'To take an old-fashioned summer holiday by switching off the computer, mobile phone and iPod.' '(Unfortunately, my wife has threatened to also switch off the fridge and TV, putting a new spin to the phrase old-fashioned.)'
Experts claim impact of breather limited as most hybrid vegetable seeds are sold by private companies.
Centre could ban wheat import from Bangladesh, apart from restricting cultivation in West Bengal and Assam
In the first of a two-part series, Business Standard examines the impact of the upcoming summer on agriculture and drinking water supply.
Have you heard of the 'chillow' that can cool your pillow? Or the 'bedroom plant'?
Japanese cuisine gets a vegetarian twist in India.
'In the end, investing is about people.' 'If you get the right people, they make things happen,' Mengistu Alemayehu tells Shyamal Majumdar.
The prices of oilseed, coarse cereals & vegetables could also be affected.
Over the last nine months, every time I stepped out of my home, I have quietly swallowed the daily mandatory advice doled out by someone or another, on how to have a happy and normal pregnancy.
From Dudhwa to Veppathur and Havelock Island, the Indian tourism market is booming like never before.
Just one year after taking office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing a challenge that could come to haunt him.
Srei Infrastructure's vice-chairman -- and former Assocham president -- Sunil Kanoria discusses the Kanoria businesses and his impression of the Modi government with Ishita Ayan Dutt and Namrata Acharya.
Did you know that mushrooms can help control your sugar level?
Since 2000, India has had three serious droughts.
The narrow lanes of Majnu ka Tilla in north Delhi hide many Tibetan marvels, from authentic food to vignettes of their lives
Mini Ribeiro tells us where to go salad hopping.
'Delhi was not concerned.' 'It would continue sleeping for several more years, with the result that Indian territory is still occupied by China today,' says Claude Arpi.
A food consultant tries to channel her healthier side, and here's what she discovers.
Who said vegetarian food was hard to find in Iran?
'All those photographs I had seen before about Ladakh were not photoshopped.' 'Ladakh, truly, was nature's masterpiece.'
Chef and author Rakhee Vaswani talks about her passion for cooking, her daily struggles as a mompreneur and how she's spreading smiles through her recipes.
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