Costly vegetables push retail inflation to 9.87% in June

Last Updated: Friday, July 12, 2013, 18:00

Retail inflation inched up to 9.87 percent in June, from 9.31 percent in the previous month, on costlier vegetables and food items.

Organic veggies from Bihar bound for Europe

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 10, 2013, 12:09

Farmers of a village in Bihar's Nalanda district are planning to go global. Potatoes, pumpkins, garlics, chillis and ladyfingers, among other vegetables, produced in Sohdih village are all set to make their way to kitchens in Europe.

Price rise forces switch over to pre-cooked foods: Survey

Last Updated: Saturday, July 6, 2013, 15:37

Steep rise in prices of fruits and vegetables have forced over 55 percent of middle and low income groups to switch over to pre-cooked and ready-to-eat food items to keep the kitchen budget intact, says a survey by industry body Assocham.

Russian scientists approve space-grown veggies

Last Updated: Thursday, January 31, 2013, 10:43

Vegetables grown on board the International Space Station can be consumed without fearing food poisoning, Russian scientists believe.

Chinese astronauts plan to grow vegetables on Moon

Last Updated: Monday, December 3, 2012, 15:31

Chinese astronauts may grow fresh vegetables in extraterrestrial bases on Moon or Mars in the future to provide food and oxygen supplies to astronauts.

Why men don’t eat vegetables

Last Updated: Sunday, August 26, 2012, 08:48

Researchers claim to have found out part of the reason why men are much less likely to eat their veggies than women.

Neanderthals ate vegetables, used plants as medicine

Last Updated: Friday, July 20, 2012, 16:20

Neanderthals were more sophisticated than they have been credited with. This has been corroborated by the first ever evidence that suggests they cooked plants for food and used them as medicines.

Imports of sensitive items up 44.7% in April-Dec 2011

Last Updated: Thursday, March 1, 2012, 18:35

Imports of sensitive items, including fruit and vegetables and edible oils, went up by 44.7 percent to Rs 75,948 crore in April-December, 2011.

Salma Hayek ‘camouflages’ veggies in daughter’s food

Last Updated: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 12:52

Salma Hayek has admitted that she tricks her daughter, Valentina Paloma into healthy eating habits by hiding vegetables in her food.

Eating veggies and fruits cuts risk of certain bowel cancers

Last Updated: Monday, September 26, 2011, 15:39

Eating vegetable such as brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli significantly cuts the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a new research has found.

Demand for Indian vegetables shoots up in Pakistan

Last Updated: Monday, September 19, 2011, 20:33

Widespread damage to essential commodities in Pakistan by heavy rains has led to sudden jump in demand for Indian vegetables through Attari-Wagah land route, Amritsar-based exporters said Monday.

Legal action against price fixers: Bengal minister

Last Updated: Sunday, August 28, 2011, 20:08

Stating that soaring prices of vegetables is a "created" phenomenon, West Bengal Agricultural Marketing Minister Arup Roy Sunday said legal action will be taken against those who are "intentionally" and "artificially" increasing the prices.