Of the 16.75 lakh tonnes approved for import, 12.19 lakh tonnes were for parboiled rice, while the remaining was sunned rice, according to food ministry documents. Sunned rice, known as "Atap chal ...

While the Centre already approved 8 LMT each of parboiled rice to be procured from Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Telangana, it has been decided to procure additional parboiled rice from Punjab. On ...

The more polished the rice grain the more unhealthy warns Prof. Sagarika Ekanayake, who gives full marks for the Sri Lankan staple meal as long as it is balanced. Kumudini Hettiarachchi reports As ...