millet. Scientist Mahalingam Govindaraj says about 10 biofortified varieties have been released in last 8 years.

On Camera

On Arundhati Roy, mother-daughter conflicts, and the burden of being a ‘good mother’

When reading the book, one can see Roy’s mother as a 'fascist government' unto herself, the centre of her own cult. In Arundhati’s words, Mary Roy was ‘mother guru’.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

‘Loyal wingman’ to full ICBM triad & air defence, China’s show of power at Victory Day parade

China flaunted military might & modernisation as it displayed stealth drones, anti-satellite system & cyber warfare contingent during parade to mark victory over Japan in WWII.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.