Her great grandfather began sugar co-operatives in Maharashtra. Her grandfather was an eight time MP. Her uncle is currently leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra assembly. Her cousin joined the BJP on Tuesday, March 12. Nila Vikhe Patil, who could one day become prime minister of Sweden, unravels her India connections in an e-mail interaction with Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.
Sudha Thakur tells you how to fight stress with food.
The largest upward contribution to the change in current index came from food group which increased by 1.22 per cent, contributing 1.64 percentage points to the total change. At item level, rice, arhar dal, fish fresh, poultry (chicken), milk, chillies green, garlic, ginger, tomato, root and green vegetables, tea leaf, tea (readymade), cigarette, country liquor prices, electricity charges, medicine (allopathic), and repair charges, are responsible for the rise in index.
Sellers downloading their monthly financial reports were served with those of other vendors, leading to a breach of competitive businesses data.
The agriculture ministry projects India's tomato output at 19.69 million tonnes in 2016-17 (July-June)
Learn how to make scrumptious waffles this Christmas.
Authorities across states have identified more than 6,000 people who attended the Nizamuddin Tablighi Jamaat congregation, the biggest COVID-19 hotspot in India.
Mired in corruption, politics and with a history of suicides by its hapless depositors, PMC Bank's revival is a challenge very different from Yes Bank and LVB, both for the regulator and the rescuer, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Addressing his council of ministers in a video conference, Modi asked them to prepare business continuity plans to fight the economic impact of COVID-19 on a war footing, but also asserted that this crisis is an opportunity to boost the 'Make-in-India' initiative and reduce dependence on other countries.
Retailers claim online firms' predatory pricing strategy disrupting business
'I will be happy if walls are built between India and China!' 'We are going to nooks and corners of the country to make ordinary people realise the need to buy Indian goods so that our workers get jobs.'
Manjula Chimbalkar, a health coordinator from Mumbai's COVID-19 hotspot Dharavi, speaks about her concerns and fears
RBI said more monetary transmission to support growth continues to be critical.
It's the king of fruit and this is the season, so enjoy this delicious fresh dessert made of mango and curd.
The book celebrates the model-turned-cook-turned author's spirit to live life, while giving the readers a peek into recipes close to her heart.
Some analysts believe convenience stores could be challenged by digital grocery in the future.
For the love of films... and larger-than-life food!
The life of a chef in the kitchen, as late Anthony Bourdain saw it, had a glory to it. The kitchen gently moves forward in the culinary world, tightly packed, yes, but with leaders un-despotic.
In an online chat with readers, chef Sanjeev Kapoor shares interesting anecdotes from his culinary journey.
'Over the next 10 years we expect more than 100,000 new start ups to come up and create more than $500 billion in value and 3.5 million to be employed in these start ups.' 'And these are the start ups that will be solving India's problems.'
Owen Brents, the unassuming winner of the sixth season of Masterchef Australia reveals how he went from being a bobcat driver to a culinary sensation
On her maiden visit to India, US Food and Drug Administrator Margaret A Hamburg has said recent lapses in quality by a handful of pharma companies has overshadowed the good things done by other Indian companies, who emphasise on quality products and practices.
As it stands, there does not seem to be a threat to prices.
The irony of this scheme to benefit farmers is that it could add to the problems for the government because the mechanism to procure and store crops like pulses, coarse cereals and oilseeds barely exists.
'Modi has not lacked courage in the political sphere. It is time he showed it in the economic sphere as well.' 'To do this, he needs to shed the simple-minded nostrums about economic growth and swadeshi that he learnt in the Sangh Parivar,' suggests Virendra Kapoor.
'With enjoyable physical activity, stress release quality sleep and the right diet, we can reverse the metabolic damage which is wreaking havoc in the world and especially in India.'
Perhaps India needs to implement these for Achhe Din to happen.
'Pakistan's recent utterances and tendency to use pinpricks to try our patience appear reminiscent of 1965. We are a strong nation, emerging stronger,' says Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
At 19, Aishwarya Sheoran is doing what other girls her age can only dream of!
Besan can be abrasive to your skin. Using lemon juice can cause severe irritation, says Dr Shital Poojary.
Surface and air links between Kashmir and rest of the country were cut off on Wednesday due to snowfall in the valley as the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway was closed for traffic and all flights to Srinagar Airport cancelled.
A company executive said a recently opened museum at Rashtrapati Bhawan was the trigger for getting a restaurant in the complex as visitors come from far-flung places
Reliance Retail follows Future Group in online foray
'The finance minister in her Budget speech should spell out how exactly she intends to get back to the 7% track, and the hard decisions she intends to take in order to adjust to the realities of a slowing economy until growth momentum returns,' suggests T N Ninan.
'First sold to us as a voluntary scheme for government subsidies, Aadhaar has since sprouted multiple heads and tails, horns, fangs, warts, and a nasty case of halitosis.' 'It is unacceptably intrusive, our data is hilariously unsafe, and fraud, corruption, and criminality is rampant,' says Mitali Saran.
At item level, rice, coconut oil, fish fresh, poultry, milk, onion, vegetables, fruits, sugar, cigarette, electricity charges etc. are responsible for increase in the index.
'In difficult times as now, the call of the village is all that these migrants can hear,' observes Vijaya Pushkarna.
Suresh Narayanan, chairman & managing director, Nestl India, shares tips on crisis management.
