GM markers were found in the edibles oils that were blended with Bt cottonseed oil in India. A public health epidemic looms over Indians as Monsanto/Bayer’s propaganda is exposed by a recent scientific report published by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) which found unprecedented...
Financial burdens caused by climate change and government polices have led to a rise in the number of suicides among agricultural workers. Maharashtra state has suffered more than most. In India, over 600 farmers in the region of Marathwada, Maharashtra state, have died from suicide this year, according...
If the might of one army veteran can bring about such change, what an army of dedicated women and men can do to solve India’s agrarian problem? Major Ajit Singh (retd) is a man on a mission. From the Kargil war to tackling the corporate and...
In Kashmir, cultivation of olive is done in Uri owing to favourable weather conditions and soil quality there Can your next bottle of extra virgin olive oil come from Kashmir? Hidden in the mountainous region of Uri, Kashmir has a tree that can help end India’s...
‘Farming is the major occupation in the area, with shrinking water, our area could be in trouble,’ says Naseer, headmaster of the school Hanging between the assault rifle and gigantic mountains lies a paradise — Kashmir. I reached there, for the first time, a day after...
It was around 10:30 am when our ambassadorial white sedan entered the Turkish embassy at 22 Prithviraj Road. My partner-in-crime was Muhamed Cengic, the Bosnian and Herzegovinian ambassador to India. He was wearing a sky blue kurta and had invited me to the Turkish breakfast...
It is a miracle plant filled with benefits from regulating blood pressure to boosting immunity, and perhaps that’s why it has even caught the fancy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Female Sea buckthorn plant in bloom. Image courtesy Indra Shekhar Singh In the land of Chandra and...
The food markets have been volatile since the Ukraine-Russia conflict – including problems like short supply, food inflation and hoarding. Although India’s Reserve Bank of India thought we will be safe from inflationary pressures, especially food inflation, the opposite is turning out to be true. With...
The silver lining is the bumper mustard crop in India, but that is insufficient to take care of the rising food inflation. On 22 April, Indonesia announced a ban on palm oil exports to check domestic prices of this crucial edible oil. The ban is likely...
Various ground reports confirm that Punjab and Haryana may see a major drop in wheat production. Farmers are worried. So is the government. Reports of wheat harvest losses in Punjab and Haryana have already alarmed farmers. But slightly more alarmed is the Indian government. A special...