Men and non-expectant women are regarded as having diabetes if their blood glucose level is above 199mg/dl. If it is…
Though palm oil has a high proportion of unhealthy saturated fats-45% compared to 6% in mustard oil-there is no way…
Customers initially allowed him to do so, but when they realised he was gaining more than the warehouse rents, they…
The back-to-basics leap must await the results of ZBNF trials being conducted under the aegis of ICAR and an investigation…
Government’s lack of accountability on GM crops is driving farmers to commit illegality, And risk monetary fines & prison sentences.
What India can learn from the Philippines, which set up a Biotech Program Office in 2000 to promote the responsible…
Do farmers’ rights under PPVFR Act mean trading rights? The PepsiCo case could’ve decided this.
We are moving towards self-sufficiency. The annual pulses production averaged 23.7 million tonnes in the past three years, an 80%…
Once a winter favourite for farmers in North India, the crop lost ground there to wheat and rice. But, in…
In the last 10 years, there has been no significant representation from Punjab—India’s first Green Revolution state—to the Agricultural Research…
Our goal is to develop products that farmers can plant. We have doubled up on research in molecular markers (that…
The Railways’ operating ratio, or the share of expenditure in revenue, this year was 96.2%—2 ppt better than the year…
Going by the agriculture ministry’s priorities, India will certainly need a yagya for sustainable development
Centre for Science and Environment deputy director-general Chandra Bhushan has, in his September 26 response (bit.ly/2OQwuLp) to my article of…
The global prices of canola do not favour domestic producers despite the high import duty of 50%
CSE is wrong—import of GM food is allowed, and it isn’t unregulated. The GEAC IS Empowered to regulate Such Imports.
In a study released in the last week of July, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) says it tested…
Rapeseed-mustard holds the most promise for reducing India’s dependence on edible oil imports … The question is whether Mission Mustard…
