Covid-19 lockdown: Do the poor need cash or calories?
The most compelling reason to invest resources in kick-starting a community kitchen model is to not only save people from dying of hunger, but to also avert the risk of food riots.
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In pictures: India under lockdown
India completes one month under the nationwide lockdown, implemented to control the spread of the Coronavirus.
The hidden cost of a pandemic
Pandemics and the consequent attempts at social distancing lead to the break-down of food supply chains, making nutritional access harder for vulnerable populations.
Uber partners with bigbasket to deliver essential products
The ride hailing app said it won’t be charging a commission for its services, which will be available in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, and Noida.
HUL: Eat. Sleep. Innovate. Repeat
If the biggest has to grow bigger, business as usual barely suffices. It calls for fresh thinking and the gumption to try new things. Under Sanjiv Mehta’s leadership, HUL is showing just that.
A year of hits and misses: Indian agriculture in 2019
Soaring onion prices in the third quarter are not only an indicator of the economic effects of untimely rainfall, but also bring to the fore the pressing need for climate-resilient agriculture.
A day in the life of London
Or where to dine in Scottish poet William Dunbar’s “the flower of cities all” if you are wealthy and with taste.
We’ll always have London
Brexit or no Brexit, the British capital will always be home for the Indian elite.
Why food safety could be the next game changer in India
India is swamped by adulterated food and the twin crises of obesity and malnutrition. But things might be changing, propelled by an enthusiastic regulator and a clutch of keen companies.
Subsidies spend has fallen: Economic Survey 2018-19
The Survey says that this is an outcome of “the decline in global crude prices, decontrol of prices, and better targeting through direct benefit transfer of subsidies”.
