Business Standard's investigations in two of the four states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala) covered under the prime minister's relief package for farmers following loan-related suicides show that the latest waiver will not reach the deserving for several reasons.
Two decades ago when someone said, "I am on a diet," you assumed they would be eating less of everything. Today, those few words lead to a whole new discourse, says Ambi Parameswaran.
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Even if our weight yo-yos, our overall health will keep getting better.
Indian eves cruised to an emphatic 2-1 victory over eighth seeds France in the eighth round of the 36th Chess Olympiad.
Food is genetic medicine, and the kind that your ancestry has eaten for centuries is your best bet.
Delhi's Richa Mishra and Nisha Millet of Karnataka easily won the women's 50-metre butterfly and 400 metres freestyle respectively on the opening day of the 58th Senior National Aquatic Championships.
India swept all the 15 gold medals in women's swimming on the last day of the competition.
The Delhi swimmer led the Indian women's 4x100m medley relay team to a new SAF Games record.
Author Amitav Ghosh is giving a rare glimpse of what it's like inside Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Swarms of immature pink locusts and adult yellow locusts are currrently active. Not only are fresh locusts swarms expected to arrive in the coming weeks, but even those already present in India have mated and are breeding new offspring.
Nisha Millet and Mandar Divse won silver medals in the women's 400m and 1500m freestyle events at the Afro Asian Games.
India's agricultural output declined during the year 2002-03 to 183 million tonne compared to 212 million tonne produced in previous year, a drop of 13.9 per cent, according to Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.
The BJP chief also came down heavily on the Congress, which had seized on the report to attack him as well as Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Grandmaster Levon Aronian of Armenia won the boys' title in the World junior chess championships which concluded on Friday.
Quinoa Salad is healthy and will keep you fuller longer.
Probiotics are known to improve the gut flora and help prevent progression of digestive disorders, says Afaaf Shaikh.
Krishna Kumar shares his weightloss journey with us.
Here are two healthy options to kick-start your day the healthy way.
'With the largest number of malnourished people on the planet, India is poised to be a nation that significantly under-performs as an economy.'
Xioami, currently the world's third-largest smartphone maker, is now planning to raise about $1.5 billion in its fifth round of financing, media reports said.
If you have recently lost appetite and weight and suffer from nausea and vomiting, consult an expert immediately.
They are worried at more than one forecast of a possibly weak monsoon, reports Dilip Kumar Jha.
Beauty pageants involve diets and long rigorous workouts. Here are 4 recipes that were part of the diet that models participating in the Miss Diva Universe 2014 contest were following.
Coupled with his administrative and organisational skills and experience, his loyalty to the party and RSS ideology seemed to have won the day for him.
Temperatures have soared to 50.3 degrees Celsius, but no deaths from the heat have been reported from Churu.
How the Tamil Nadu police bungled the brutal gangrape of a differently-abled teenager and the family's fight for justice.
It depends: on what it's made with and how it's made, says Dhruv Gupta of Fitho
Never reheat fats and oils. Add less salt while cooking.
A tourist's leisurely experience of this popular Rajasthan city is enriched by a hands-on interaction with its craftspeople
Jahnavi Patel shares three delicious Navratri recipes she learned from her mother Namrata Patel.
A few simple and efficient workouts to keep fresh through the day
The cultivators who take pride in feeding the world have no time to cook for themselves during the harvest season, and that is why they rely on the 2-minute noodles, finds out laxmi Negi/Rediff.com.
'Drought in the 1990s was essentially the drought of a poor India.' 'This 2016 drought is of a richer and more water-guzzling India.' 'The severity and intensity of the drought is not about lack of rainfall.' 'It is about the lack of planning and foresight, and criminal neglect.'
His rags-to-riches story would make a film. Meet Musthafa P C, the man behind ready-to-use breakfast foods that countless Indians trust.
Seven farmers, same woes. Their stories represent thousands like them who have marched more than 200 kilometre from Nashik to Mumbai seeking redressal of their woes.
Auroville just turned 50. Aurovilians who grew up in The experimental city speak of how their childhood was marked by a sense of openness and possibility.
The keys for attaining good health and a fit body are quite simple. All of you have to do is take care of good nutrition, physical activity, sufficient sleep and rest, meditation and conscious breathing.
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