Fruit for thought: Bananas are at risk of dying out again – here’s how we can try to save them

Monoculture has hurt the fruit in the past and is doing so again.

Jackie Turner, Aeon

· Jun 04, 2018 · 08:30 pm

As Kolkata rotten meat scandal creates panic, Whatsapp messages add to the stink

For now, the city’s appetite for kebabs, rolls and biryani has been dulled.

Devarsi Ghosh

· May 05, 2018 · 07:30 am

Indians need their protein where they can get it – especially from meat and eggs

A health ministry tweet clubbing meat and eggs with unhealthy food ignores the problem of protein deficiency across the country.

Nayantara Narayanan

· Apr 25, 2018 · 07:00 am

Niti Aayog is in denial about hunger in India – but the problem is worse than the statistics show

Instead of accepting that millions of Indians need better nutrition, the organisation’s economists have argued that the Global Hunger Index is flawed.

Sylvia Karpagam

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Veena Shatrugna

· Dec 13, 2017 · 02:30 pm

Worse than Iraq, Bangladesh and even North Korea – these charts show how hunger haunts India

India ranks 100 out of 119 countries on an index that weighs the abilities of countries to provide food security for their citizens.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 14, 2017 · 06:30 am

Worse than Iraq, Bangladesh and even North Korea – these charts show how hunger haunts India

India ranks 100 out of 119 countries on an index that weighs the abilities of countries to provide food security for their citizens.

Shoaib Daniyal

· Oct 14, 2017 · 06:30 am

India’s children are eating well enough to grow taller, but not to put on necessary weight

The quality and quantity of food that many of India’s children get is not good enough.

Menaka Rao

· Mar 07, 2017 · 05:30 am

Maharashtra's stuttering nutrition scheme keeps children alive – but on the edge of ill health

Malnourished children are given special diets for 30 days and then care is pulled back, keeping dangers of relapse alive.

Nidhi Jamwal

· Dec 15, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Replacing anganwadis with food sachets will only set India’s nutrition schemes back

The government is likely to announce a new nutrition mission with a bigger role for private companies.

Dipa Sinha

· Nov 10, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Karnataka's decision to feed malnourished children spirulina supplements is highly questionable

How can a child gain its required 4-6 kilograms weight with just two grams of a capsule, asks a nutrition expert.

Veena Shatrugna

· Jul 29, 2016 · 02:30 pm

Another dal crisis: Pakistan is jailing shopkeepers to combat pulse shortage

The prices of almost all pulses of have risen by a third over the last three months as erratic weather and a shift in farmers' priorities see a 40% fall in production.

Dawn.com

· Oct 20, 2015 · 09:30 pm