20 delicious reasons to visit Pakistan | CNN

20 delicious reasons to visit Pakistan | CNN

CNN  —  Bordered by China, Afghanistan, Iran and India – and with a population of more than 200 million people – it’s no surprise that Pakistan is a country of geographical and linguistic diversity. However, there’s common ground to be found in Pakistan’s food. Pakistanis are passionate about their cuisine, which is full of flavor […]

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Rendezvous with three Kerala State Farm Award winners  from Thiruvananthapuram

Rendezvous with three Kerala State Farm Award winners from Thiruvananthapuram

SV Sujith, Shraddha Sharad Patil and Vijaya Bhaskar are three farmers from Thiruvananthapuram who have won Kerala State Farm awards 2022 for their green fingers. If Sujith won Haritha Mithra award for the best vegetable farm, Shraddha bagged the award for adopting hi-tech farming techniques and Vijaya for her terrace garden. MetroPlus caught up with […]

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Septuagenarian homemaker from Kochi has a vegetable garden where she farms a variety of vegetables and herbs on her own

Septuagenarian homemaker from Kochi has a vegetable garden where she farms a variety of vegetables and herbs on her own

Elsy George’s pocket of vegetables and herbs in Edappally is as much a story about her love of Nature as the generosity of neighbours. “Our neighbour has been generous enough to let me use the garden in the vacant compound for my little garden of vegetables and herbs. Neither is there an agreement not does […]

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Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core […]

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IIT Guwahati researchers develop edible coating to extend fruits and vegetables’ shelf life

IIT Guwahati researchers develop edible coating to extend fruits and vegetables’ shelf life

Researchers at the IIT Guwahati have developed an edible coating that can extend the shelf-life of fruits and vegetables. Designed to prevent food wastage, the researchers found the coating can keep the produce fresh for much longer than it was possible without it. They tested the coating on various vegetables and fruits including potatoes, tomatoes, […]

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