Congress MP Pratap Singh Bajwa was referring to Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's suggestion of eating carrots, and Prakash Javadekar's tweet where urged people to start listening to music to check the effects of pollution.
Last year, the West Bengal state government allowed traders to stock potatoes in cold storage till 31 December but with the rise in prices, it has been decided that stocks have to be cleared from the cold storages by this month itself.
The onion crisis sweeping the state of Maharashtra may reduce to some extent from late January onwards, after harvesting the late kharif (winter) crop.
According to a government official, India may keep a ban on onion exports until February because domestic prices have risen after the harvest of summer-sown crops, which were expected to augment supplies, was delayed and damaged by untimely rains.
Grapes commonly available in local Indian markets have heavy amounts of pesticides, fungicides and insecticides, even surpassing international safety standards.
With plastic packaging coming under fire in the produce industry companies are looking at ways to minimise the use of plastic and move to recyclable packaging for fruit and vegetables.
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has extended the deadline for the implementation of the Food Safety and Standards Alcoholic Beverages Regulations, 2018 to March 31, 2020.
Voltas, a leading brand of cooling products from the house of the Tatas, has launched the Beko range of appliances, which comprises the 34-litre convection microwave oven (Inox) MC34SD and the 15 PS full-size dishwasher (Silver) DF15SP.
Wholesale prices based inflation eased further to 0.16% in October, as against 0.33% in September due to subdued prices of non-food articles and fall in prices of manufactured items, government data showed on Thursday.
The Indian apple growers who suffered huge losses due to last week’s snowfall have made it clear that the government’s proposals to compensate them are so inadequate that these won’t serve any purpose.
Malawi mangoes, grown in that country by a European-African firm -Malawi Mangoes Ltd-, are being marketed as “99 percent similar” to the Ratnagiri Hapus.
Natco Pharma has announced a key technical product from its Crop Health Sciences (CHS) division for Chlorantraniliprole (CTPR), a broad-spectrum insecticide used in several crops.
India's appetite for California walnuts has boomed over the years, making it South Asia's largest consumer market of this American product, said a senior industry expert during the recent negotiations between New Delhi and Washington to settle their trade
New Delhi officials declared a public health emergency on Nov. 1 as a result of air pollution nearly 20 times the levels deemed safe by the World Health Organization.
