-PTI NEW DELHI: Farmers have planted wheat in 15.19 lakh hectares so far in the ongoing rabi (winter) season, more than double the area covered a year earlier, the Agriculture Ministry said today. Wheat was sown in 6.46 lakh hectares in the same period last year, latest government data showed. Sowing of wheat, the main rabi crop, starts at the end of October and harvesting begins in April. "Area under the crop is...

-Newsclick.in Caste discrimination percolates down to the food plates for Musahar community in Madhepura district of Bihar reports Neha Dixit "The mahant of the Shankar Math told me to stay away from ultra-Left people the day I questioned the Collector about the hunger deaths in my village," recounts Prabhansh Manjhi. Prabhansh is from the Musahaar community in Madhepura district of Bihar. Estimated to be 2.3 million in the country, they are Mahadalits, one...

-The United Nations Improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals has led to less pRice volatility than in recent years, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, adding that food pRices over the past month rose slightly, driven by higher sugar pRices. "The pRices for most basic food commodities have declined over the past few months. This relates to production increases and the expectation that in...

-FAO Rome: Food commodity markets are becoming more balanced and less pRice volatile than in recent years thanks to improved supplies and a recovery in global inventories of cereals, according to FAO's Food Outlook report published today. "The pRices for most basic food commodities have declined over the past few months. This relates to production increases and the expectation that in the current season, we will have more abundant supplies, more export...

-The Hindu ‘We'll consider extending Shaadi Bhagya to women from all communities' MYSORE (Karnataka): Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Wednesday, said that the government was committed to ushering in a hunger-free State and shore up growth. Speaking at a public function at T. Narsipura after participating in the launch of various projects, including inauguration of a new bridge and laying the foundation stone for two new bridges, Mr. Siddaraiamaiah, said that the government had...