Grapes often carry pesticide residue and dirt. A simple cleaning routine can make them safer. Start with a rinse. Then, soak grapes in a ba...

Cabbage, a nutritious and leafy vegetable packed with nutrients and minerals, often has worms, insects and dirt. It becomes important to cl...

A new study warns that consuming specific fruits and vegetables may increase pesticide levels in the body, having possible health challenge...

Digestive health is vital for overall well-being, with the colon playing a key role in waste removal, immunity, and energy. Diet greatly in...

California's Salton Sea holds vast lithium reserves worth $540 billion, essential for electric vehicle batteries. However, extracting this ...

In our modern rush, processed foods offer convenience, but they come with hidden risks. As India's food and beverage industry progresses, e...

A recent study exposes alarming findings about protein supplements, uncovering mislabeling, toxin contamination, and potential health risks...

The Green Revolution helped the country graduate from an importer to an exporter of many crops. But experts warn that nutrition security is...

Tapping coconut trees for their sap, also known as toddy-tapping, is often seen as damaging to coconut yields. However, some farmers sugges...

Besides the uncertainty on monsoons and the El Nino threat this year, it is pesticide issues and payment hassles with Iran that is acting u...

As we approach Diwali, the festival of lights, perhaps we should spare a thought for light pollution, responsible not just for the disappea...

RCT, a new field, can make useful predictions and can help discover not "what works", but "why things work".

The 94-yr-old agricultural scientist M S Swaminathan is working with his daughter Soumya Swaminathan on projects which aim to grow crops th...

There are about 30-odd quarries in south Kashmir, including in Pulwama, Anantnag and Shopian. These quarries often use illegally procured e...

It is not merely a corridor that Pakistan is hoping will transform its economy but rather a project that may wreck its finances and societa...

At least 24 farmer suicides have taken place in Punjab's Sangrur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Bathinda and Mansa districts in the past four months.

SIT probing the mid-day meal tragedy arrested the principal of the school Meena Devi amid Nitish Kumar hinting at a possible conspiracy.