New Delhi, May 12 -- El Niño, which began in June 2023, resulting in insufficient rainfall in India, and leading to water scarcity in some regions, besides droughts and prolonged dry periods acro... Read More
New Delhi, May 12 -- India's favourite fruit is facing a problem - heatwaves and unseasonal rains have hit crops, potentially disrupting supplies. This coupled with a prolonged dry spell and depletin... Read More
New Delhi, May 9 -- Water levels in India's 150 major reservoirs fell further to 27% of their total storage capacity, with eastern and southern India seeing levels depleting rapidly in the severe heat... Read More
New Delhi, May 8 -- The cost of home-cooked vegetarian meals stabilized in April after falling for four months in a row, while that of non-vegetarian meals increased sequentially due to the consistent... Read More
New Delhi, May 8 -- The Centre is not considering lifting its ban on sugar exports despite comfortable supply in the local domestic, as it prioritizes availability, sufficient opening balance and etha... Read More
New Delhi, May 5 -- Claiming some media reports to be false and malicious, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) on Sunday said that India has one of the most stringent standards of... Read More
New Delhi, May 3 -- The Centre may cut the amount of broken rice used in non-basmati rice exports, as food prices continue to surge in the middle of general elections. Its idea is to cut the broken p... Read More
New Delhi, April 29 -- Several states in India continue to sizzle under heatwaves, with many regions recording temperatures as high as 45.6degC. According to the weather department, no relief is expec... Read More
New Delhi, April 28 -- Worried about the soaring prices of pulses amid the general elections, the Union government is planning to send senior officers to assess the ground situation in relation to sto... Read More
New Delhi, April 26 -- The Centre aims to allocate sugar mills a higher sales quota for May, which will cumulatively be 100,000-200,000 tonnes more than that in the same month a year ago, to tame pric... Read More