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Mint Primer | 'Read that label' and 16 more food commandments

New Delhi, May 15 -- Unhealthy food is responsible for more than half of India's disease burden, cautions the new dietary guidelines released last week by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). Ea... Read More


Mint Primer | Read that label... and other guidelines for food

New Delhi, May 15 -- Unhealthy food is responsible for more than half of India's disease burden, cautions the new dietary guidelines released last week by the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN). Ea... Read More


Mint Primer | The fallout of India's unpredictable farm trade policy

New Delhi, May 8 -- To placate onion growers ahead of polls, the Centre has lifted a ban on exports imposed last year. This is a rare occasion for farmers to celebrate, because trade policies often fa... Read More


Mint Primer | Here's food for thought: How safe is your child's dinner plate?

New Delhi, April 25 -- Prominent brands are under the scanner for selling sugary infant food, chicken fed with antibiotics, and spices peppered with cancer-causing chemicals. Naturally, experts are co... Read More


In desert country, a 26-yr-old 'reel neta' rises to challenge BJP, Congress

Barmer, Rajasthan, April 22 -- Lantha rahya. Stay Strong. The young boy's scream pierced the door glasses of the SUV in which Ravindra Singh Bhati was campaigning. The energy around was electric. At e... Read More


Mint Primer: The Met's 'good rain' forecast: Here's the other side of the coin

New Delhi, April 18 -- The met department's forecast of above-normal rains is a breather for India's sluggish farm economy and tepid rural consumption. But high chances of excess rains and the havoc t... Read More


Cards, ludo and low wages: Tales from Maharashtra's hinterland

Nagpur/Wardha, April 10 -- About an hour's ride from Maharashtra's Nagpur city, the geographical centre of India, lies a nondescript village named Jiwnapur. From the outside, it appears like any other... Read More


Mint Primer | Mind the income gap: Is India becoming a plutocracy?

New Delhi, March 21 -- Income and wealth inequality in India are at a historical peak with the share of the richest 1% higher than in countries like China and Brazil, finds a new study by the World In... Read More


A crisis is brewing in Punjab and farmers know it

New Delhi, Feb. 29 -- "I would like to pay particular tribute to the Punjab farmers," wrote C. Subramaniam in The Hand of Destiny, his memoir published in 1995. As India's agriculture minister when it... Read More


Mint Explainer: Why farmers continue to protest despite a govt offer

New Delhi, Feb. 21 -- Kisan Majdoor Morcha, the coalition of farm unions spearheading the farmers protest, has prepared to resume the Delhi Chalomarch on Wednesday. After four rounds of negotiations w... Read More