Rice as a source of electricity. Jul 08, 2007 . User rating: not rated yet (AP) -- The video game industry's annual showcase is saying goodbye to scantily clad booth babes, extravagant multimillion dollar exhibits, blaring lights and pounding music. Only a small fraction of this is utilized, for instance, to fire distillery furnaces. Researchers at Hanoi University of Technology now also want to use rice husks to generate electricity. Celebrity appearances from the likes of Paris....

I wouldn't really be a fan of this type of cooking but I tried his mushy pea sorbet with mint syrup and candied bacon anyway, in the interest of research. Molecular gastronomy is all the rage now - exploring the scientific side of cooking and essentially pushing the boundaries on what we expect from flavours and textures. Making risotto requires patience as you have to stir it almost constantly and slowly add stock to the rice. Peas and ham are great together and Richard Woodall of Cumbria...

The proposed agriculture cell might not be an extension of the Kisan Morcha which caters to the needs of the farmers and is perceived as a a pressure group. Swaminathan had made at the national executive meeting but the one vital sentence, quoted in the resolution, adequately sums up the grim picture of agriculture in India. An agriculture cell will deal with the entire gamut of agriculture in India, including welfare of the farmers. Swaminathan that the situation is deteriorating rapidly...

It is not known as to when three food security missions for rice, wheat and pulses to be implemented by the states, would be launched. Addressing Members of Parliament on May 17 at the Library Building within Parliament House complex, the internationally renowned agricultural scientist Dr MS Swaminathan who is now a nominated Member of the Rajya Sabha, displayed a diagram which this writer had seen about 28 years ago in a booklet entitled "From Begging Bowl to Bread Basket" authored by the...

The dispute over Russia s ban on the import of Indian rice, citing health safety concerns, is symptomatic of the issues that plague international trade in agricultural products. The worst part of it all is that these issues crop up primarily in cases where the importing countries have set their own limits, different from the prevalent global norms, which the exporting countries find difficult to meet. Other countries are also involved in protracted wrangles over tolerance limits for...