It also said tobacco use, both in smoke and smokeless forms accounts for 22 percent of cancer deaths globally and is a "leading" cause of the disease in the region.
The Spices Board of India will set up an electronic auction platform in next six months in Sikkim for sale of organic large cardamom to help farmers fetch better price. Sikkim produces about 90 per ...
Diversified group ITC's instant noodles brand Yippee is inching closer to become a Rs 1,000-crore brand, making the most out of the controversy that hit rival Nestle's Maggi.
Wheat has been sown under 50 lakh hectares in the ongoing Rabi season so far, which is about 15 per cent less than what was sown during the period last year
With the price of pulses still ruling high due to production concerns, the government has issued a tender to import 5,000 tonnes of pigeon peas (tur dal) to boost domestic supply from next month.
The collaboration will look for solutions for water and food-borne diseases, increase in percentage of women smokers as well as widespread epidemics such as dengue.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's favourite dish 'saag' was among other vegetarian delicacies prepared for him during a lunch-cum-dinner at Jati Umrah residence of the Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
The Health Minister JP Nadda recently announced that about thirty-five per cent of school going children, including 21 per cent in Delhi, are suffering from poor lung health.
The goal is to raise awareness of the incredible resilience of potatoes, and fund further research and farming in devastated areas across the globe where malnutrition and poverty are rife and climbing, researchers said.
