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Mint Explainer | Monsoon bonanza: Good tidings for food prices and ethanol makers?

New Delhi, July 28 -- About 84% of India has received normal-to-excess rains in the ongoing monsoon season, prompting robust planting of kharif cereals like rice, plus a surge in maize acreage. This i... Read More


Mint Explainer | Will surplus rains cool food prices further?

New Delhi, July 28 -- About 84% of India has received normal-to-excess rains in the ongoing monsoon season, prompting robust planting of kharif cereals like rice, plus a surge in maize acreage. This i... Read More


Inside Otipy's crash and burn: How 10-minute delivery killed a 10-year dream

New Delhi, July 21 -- Back in 2015, Varun Khurana, then 35, sold his year-old grocery delivery startup, MyGreenBox, to what is now known as Blinkit. Back then, it went by the name Grofers. Khurana, a ... Read More


Mint Explainer: How local mangoes are losing ground to exotic apples

New Delhi, July 12 -- The idiom advising one not to compare apples and oranges is a cliche-a figurative expression that a fruit lover can safely ignore. But anyone with an interest in the origin, spre... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why 'local' mangoes are losing out to 'exotic' apples

New Delhi, July 12 -- The idiom advising one not to compare apples and oranges is a cliche-a figurative expression that a fruit lover can safely ignore. But anyone with an interest in the origin, spre... Read More


Climate Change and You: The folly of human control

New Delhi, July 12 -- Dear Reader, Our annual mango season is almost over. I hope you ate some good ones as they are not easy to find these days. India's beloved fruit is mired in a cauldron of misfo... Read More


From Konkan's Alphonso to Andhra's Imam Pasand, why are Indian mangoes losing their sweet spot?

Samastipur/New Delhi, June 26 -- Bathua, a village in Bihar's Samastipur district, is named after an age-old local mango variety. The hamlet is an oasis of calm with 700 acres of sprawling orchards, h... Read More


Mint Primer: The thorny side of India's newly won rice crown

New Delhi, June 17 -- India has toppled China to become the world's largest rice producer. While this is a milestone, the surge in rice production has come at the cost of pulses and oilseeds-crops whe... Read More


How safe is the food on your plate?

New Delhi, June 14 -- Climate Change & You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. Dear Reader... Read More


How the iconic Shahi litchis of Bihar turned sour

New Delhi, June 3 -- Samastipur & Muzaffarpur, Bihar: Plants whisper, you need ears to listen. That's what Norman Borlaug, a plant breeder and Nobel Peace laureate who saved billions from starvation, ... Read More