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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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