For the majority of Jharkhand’s population, uncultivated foods and edible weeds have been a major source of food and an inexpensive source of micronutrients. Unfortunately, such foods are losing their…
Will you believe me if I say that till late 1960s we, the Indians, were proud owners of over 110 thousand indigenous varieties of rice? Believe it or not, it…
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item…
This report brings together the key insights from an air quality of analysis of 10 cities in South India: Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mysuru, Kochi, Mangalore, Visakhapatnam, Amaravati, Coimbatore and Puducherry.…
Bengaluru, 27 January: A latest report by Greenpeace India, analysing the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)’s data from ten major cities of Southern India reveals that average pollution levels in…