Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd anticipates annual revenue of approximately Rs 2,000 crore from its new bio-plastic plant in Uttar Pradesh, scheduled for commissioning in the December quarter. The company is investing over Rs 3,000 crore in the Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant with a capacity of 80,000 tonnes per annum.
Jain food is light on the stomach and uses no potatoes, onions or garlic. Try these green banana specials. And a mango custard.
Here's a simple recipe or breakfast or as an evening snack at home.
Divya Nair suggests five versatile ways to put your dosa batter to good use.
The love-affair between kappa and meen gets a fresh twist.
'We had prepared tapioca and crabs for him, and he enjoyed the Kerala cuisine thoroughly.'
Jerson Fernandes, executive chef of Novotel Goa Dona Sylvia Resort shares his special recipe.
As an IAS officer in Kerala, Gyanesh Kumar -- who the Congress described as Amit Shah's 'right hand man' -- had a good working equation with the state's Congress and Left leaders.
Date palm jaggery and tapioca go into making this delicious pudding.
The very thought of certain deep-fried snacks gets your digestive juices going. Why not make them healthier?
Have you ever eaten as satisfying a breakfast as potato fried up with tapioca pearls?
Delicious snacks, parathas made from sabudana.
Little work, loads of flavour. That's why a sago pudding is the ideal dessert.
The customary naadan or home-cooked meal is rather memorable fare.
Actor Jayaram, known for his love of animals, also visited the boy's house and handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to buy new cows and rebuild his farm.
Onion and potato production is expected to be down in the 2023-24 crop year, while the tomato output could be marginally higher, the Department of Agriculture's first advance estimates of horticultural output released on Thursday showed. "Production of onion in 2023-24 is expected to be around 25.47 million tonnes compared to around 30.20 million tonnes last year due to a decrease of 3.43 million tonnes in Maharashtra, 0.99 million tonnes in Karnataka, 0.35 million tonnes in Andhra Pradesh and 0.31 million tonnes in Rajasthan," the official statement by the department of agriculture said.
10 recipes our readers savoured this year.
Get working on your over-the-shoulder pout. Let these celebs hand hold you.
A different kind of dish to add to your Diwali menu.
Vijesh Modi, senior sous chef, The Deltin, Daman shares his special Navratri recipe.
Two unsual Indian desserts to brighten up your Holi celebration.
Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com travels to Pullampara to discover how it became India's first digital literate village.
Presenting the best food pics shared by our readers this week.
Thomas Abraham, 93, and his wife Mariyamma, 88, both have been fully cured after days of life-and-death battle against the deadly virus. The secret behind their recovery seems to be the healthy lifestyle they have been leading.
Thomas Abraham and his wife Mariyamma, 88, both have been fully cured after days of life-and-death battle against the deadly virus which they contracted from their son, daughter-in-law and grandson who returned from Italy last month.
Every aspect of Navratri is associated with delectable dishes that are relished across the country during these divine nine days -- from lip-smacking savouries to wholesome sweets.
Pellissery's women continue to express the beauty in our common humanity. And often, these women go so far into expressing our hopes, desires, absurdities and follies that they end up acting at variance with the ethical prescriptions of our age. And this, I believe, is precisely why they remain "invisible" to a whole bunch of viewers, says Sreehari Nair.
Veganism is all about being kind. And it all starts when you're kind to yourself first.
KPAC Lalitha's specialty was evoking on screen people that the audience felt they knew intimately, and evoking them through telling details that tore down the boundary between the audience and the performer, observes Sreehari Nair.
MCX offers commodity futures contracts in agriculture, precious metals, base metals and energy commodities, whereas AFET offers commodity futures contracts in white rice, rubber and tapioca.
As we wish our readers a very Happy Onam, we also share a few traditional delicacies sure to make the day a special one!
Sandip Roy on his black and white film Frozen starring Danny Denzongpa.
Beginning with the bird's eye view of itself -- a narrow state of hills, rivers and high population density, in a tapering part of the Indian subcontinent. It can be a beautiful place shaped by aesthetic founded in appropriate lifestyle and progressive views, or a junkyard shaped by money and what money buys. The choice is Kerala's, notes Shyam G Menon.
'Because of the melting of ice as well as irresponsible human behaviour such as throwing soil and plastic into the sea, there has been a rise in temperature.' 'I fear there will be direct and dangerous consequences for us.'
How many of these have you tasted?
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