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Indian Fashion Entrepreneur Develops Ethical Vegan Wool From A Wasteland Plant
Indian fashion designer and founder of Faborg has developed a new vegan wool alternative that is not only cruelty-free and ethical but sustainable too. Called “Weganwool”, the new fabric created by Gowri Shankar is derived from Calotropis,!-->…
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Indian Government Solar Mandates Clash With Sacred Groves
By: Rishika Pardikar
As India moves toward ambitious climate goals, it is trampling on sacred groves in desert ecosystems.
India has an ambitious target to generate 175 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2022. Lands chosen to!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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South Asia: First-Ever Climate Startup Week Kicks Off Virtually
Climate Startup Week has just kicked off across South Asia, the biggest climate startup event that has taken place in the region. The week-long event is being held digitally, making it accessible to all despite the coronavirus pandemic,!-->…
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This Indian Startup Is Upcycling Floral Waste Into Vegan Leather
Phool is an Indian startup using floral waste to make vegan-friendly leather materials. While vegan leather alternatives on the market might be cruelty-free, they aren’t always eco-friendly if they are derived from plastic or synthetic!-->…
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Tata Starbucks Opens Two New All-Women Operated Stores In India
Tata Starbucks, the joint venture that owns and operates Starbucks outlets in India, has just opened two new stores in Delhi and Mumbai that are entirely run and operated by female staff. The new all-women Starbucks stores are a part of!-->…
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Is India’s Food Bowl Going To Run Out Of Water? Experts Say It’s Likely.
By: Gurpreet Singh
Water-guzzling rice consumes more water than Punjab can recharge. If current irrigation rates continue, the state will empty its groundwater reserves within 20 years.
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Q&A With Myoworks: “In India The Transformation Will Be From Butcher To Cell-Lab & Beyond”
Indian entrepreneurs like Myoworks Co-Founder Shubhankar Takle can power the country's cultivated meat transformation.
By: Good Food Institute India innovation specialist Nicole Rocque and Shardul Dabir
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Bollywood Stars Genelia & Riteish Deshmukh Announce Vegan Meat Brand
Influential actors Genelia and Riteish Deshmukh have just announced their new plant-based meat venture called Imagine Meats, offering a range of vegan-friendly meat substitutes tailored to the Indian market, such as kebabs, biryanis and!-->…
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Covid-19 x Natural Disasters: When Extreme Weather Meets The Pandemic, Chaos Ensues
By: T. V. Padma
Natural hazards are intersecting with the coronavirus pandemic in India, and researchers will need to model both to inform the public health response.
As of late June, India had the fourth-highest number!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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India: Prime Minister Modi Told By Doctors & Experts To Encourage Plant-Based Diets
Several doctors, animal welfare activists and health professionals have recently called on Indian prime minister Narendra Modi to promote plant-based diets and regulate the meat and dairy industries, as reported by the Times of India. In a!-->…
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India’s Greek Yogurt Brand Epigamia Launches First Plant-Based Coconut Yogurt
Epigamia, a Mumbai-based greek yogurt brand, has just revealed its new 100% plant-based yogurt line made with coconut milk. The product range includes an unsweetened coconut yogurt and a coconut jaggery flavoured yogurt. Epigamia cites the!-->…
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‘India Smart Protein Innovation Challenge’ To Foster Next-Gen Plant-Based Innovation
The Good Food Institute (GFI) India, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to supporting the sustainable alternative protein ecosystem, has just created a new project to promote innovation in plant-based and cultivated foods. Called the!-->…
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VegInvest & Shiok Meats Co-Founder Sandhya Sriram Invest In Evo Foods
India’s first plant-based egg startup Evo Foods has just announced new investment from vegan investment fund VegInvest and the co-founder and CEO of Shiok Meats, Dr. Sandhya Sriram. The news comes after the food tech welcomed veteran vegan!-->…
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Worst Locust Plague In Decades: Indian Farmers Fend Off Attack Brought On By Climate Change
By: Kabir Agarwal & Shruti Jain
The attack is a highly irregular one, say experts. Farmers on the field feel that the measures taken were too little and too late.
Large swarms of desert locusts have entered areas in India where!-->!-->!-->!-->!-->…
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Study: Indian Consumers Willing To Pay Premium For Alternative Meat
A new study conducted by researchers at Pennsylvania State University reveals that Indian consumers are generally willing to pay extra for plant-based and cell-based meats. Faced with the challenge of feeding an enormous and growing!-->…
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Vegan Eid? Thanks To Million Dollar Vegan, 2,000 Pune Citizens Celebrated The Plant-Based Way
Organised by international nonprofit Million Dollar Vegan, more than 2,000 people in Kondhwa in the city of Pune, India enjoyed a plant-based meal to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr. The meal was provided as part of a food donation programme to!-->…
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GFI Partners With India’s Leading Food Manufacturer To Accelerate Plant-Based Innovation
AAK Kamani, India's leading manufacturer of specialty oils and fats, has just partnered with the nonprofit Good Food Institute India (GFI India) to promote Indian innovation in the plant-based foods space. The collaboration will see AAK!-->…
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What About Migrants And Refugees? The Stark Reality Faced By The World’s Displaced During Covid-19
As Covid-19 continues its spread across the world, the pandemic will disproportionately affect the world’s most vulnerable populations, among them asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced peoples and migrant workers. The world must!-->…
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Happy Birthday To Me: An Open Letter About Healthcare On World Health Day
In this heartfelt letter on World Health Day, Varun Deshpande, the son of an Indian cancer surgeon, writes passionately about the lack of access to healthcare and the devastating knock-on effect for millions in his own country of India and!-->…
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India’s Pollution Record Dramatic Drop Since World’s Biggest Coronavirus Lockdown
India, the country of 1.3 billion, has been ground to a complete halt since its prime minister Narendra Modi ordered a nationwide lockdown one week ago to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. While the move has been widely!-->…
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New Report Reveals Massive Plastic & Carbon Footprint Of Beverage Giants Like Coca-Cola & PepsiCo
A new report by the environmental NGO Tearfund has just revealed the massive plastic and carbon pollution of major drink firms. According to the report, the 4 leading beverage corporations – Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé and Unilever –!-->…
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