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With better understanding of nutritional qualities of food and their health implications, consumers increasingly are rejecting inferior quality and unsafe foods. Photo: Mint

Wed, Apr 25 2018. 10 04 AM IST

Food safety needs a collaborative approach

While we are adopting global standards, it is important to keep in mind the local, cultural and geographical origin of food items while setting standards

Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint; Graphic: Naveen Kumar Saini/Mint

Wed, Apr 25 2018. 09 43 AM IST

Will food processing boost prices for farmers?

India has created a storage capacity of 32 mt, pretty close to required capacity of 35 mt, but there are large gaps in transporting produce to consumers

Chinese President Xi Jinping. Modi will travel to Wuhan later this week to meet Xi in a move seen as an attempt to reset ties after the 73-day military standoff between India and China in Doklam last year. Photo: Reuters

Tue, Apr 24 2018. 11 15 PM IST

India keeps expectations low ahead of Modi-Xi meet

Specific irritants in bilateral relationship are unlikely to come up during PM Modi’s meeting with Xi Jinping

Photo: AFP

Tue, Apr 24 2018. 11 05 PM IST

Will artificial intelligence increase the risk of a nuclear war?

The hazards of artificial intelligence for nuclear security lie instead in its potential to encourage humans to take apocalyptic risks, says a paper by RAND Center for Global Risk and Security

Agriculture ministry has sought data from banks for better targeting of agriculture credit. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Tue, Apr 24 2018. 08 41 PM IST

Govt meets Rs10 trillion credit disbursal target for FY18

Agriculture ministry will soon bring a proposal before the cabinet for improving lending to small and marginal farmers

Foreign ministers and officials of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) pose for a group photo before a meeting in Beijing, China on Tuesday. Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj (2nd from right) attended the meet. Photo: PTI

Tue, Apr 24 2018. 01 55 PM IST

In Beijing, Sushma Swaraj says protectionism in all forms should be rejected

Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj in her address to the SCO Council of Foreign Ministers in Beijing raises the issue of protectionism

A double-digit growth of 13.7% in motorcycle sales during FY2018, witnessed after a hiatus of five years, is largely attributable to improving incomes in rural areas.

Tue, Apr 24 2018. 08 44 AM IST

Entry-level motorcycle sales make a comeback with rising rural optimism

Higher government spending on the farm community and on infrastructure, irrigation and housing in rural areas will cascade into higher consumption

With the impact of demonetisation and implementation of the goods and services tax broadly over, the outlook for diesel demand is strong.

Tue, Apr 24 2018. 08 44 AM IST

Will higher diesel prices hit consumption?

With the economy picking up steam, the demand outlook for diesel is robust

Agricultural output growth has recovered after the back-to-back drought of 2014 and 2015 but it hasn’t increased to the extent that the market is flooded with excess production. Photo: Hemant Mishra/Mint

Mon, Apr 23 2018. 11 39 PM IST

The misery of farmers in the midst of plenty

For the first time during the tenure of the present government, overall inflation of food articles is negative, implying a decline in prices

Power plants should also be located in places where they will rely not on freshwater resources, but instead on saline, brackish, or reclaimed water. Photo: GettyImages

Mon, Apr 23 2018. 04 48 AM IST

Making water-smart energy choices for development

With global water supplies already strained, the shift to a water-smart approach to energy could not be more urgent

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