Rising temperatures during the past 25 years have already cut the yield growth rate by 10-20 per cent in several locations.
The global body on the farm sector has pegged India's rice production to be lower at 100 million tonnes in the 2012-13 crop year (July-June) from record high of 104.32 million tonnes in 2011-12 crop year.
Vadams or vatthals are popular South Indian crispies that go perfectly with almost all varieties of rice.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
The menace of match-fixing is life threatening and it's time the ICC steps in and take stringent action to wipe out the menace for once and all, feels former South Africa captain Clive Rice.
Jazz up your dinner menu with Kerala-style nethili or anchovies fish fry which goes well with steamed rice and a comforting bowl of dal.
Aghonibora, a new rice variety being developed at the Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack, requires only half-an-hour soaking in water to render it fit to be eaten.
Taking yet another measure to check inflation through improving domestic supplies, the government today stopped export incentives on basmati rice. "Export of basmati rice shall not be entitled for DEPB (Duty Entitlement Pass Book) benefits," the Directorate General of Foreign Trade said in a notice. Government has already banned export of non-basmati rice & revised upward the minimum export price for basmati rice. Inflation for the week ended March 22 has touched the 7% mark.
Is it a case of poor targeting of a welfare scheme, or is it a reflection of the government's desire to expand the scope of this benefit to secure greater electoral dividends? asks A K Bhattacharya.
Sukhram, all of 22, reached his village at 1 am to a rousing welcome after staying trapped in the Silkyara tunnel for 17 days.
Love paneer? Are you a huge fan of khoya? How about combining the two to create a rich Indian curry that goes well with steamed rice or naans?
After 'mutton biriyani', 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Ajmal Kasab now wants 'basmati' rice served to him in jail.
It's the Maharashtrian version of kadhi pakoras.
Egg drop soups are much loved, but can you refuse boiled eggs and tofu cut into pieces and simmered in a hot broth.
India is a major rice exporting country.
Apart from the human body, human food will bear direct repercussions. From staples such as wheat, to coffee, dairy, and even the great Hilsa face the threat of reduced supply due to the extreme heat.
Prepare the Vangi Bhat powder beforehand and store in an air-tight container and then make Eggplant Vangi Bhat in a jiffy.
The US has downsized world's rice production by 15 million tonnes following an estimated decline in output of an equal quantity of the grain in India possibly due to drought.
Bedi's order however drew flak from All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam legislature wing leader A Anbalagan, who told reporters that Bedi was treading the path of 'autocracy' by issuing such directives.
India's share in the world market for basmati rice is about 53 per cent, said the government on Friday.
Bharti accused the media of distorting her statement, attributing it to the BJP's agenda.
United States ambassador-designate to the United Nations, Susan Rice, identified Kashmir as one of the hot spots and bracketed it with conflict-torn regions, including the Balkans and Golan heights.
'Had they agreed to our demands that we raised two years ago, we would have never started our agitation again.'
The ban on export of wheat and rice may be eased only after the government fulfills the election promise of providing 25 kg of staple food to poor families at Rs 3 a kg, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said.
The zestful, satisfying mixed vegetable Italian soup makes for a special meal.
The home ministry also asked the state government to send details of the action taken following the attacks on the central probe agency teams, the sources said.
'I could not see my husband in the video...Whenever I get to see my husband, then only I can say he is safe'
Scientists have identified a gene that allows rice plants to survive floods; a development that could help poor farmers especially in India who are having a tough time braving floods.
He then immediately called Indian Ambassador Ronen Sen to offer his condolences at the loss of innocent lives at the hands of this wanton violence perpetrated by the terrorists.
'Both of us believe America has to stand up for the democratic process and for the oppressed people,' Rice said.
A rice cooked with dahi kadhi is a soothing evening or weekend meal.
Jahnavi Patel shares three delicious Navratri recipes she learned from her mother Namrata Patel.
Australia's triple Olympic champion Stephanie Rice is likely to retire after next year's London Olympics, she said on Thursday.
Susan Rice, the tough-talking United States Ambassador to the UN, was named as President Barack Obama's new National Security Advisor, in a significant shakeup to the White House foreign policy team.
Pakistan's ungoverned spaces are a problem in the war on terror and militants operating there are able to do hit-and-run raids across the border in Afghanistan, United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has said. "If you look at South Asia, there is a problem -- a kind of coming together of the ungoverned spaces of Pakistan with the difficult-to-defend Afghan border," Rice said.
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