Cuisines from southern India rule at Prez's 'At Home' receptionA reception at Rashtrapati Bhavan, hosted by President Droupadi Murmu, spotlighted the culinary and cultural diversity of southern India. T...
26 Jan, 2025, 10.42 PM IST
India Inc drives better food choices for employeesIndian corporate cafeterias prioritize employee well-being and productivity by promoting healthy food choices like millets, keto bowls, rag...
03 May, 2024, 09.02 PM IST
FM dials ITC, asks to buy millets from Karnataka’s drought-hit farmersFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has urged ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri to deploy a team to Karnataka for sourcing Sri Anna millets from dro...
24 Nov, 2023, 01.44 PM IST
Odisha investing over Rs 2,500 cr for providing income, livelihood support to millet farmersOdisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an investment of over Rs 2,500 crore to support millet farmers in the state. The state launc...
09 Nov, 2023, 05.02 PM IST
View: Tune in to millet sur mera tumharaJowar, bajra, ragi, etc, are already consumer brands products. Millet-based chips, cookies, noodles and other prepared foods have also gain...
09 Apr, 2023, 10.45 PM IST
How to rejuvenate a forest? Women in an Odisha village show the wayTheir forest is lovely, dark and green, a stream flowing through it, birdsong echoing down the hill to their homes and fields, and the wild...
04 Dec, 2022, 05.00 PM IST
Government to help 3,000 women log into its E-MarketplaceEven as Prime Minister Narendra Modi would give up his social media accounts to women who inspire, the Centre would put 150 women self-help...
04 Mar, 2020, 11.38 PM IST
Adani Wilmar forays into ready-to-cook food segmentThe ready-to-cook segment in India has been growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 15-20% for the last several years, and is project...
15 Oct, 2019, 06.17 PM IST
How Karnataka is transforming state’s humble and traditional food into an urban delightRagi (finger millet), the staple diet food of southern Karnataka was down from 7.88 lakh hectares in 2010-11 to 6.46 lakh hectares in 2012-...
09 Apr, 2017, 11.05 AM IST
'Women today are more health-conscious, and aware of fitness'The Procam CEO says that there has been a more than 50 per cent rise in women runners in the past 3 years.
18 Nov, 2016, 11.16 AM IST
Consider millets in PDS: Maneka Gandhi writes to Ram Vilas PaswanUnion Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi wants millets to be introduced in the Public Distribution System.
18 Aug, 2016, 04.39 AM IST
Violation of SC orders? WCD minister Maneka Gandhi for pre-packed food under ICDSIn a meeting with state secretaries on Wednesday, WCD minister Maneka Gandhi gave a July deadline to overhaul the food programme.
14 Jan, 2016, 12.18 PM IST
Maneka Gandhi for packaged food under government’s nutrition planUnion minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday pitched for providing packaged food under the government's supplementary nutrition scheme ICDS.
11 Dec, 2015, 12.03 PM IST
Jayalalithaa’s first day in jail sans visitorsThe prison officials have awarded convict numbers 7,402 for Jayalalithaa, 7,403 for Sasikala, 7,404 for VN Sudhakaran and 7,405 for Elavara...
29 Sep, 2014, 04.19 AM IST
- Shunned no more, millets return to the table
A trip to North Karnataka is incomplete without sampling crisp Jolada rotis and spicy badane ennegayi (brinjals). But this popular combo ha...
05 Jun, 2012, 06.49 PM IST
- Food Security Bill needs amendments: M S Swaminathan
The Food Security Bill needs to be amended to make universal public distribution system with well-defined exclusion criteria the pathway to...
30 Jan, 2012, 07.52 PM IST
- Food Security Bill needs amendments: M S Swaminathan
The Food Bill needed to be amended to make universal public distribution system with well defined exclusion criteria, Dr M S Swaminanthan s...
30 Jan, 2012, 05.06 PM IST