Sugar

Explained: Why India is likely to ban sugar exports

The Centre is planning to ban the exports of sugar amid a fall in production, as per a media report. The output, which was hit by unseasonal rainfall, is expected to touch 32.8 million tonnes in the 2022-2023 marketing year, 3.5 per cent lower than the earlier forecast

Centre resumes sugar exports; allows 6 million tonnes on quota basis till May 31

The food ministry has allocated a uniform export quota of 18.23 per cent of the three years average production of the sweetener in operational sugar seasons

Prices of wheat, sugar, rice on declining trend after govt measures: Food Secretary

After a number of steps we took, it is showing its impact despite all challenges, said Sudhanshu Pandey

After wheat and sugar, curb on rice exports next?

Some have warned that a curb on rice exports could further upset the global community that is already irked over the wheat and sugar export ban

India imposes restrictions on sugar exports from 1 June to maintain domestic availability, price stability

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said that the export restrictions would not be applicable on sugar exported to the EU and the US under CXL and TRQ

India allows additional 2,051 MT raw sugar exports to US under tariff-rate quota

India is the world's second-biggest producer and the largest consumer of sugar

The sweet somethings of Cheeni Kum: How Tabu's tanginess makes perfect palette cleanser to Amitabh Bachchan's saltiness

In R Balki's 2006 film Cheeni Kum, Tabu and Amitabh Bachchan play lovers divided by age [34 vs 64], lifestyle choice [non-vegetarian vs vegetarian], and tastes [sweet vs bitter].

Union Cabinet clears reservation norms for mandatory use of jute in packaging

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, headed by PM Modi, mandated 100 percent use of jute bags for packaging foodgrains and 20 percent for sugar, bringing relief to 3,70,000 jute workers

Homemade soups can boost immunity, cut weight, improve heart health during winter

This study even goes on to suggest that chicken soup should be given to patients recovering from COVID-19.

Sugar-rich diet can damage gut mucosa and worsen risk of developing colitis, a chronic digestive disease

A recent study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on 28th October 2020, found that high sugary diets can damage the gut and increase the risk of developing colitis