The chief reasons behind the escalating food prices are poor production monitoring and abysmal storage facilities which are leading to decay. ...
10:48 AM, Jul 20, 2012
The prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses have shot through the roof in major metros. ...
09:25 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Kochi: If Kochiites have developed an appetite for shawarma, it is now time to say goodbye to the Arabian extravaganza at least for the time being. The Food Safety Wing on Wednesday banned the sale of shawarma in the district following raids at various places in the city. The ban on the stalls will continue until the hotels and stalls concerned ensure hygiene and food safety. The decision was taken...
12:36 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Washington: The United States is facing "worst drought" in 25 years which could fuel food price inflation in the country, a top Obama Administration official said in Washington. As many as 61 per cent of the land mass of the United States is currently being characterised as being impacted by this drought, the Agriculture Secretary, Tom Vilsack, told reporters on Wednesday at a White House news conference, noting that this...
08:33 AM, Jul 19, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: During the last several months, the City Corporations food squad has not carried out a single checking in city hotels. That it is a toothless tiger when it comes to reining in faulty food joints being the main reason. The death of Sachin Roy Mathew, a hotel management student, in Bangalore allegedly after consuming shawarma from Salwa Cafe, a food joint in Vazhuthacaud, naturally points to the limitations the...
01:15 PM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: The annual consumer price inflation slowed slightly in June to 10.02 per cent, government data showed on Wednesday, but food prices accelerated as concerns rose about below-average monsoon rains. Despite the slight moderation in price rises last month, inflation remains "way above" comfort levels, central bank Governor Duvvuri Subbarao said on Monday. Food inflation in the CPI accelerated to 10.71 per cent in June from 10.66 per cent...
11:50 AM, Jul 18, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has called a meeting on Wednesday to consider uniform legal entitlement of subsidised foodgrains to 67 per cent of the country's population under the National Food Security Bill. The meeting will discuss whether to accept the alternative plan, suggested by over 30 leading experts and economists, for easy and early implementation of Food Bill, a pet project of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, sources said....
02:29 AM, Jul 18, 2012
In a big breakthrough in HIV research, the US Food and Drugs Authority on Tuesday gave the nod for a pill that prevents HIV. ...
09:37 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: India's headline inflation slowed to its lowest level in five months in June helped by a moderation in fuel prices, adding to pressure from business leaders for a cut both in interest rates and fuel subsidies to help revive the lacklustre economy. The wholesale price index (WPI) rose a lower-than-expected annual 7.25 per cent in June, its slowest rise since January, following a drop in prices of some...
07:21 AM, Jul 17, 2012
New Delhi: India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose a lower-than-expected 7.25 per cent in June from a year earlier, mainly driven by higher food prices, government data showed on Monday. Analysts on average had expected an annual rise of 7.62 per cent. Wholesale prices provisionally rose 7.55 per cent in May. The annual reading for April was upwardly revised to 7.5 per cent from 7.23 per cent, the government said...
11:59 AM, Jul 16, 2012
Bangalore: Soaring food costs likely pushed Indian inflation to its highest level this year in June, a Reuters poll showed, suggesting the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will remain hawkish on monetary policy. The survey of 30 economists showed wholesale prices rising by an annual 7.62 per cent in June, slightly up from 7.55 in May. Forecasts were from 7.20 per cent to 8.20 per cent, narrower than the range...
10:32 AM, Jul 16, 2012
New Delhi: Reserve Bank is unlikely to soften its monetary stance in its policy review later this month due to high inflation even though sluggishness in industrial output growth for May calls for cut in policy rates, say experts. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is guided by inflationary expectations. Inflation is expected to remain high, HDFC Bank chief economist Abheek Barua said. "I do not think there will be...
03:16 AM, Jul 13, 2012
A recent list of ten foods from all over the world that one must taste-a list that includes masala dosa, by the way-got me thinking ...
12:30 PM, Jul 11, 2012
Sivaganga: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has said the UPA government would guarantee the poor food through the proposed Food Security Bill. Highlighting 'achievements' of the UPA government during a visit to various villages on Sunday, he said the Centre had allocated more funds to state governments than in the past. It also proposed to bring in the food security bill soon. In addition the UPA had implemented several welfare...
01:28 AM, Jul 10, 2012
New York: Popular South Indian dish Masala Dosa has made it to the list of '10 foods to try before you die', compiled by the Huffington Post. The list, prepared by travel blog viator for the newspaper, includes dishes from around the world as a must-try for travellers. Masala dosa features in the list alongside the Peking duck from China, BBQ ribs from the US and Teppanyaki from Japan. "The...
09:49 AM, Jul 09, 2012
Washington: The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, allowing Americans to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their homes. The OraQuick test detects the presence of HIV in saliva collected using a mouth swab. The test is designed to return a result within 20 to 40 minutes. Government officials estimate one-fifth, or about 240,000 people, of the 1.2 million...
10:07 AM, Jul 07, 2012
Chandigarh: Decrying the lack of proper sanitation facilities, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Friday said toilets built over the last 10 years across the country are being used for storing food grain. "In last 10 years, toilets have been built (across the country)...But toilets are not being used for the purpose for which they had been built. They are being used for storing food grain...they have been turned into...
05:14 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Kota: Even as the rest of the north of the country bears with an unforgiving summer season and a drought-like situation in many of its parts, in Rajasthan, grain rot continues and it is not a meager amount. Nearly Rs 2 crore worth of wheat still remains in the open. CNN-IBN visited a farmer family in Kota which had just enough grain to last it four weeks. The irony is...
08:45 AM, Jul 05, 2012
New Delhi: Every day some 3,000 Indian children die from illnesses related to malnutrition, and yet countless heaps of rodent-infested wheat and rice are rotting in fields across the north of their own country. It is an extraordinary paradox created by a rigid regime of subsidies for grain farmers, a woeful lack of storage facilities and an inefficient, corruption-plagued public distribution system that fails millions of impoverished people. And it...
02:40 PM, Jul 02, 2012
CNN-IBN's Megha Mamgain is getting us a simple fresh vegetarian salad recipe. ...
09:29 AM, Jun 29, 2012
