Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly V. K. Malhotra on Thursday demanded that the Delhi Government quickly frame rules so that those indulging in adulteration of food items and using harmful chemicals to improve the look and size of vegetables are severely punished for threatening the lives of …
New Delhi: Concerned over application of artificial colours into fruits and vegetables that are being consumed in the capital, the Delhi high court on Wednesday sought an explanation from the state government. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justice Manmohan issued a notice to the Delhi government …
New Delhi: First, minister of state for health Dinesh Trivedi said the chemical oxytocin, which was being injected by farmers to make fruits and veggies look fresh and grow faster, was seriously threatening human health. A few weeks later, he said exactly the opposite
Manjushree G Naik, Udupi, August 16, DH News Service:Mattu Gulla, the famed Udupi brinjal, has received the Geographical Indicator patent. Baskets full of Udupi Gulla. DH PhotoThe famed eggplant species adds an exceptional flavour to the cuisine and has tickled the taste buds of the food buffs far beyond the …
Agriculture is an area where new technologies are often applied to improve the yield of crops. Nano agriculture involves the involvement of nanoparticles in agriculture with the ambition that these particles will impart some beneficial effect to the crops.
Vegetables not checked for qualityPANJIM, AUG 8A large quantum of vegetable and fruit products that Goans consume is imported from neighbouring Belgaum in Karnataka, even as people are not too sure on the quality of the stuff they consume was healthy or not.In the just-concluded Monsoon Session of the Goa …
Even as recent media reports caution that most fruits and vegetables are largely unfit for human consumption due to their high chemical content, pesticides continue to be used recklessly in the fields of Punjab. The
NEW DELHI: How fresh and healthy are the vegetables that you consume daily? Not much, according to the Union health ministry. In a bid to make them look garden fresh and ensure that they grow faster to reach markets, farmers are using chemicals at random that threaten to cause serious …
Unlike 2009, prices are likely to stay soft this year on back of imports and healthy crop yield GROCERY shoppers and branded food makers alike may not have to agonise over buying cooking oil, basmati, maida, pulses, sugar and spices during the approaching festival season as their prices are expected …
LUCKNOW: On one hand, there is crippling price rise, on the other, criminal wastage of foodgrains and other agricultural produce continues in Uttar Pradesh. Despite being an agrarian economy, the state government has done precious little to put its warehouse and cold storage mechanism in order. And with over 30% …
If you're a typical westerner, you ate nearly 100 kilograms of meat last year. This was almost certainly the costliest part of your diet, especially in environmental terms. The clamour for people to eat less meat to save the planet is growing ever louder. "Less meat = less heat", proclaimed …
Athul Lal A G THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Agriculture Department is all set to launch a set of initiatives amounting to Rs 9 crore to increase vegetable production in the State in the current fiscal. This is apart from the projects undertaken by the VFPCK, State Horticulture Mission and Horticorp. The Department
The unique ecological entity and topographical diversities are the exclusive characteristics of the hill and mountain regions in India. The distinctive socio-economic features, ethnicity, climatic variability and human activities, seprate the hill and mountain ecosystem from the rest.
Modern agriculture based on high yielding seeds, chemical using production and protection technologies and intensive use of natural resources paid rich dividends by bringing manifold increase in foodgrain productivity and production, enhancing farmers' income, reducing poverty and contributing significantly towards attainment of food self-sufficiency at the national level. Due to …
Scientist C. Kameswara Rao reviews the document released by the Minister of Environment and Forests of the Government of India that declares a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt brinjal (eggplant) in India. Through a scientific review process Dr. Rao points out the bias and lack of scientific reason …
Washington: Indian-origin scientists in the US claim to have created a new variety of tomatoes which can stay fresh for a week longer than usual, after they found a
Ferozepur, June 16 The residents of the border district, who have witnessed destruction and uprooting time and again due to flooding of the Sutlej and Indo-Pak wars, face a challenge to their lives once again and this time it is from chemically infested vegetables. Consumption of such vegetables, which are …
