As nutrition debates raged in the 1960s, prominent Harvard nutritionists published two reviews in a top medical journal downplaying the role of sugar in coronary heart disease. Newly unearthed documents reveal what they didn’t say: A sugar industry trade group initiated and paid for the studies, examined drafts, and laid out a clear objective to protect sugar’s reputation in the public eye. That revelation, published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, […]

‘For every act of terrorism on Indian territory for which there is credible evidence pointing to the Pakistan army and the ISI’s involvement, carefully calibrated military strikes must be launched against the Pakistan army,’ says Brigadier Gurmeet Kanwal (retd). The Pakistan-sponsored fidayeen attack on an army camp in Uri on September 18, that resulted in the martyrdom of 17 soldiers, is the worst since 2002. Though all four fidayeen were […]

When all politicians, media were busying in blame game over Cauvery issue, Kannada actor Upendra has dared those politicians and media to stop spreading hatred and find a solution to the Cauvery problem. He has also given a valid advice as to how Cauvery water problem can be solved. The Cauvery issue did not start 2-3 years back but it’s existed over a century. But no political party or any […]

Naga Kataru grew up in Gampalagudem, a farming village in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. He was a gifted student in a high school where only half the students would show up for class, “because education wasn’t a priority for them,” Naga told Bizztor. His father, the school’s principal, was determined to send his son to college. So, Naga graduated with a college degree in Computer Science and […]

Even as the adulations continue for the Rio Olympics medal winners, here is more to cheer for the sporting community in India. In just one night, the Indian contingent in Paralympics achieved the same feat that their counterparts did over 15 days in Rio. Paralympics participants Mariyappan Thangavelu and Varun Singh Bhati bagged the gold and bronze medals respectively in the men’s high jump event on Friday. This is particularly […]

Teenagers are the biggest victims and addicts of technology. However, we need to accept that technology is here to stay and there is no escaping its use. As an educator I am often asked: “Is technology a boon or a bane?” We need to understand that human beings are lazy by nature and would love it if other people did all their work. The introduction of technology has done precisely […]

Why is Karnataka growing water-intensive crops in arid regions? While Karnataka’s farmers are decrying the government’s decision to release water to Tamil Nadu in compliance with the Supreme Court’s direction, a look inwards is also perhaps warranted. Karnataka’s cropping patterns have shifted in at least two major ways in the past four decades, moving away from millets that grow well in arid areas and towards water-intensive crops enabled by irrigation. […]

In the month of August, absolutely nothing seemed to be going right for Burugula Satyam Rao, called “Sattaiah” by friends. The monsoon didn’t deliver and for the third year in a row, the maize and cotton he had planted on his small farm in Telangana were dead- the maize was stunted, the cotton saplings wilted away. Debt for the 42-year-old farmer had crossed five lakhs. But what broke Sattaiah’s heart […]

How hard can be the life of the poor people living in our country can be observed from an incident that happened to Jagdish Bheel. Jagdish Bheel, a tribal man belonging to the Bheel community, cremated his wife, who died after prolonged illness, using garbage, tyres and plastic bags. He was forced to do that as the crematorium didn’t allow him to cremate her because he was not able to […]

The Horticulture Department of Gurgaon will make some agricultural land available to city residents who want to do farming and grow their own kitchen gardens for household needs. In this first-of-its-kind initiative, the city of Gurgaon will be emulating the community gardens of the US and UK where busy city people, who have very little space in their flats and apartments to grow vegetables, get away on weekends to do […]