Asking the states to streamline procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Thursday said with ten per cent improvement in effici

Japanese competitive-eating champ Takeru Kobayashi ate a record 337 chicken wings in 30 minutes before a crowd of nearly 20,000 at Wing Bowl XX in the US.

He demolished the record of 255 set last ye

Food inflation remained in the negative zone for the fourth week in a row, at (-)1.03 per cent for the week ended January 14, on account of cheaper vegetables.

Food inflation, as measured by the Whol

Food prices fell for the second consecutive week as food inflation remained in the negative zone at (-)2.90 per cent for the week ended December 31, 2011.

Food inflation, as measured by the Wholes

Levels of under-nutrition in the country were 'unacceptably high' despite impressive GDP growth, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday and added that the problem of malnutrition was a 'nationa

Food inflation entered the negative zone at (-) 3.36 per cent for the week ended December 24 as prices of essential items like vegetables, onion, potato and wheat declined.

"There has been substa

Annual food inflation eased for a ninth straight week to its lowest in nearly six years in mid-December on improved supplies, bolstering hopes of a cooling in overall inflation that will allow the RBI

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday said the National Food Security Bill was replete with confusion and inaccuracies and 'will make a mockery of providing food security'.

She urged t

The union cabinet on Sunday approved the contentious National Food Security Bill that seeks to cover over half of India's 1.2 billion population, sources said.

The bill promises 75 per cent of rural

Food inflation fell to a nearly four-year low of 4.35 per cent during the week ended December 3, reflecting a decline in prices of essential items like vegetables, onions, potatoes and wheat.