High fructose corn syrup worse than sugar, finds study
The two sweeteners differ in their effects on body
Sweetly worked
Sugar substitutes are an unhealthy business
Diabetes among senior citizens more prevalent in urban India: LASI report
11.5% Indians above 45 years have high blood sugar
Sweet-heart trouble
Evidence implicating sugar in heart disease builds up
Tax sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce obesity and diabetes, says study
On an average, diabetes is responsible for two per cent of total deaths in India
This sugar substitute increases blood sugar levels
Study finds sucralose increases glycemic and insulin responses in obese people
Partial relief for agitating sugarcane farmers in south Maharashtra
Sugar factories in Sangli and Kolhapur offer Rs 200 more than the earlier price
New York may lose its sugary fizz fix
Mayor calls for ban on sale of super-sized soft drinks
Maharashtra’s new Sugarcane Price Control Board to meet this week
Farmers expect conflict over sugarcane prices to abate with the new board in place
On road to sustainability?
Many nice words, some money but no direction for real change
Sugar cane price: UP farmers settle for Rs 245-250 per quintal
Karnataka and Maharashtra farmers get much less, stage protests
Science and Technology - Briefs
Junk food monster: Communicating diseases
A lab study by the Centre for Science and Environment has found extremely high levels of salt, fat and trans fat in junk foods responsible for …
Can sugar beet make sugar production in India sustainable
Growing sugarcane, especially in Maharashtra, is not sustainable any longer, because of severely depleted groundwater levels along the state’…
An Old tree and some wise men
Unsustainable practices seem to be a suicidal trait in the fashionable development concepts of today
All sugar factories in Maharashtra close before season, production drops 20%
Extreme weather events lead to drop in poor yield, sugar prices will climb, warn experts
Using sugar substitutes to lose weight could cause harm long-term, warns WHO
Continued consumption doesn’t reduce weight; could increase the risk of Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and mortality in adults
Less fuel, less smoke but more jaggery
Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke-free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.
Hope in a heap
Farmers benefit as a factory in Maharashtra fuels its turbines with different types of agrowaste
Water from sugarcane
The best solutions are always simple. This is well exemplified by the Natural Sugar and Allied Industry, a sugar factory located near Latur, …
Food first: After wheat, Modi government curbs sugar export
Only 10 millon tonnes can be exported in the remainder of current season ending September
COVID19: Give-and-take ensures unhindered sugar operations in south Gujarat
Sugar production has continued in the region due to traditional interdependence, despite a complete halt in other sectors
Birlas fend off bid to close UP sugar mill
Hampered by a Supreme Court order, UP pollution control authorities are finding it difficult to close a Birla sugar unit emitting acidic …
Maharashtra finally sets up sugarcane board for regulating cane prices
Board will have the right to pay farmers a price over and above Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) on cane decided by the Centre
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 18, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal