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Topic: Nutrition

Food Additives and Public Health

Food additives are substances added to food products to enhance their flavour, appearance, preservation, or nutritional value. The use of food additives has a long history, dating back...

December 26, 2024

Candidatus Phytoplasma: New Microbe Threatens Sesame Crop Yields

Recent findings reveal a new microbe harming sesame crops in Midnapore, West Bengal, which raises concerns for farmers and the agricultural community. Sesame, known as the “Queen of...

November 22, 2024

Global Hunger Crisis Deepens Despite Food Surplus

In 2023, global hunger reached alarming levels, and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported an increase in hunger since 2019, which aim of achieving Zero...

November 21, 2024

International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023

The Government of India has sponsored the proposal for the International Year of Millets (IYM) 2023, which has been accepted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). This...

January 2, 2023

Madhya Pradesh Child Budget

The Madhya Pradesh state government for the first time presented a ‘child budget’ as part of its annual financial plan. The government has allocated Rs 57,803 crore for...

March 12, 2022

Aahaar Kranti: Mission launched by Health Minister

The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan recently launched “Mission Aahaar Kranti”. The mission aims to spread the message of the importance of nutritionally...

April 13, 2021

PM Modi inaugurates “Arogya Van’ in Kevadia, Gujarat

On October 30, 2020, PM Modi inaugurated “Arogya Van” in Kevadia, Gujarat. The Prime Minister is on a two day visit to the state and will participate in...

October 30, 2020

“What India Eats” report by Indian Council Medical Research: Key Facts

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Nutrition recently released a report, “What India Eats”. According to the report, the urban regions in the...

October 3, 2020

High prices of pulses may affect nutrition security: Tata Cornell Study

According to a new study by the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition, New York, food habits during the COVID 19 may have shifted from diverse and nutritive...

July 31, 2020

Jaya Jaitly Task Force Constituted

The Government of India has constituted Jaya Jaitly Task Force that will work on the issues of women and child development. About the task force The task force...

June 8, 2020

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