food

Amid the rising prices of tomatoes in India, the BJP-led Central Government came up with a plan to help the common man. On July 12, the Centre directed cooperatives NAFED and NCCF to procure tomatoes from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra for distribution in major consumption centres. The distribution is said to be done in regions where the prices of tomatoes are skyrocketing. Notably, in Indian states, tomatoes are Rs.200/kgs. 

The Indian Railways has stated that passengers on the Vande Bharat Express travelling from Delhi to Katra would be served solely vegetarian meals. The new regulation makes the Delhi-Katra Vande-Bharat Express the country's first Sattvik-certified train. The IRCTC intends to apply this in 18 additional trains, including the Vande Bharat to Varanasi, after negotiating… read-more

At UN Security Council event on global food security issues on July 18, First Secretary Sneha Dubey stated India will help in improving global food security, maintaining equity, exhibiting compassion, and achieving social justice. New Delhi is conducting the world's largest food-based safety net program. "To achieve targeted delivery during COVID-19, food assistance to 800 million people and cash transfers to 400 million people were provided… read-more

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accuses Russia of weaponizing food and holding millions hostage on May 19. He claims the war between Ukraine and Russia has interrupted marine traffic in wide regions of the Black Sea. Over 10,000 sanctions against Russia have hampered transit lines. Russia's allegations that sanctions are to blame for the global food crisis are incorrect, as per Blinken; "decision to weaponize food is Moscow's alone." … read-more

Zomato and Swiggy, India's two largest food delivery apps, suffered a nationwide outage, on April 6. The 30-min outage was reportedly caused by an Amazon Web Services snag, that several online platforms rely on. Social media was flooded with complaints from customers, stating that the apps are not functioning. Delivery partners also raised complaints saying that food was not able to be delivered due to the outage.