Environment
How to Stay Safe from Snakes
Wildlife photographer and researcher Adnan Azad Asif explains how people in flood-hit areas can protect themselves from snakes and what to do after a bite.
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Fisheries
Enjoy Hilsa Khichuri This Monsoon
A recipe for hilsa khichuri, rice and lentils layered with spiced hilsa, for the monsoon season.
Fruits
Sweeten Your Day with Ripe Mango Payesh
An easy recipe for payesh, a rice pudding, made with blended ripe mango, thickened milk, nuts and raisins.
Crops
Which Foods Should You Avoid at Breakfast?
Dr Shriram Nene, husband of actress Madhuri Dixit, has named white bread, sweetened yoghurt, fruit juice, processed meat and sugary foods as things not to eat at breakfast.
Crops
Jackfruit Seed Bharta and Dal to Go With Hot Rice
Two simple Bengali recipes turn leftover jackfruit seeds into a lentil dal and a spicy mashed bharta.
Fruits
Extract the Pulp From Ripe Palm Fruit the Easy Way
A simple step-by-step method for extracting pulp from ripe palm fruit at home for pitha and payesh, and for storing it all year.
Crops
What to Do in Fish Farming in the Month of Srabon
As ponds and fields fill with water in the month of Srabon, fish in ponds need special care, including moving fingerlings, raising banks and extra feed.
Agribusiness
Make Mawa Ghat-Style Hilsa Tail Bharta at Home
A recipe for hilsa tail bharta, the mashed dish people flock to Mawa Ghat to eat, made at home from fried hilsa tails.
Agribusiness
How to tell a fresh hilsa
Hilsa becomes easy to find in the monsoon, but many shoppers are cheated into paying high prices for stale fish; a few simple checks help.
Fruits
Can ripe mangoes be kept in the fridge for long? The right method
Ripe mangoes spoil quickly at room temperature, but cut, bagged and frozen the right way they can be kept for up to six months.
Bangladesh
Five Spots Not to Miss on a Trip to Bengaluru
Five destinations within reach of Bengaluru, from the Nandi Hills sunrise to river rafting at Bheemeshwari.
Crops
The fruits that help clear toxins built up in the liver
A handful of fruits and foods eaten regularly can help flush toxins from the liver, according to a report citing ABP News.
Environment
What to do, and what not to do, after a snakebite
Snakes come closer to people in the monsoon, and the Health Education Bureau lists nine rules for what to do, and avoid, after a bite.