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 …
India is the second largest producer of vegetables after China, and accounts for 13.4% of world production. Surveys carried out by institutions spread throughout the country indicate that 50-70% of vegetables are contaminated with insecticide residues. Rapid, inexpensive and sensitive methods such as pesticide finger printing technique and enzyme-linked immunosorbent …
onions that taste as good as the original but do not have you weeping over the chopping board are now a possibility, say Japanese researchers. Researchers from the House Foods Corporation in Chiba, Japan, have identified the enzyme that releases a tear-duct-tickling chemical when an onion is cut. The compound, …
Makhana (Euryale ferox), or foxnut, is not a popular food item, in spite of its significance in religious ceremonies and fasts. Understandably enough, for the shrub flourishes in stagnant and dirty water. In India, it grows in the wetlands of Bihar, largely in Mithila, and in the ponds of Bengal. …
The Brookhaven National Laboratory, usa, is getting new equipment to conduct its latest research. Nothing highbrow though, it is just a garbage truck. The laboratory is going to use vegetable oil in the truck's hydraulic system. The experimental truck will be retrofitted with the technology under the laboratory's pollution prevention …
cabbage could well become the latest focus of the never-ending debate on the viability of genetic modification (gm), with a group of Indian scientists successfully developing a gm cabbage. The development might create a furore in the future, as the vegetable has been modified by inserting the gene of Bacillus …
think your heart is safe if you are a vegetarian, young at heart and have a hole in your pocket? No, say researchers from New Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences. They have discovered that irrespective of socio-economic background and age, vegetarians are falling prey to heart ailments as …
In the little village of Pubong Fatak, 13 km from Darjeeling in West Bengal, sits Phul Bahadur, 97, weaving baskets to earn his living. He wears thick glasses tied to a rubber band around his head. On his wrinkled wrist is a Seiko watch that stopped functioning 20 years ago. …
at least 10 per cent more pesticides were detected in fruits and vegetables sold in Britain this year as compared to last year, says a uk government report. The report states that in 1.6 per cent of the samples surveyed the levels of pesticide were much higher than the permissible …
friendly plastic: A new plastic made from plant sugar will be soon introduced in the market. The plastic called NatureWorks PLA is being manufactured by Cargill Dow Polymers, a Nebraska-based company. Unlike conventional plastic, NatureWorks can break down in a compost pile if subjected to the right combination of heat …
Why is that children hate vegetables and elderly people relish them? Here's one explanation and also a benefit of getting older. According to a study conducted by the University of Washington, USA, it appears that vegetables taste better as one gets older. This is because sensitivity to bitterness declines with …
An onion a day could help keep osteoporosis (inflammation of bone and cartilage) at bay, claims a new study. When male rats were fed one gramme of dry onion per day, bone resorption
it is a war over the palate. And it threatens to arouse the ill-concealed rancour between South Korea and Japan. The bone of contention is 'kimchi' - South Korea's national dish. A hot blend of garlic, spices and fermented vegetables, kimchi was a speciality exclusive to South Koreans until 1988, …
there have been several studies to prove the positive effects of a proper diet in maintaining good health. But now a study shows that eating large amounts of fruits and vegetables also improve the functioning of lungs. Investigators from the Netherlands, Italy, Finland and the us participated in this study …
thousands of people living in cities in Pakistan are consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals, says a study conducted by the department of soil science at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. In the cities, vegetables are cultivated on land irrigated with city effluents, which have excessive quantities of metal ions. …
the secret of youth may be as close as a nearby farm or supermarket. There is reason to believe that eating blueberries slows down the ageing process after elderly rats showed considerable improvement in age-related features in a joint study by Tufts University in Boston and the us departent of …
More and more farmers are slowly getting attracted towards cash crops instead of traditional paddy, maize and wheat. Farmers in Nepal's Nuwakot district now grow vegetables in their kitchen gardens and cash crops on their fields. Nursery proprietors say that farmers of Suryamati, Madanpur, Chaughada, Tharsingh, Thanapati, Jiling and Belkot …
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health, USA, have recommended that the daily allowance of Vitamin C for human beings should be doubled or tripled because there is evidence of its cancer-fighting ability. Mark Levine, the lead author of the report said the recommendation reflected a growing body of research …
green vegetables are good for the health. How many times did our parents tell us this? But in days to come, the fresh leafy green vegetables may lose their place on the table, if we believe the latest findings. Recent studies have showed that at many places in India, vegetables …
an abnormal craving for a certain food item, or even a nutrient such as clay or starch that may have undesirable health effects, is defined as pica. Patients with food pica typically ingest large amounts of crunchy foods like celery, carrots, peanuts, seeds or crackers. Pica occurs in up to …
