2022 World Food Prize

The World Food Prize is an award that is given with the aim of recognizing the achievements of individuals from across the world who have helped in advancing the development of humans by improving the quantity, quality, or availability of ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2022

Category: Awards, Honours & Persons in News • Environment Current Affairs

Haryana to open Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens

The Governor of Haryana, during the budget session of the State Assembly, announced that the Haryana government will open Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens in all markets and sugar mills across the state. The canteens are to be set up ..

Economic Survey 2019-20 – Jharkhand has the cheapest Vegetarian Thali

The Economic Survey 2019-20 was recently presented by the Chief Economic Adviser Krishnamurthy Subramaniam on January 31, 2020. The term called ‘Thalinomics’ was used, which means the affordability of buying a Thali (Food Plate). It states that, Jharkhand has the ..

Tiruchirapalli Corporation to Collect Excess Food Items

The Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu has decided to place a refrigerator at a location on EVR Road. The initiative is inspired by the success of the earlier initiative of Wall of Happiness. Akshaya Pathiram The City Corporation ..

What are Poshan Maah and Eat Right India Movement?

The Indian Government has shown high concern on the number of rising lifestyle diseases in the country. Diseases like diabetes, heart ailments, and posture issues are becoming increasingly common in the Indian population due to our food habits and our ..

IIT-Guwahati researchers develop lab grown meat

The researchers at IIT-Guwahati have developed a novel technique for production of meat which is completely natural. The lab-grown meat is nutritious and will be a step towards cruelty-free food. The taste of the final meat product will remain similar ..

The first-ever World Food Safety Day (WFSD)

The first-ever World Food Safety Day (WFSD) has officially celebrated on 7th June 2019 to strengthen efforts to ensure that the food we eat is safe. The theme of this year’s inaugural WFSD ‘Food Safety, everyone’s business’ invites us to ..

Punjab government to ban online food delivery without hygiene rating

The Punjab government has decided to make it mandatory for all online aggregators to ensure that food supplied by them have hygiene rating as per the guidelines of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI). The online order and ..

Department of Biotechnology (DBT) decides to fund Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

The Department of Biotechnology (DBT) has decided to fund the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the National Research Centre on Meat (NRCM) for research on cell-based meat, which can also be called clean meat or cultured meat. ..

Poor diet leads to Hundreds of deaths in India, Says Lancet Study

According to a Lancet Study which tracked trends in consumption of 15 dietary factors from 1990 to 2017 in 195 countries, poor diet leads to hundreds of deaths in India annually. That means one in five people die due to ..