Tough times call for tougher actions. As the novel coronavirus continues to grapple the world, the only guard we have is our immunity. The Food Safety &amp; Standards Authority of India has suggested some power-packed foods that can help boost your immune system.&nbsp;The Indian gooseberry or amla&nbsp;contains Vitamin C and&nbsp;polyphenols&nbsp; known to fire up your immunity.&nbsp;Oranges are also storehouses of Vitamin C.&nbsp;Whip up the fruit into a fresh juice or eat it in your salad. Papaya is packed with Vitamin A, B, C, and K, giving you all the required nutrients in one!&nbsp; Capsicum is known to reduce oxidative stress and is rich in vitamin C, helping you fight various kinds of virus diseases. Load up on the guavas! The fruit contains four times the vitamin C found in oranges. Finally, the quintessential lemon water should be your immunity-fix. Lemons are rich in vitamin C and loaded with antiviral and antibacterial properties.

Tough times call for tougher actions. As the novel coronavirus continues to grapple the world, the only guard we have is our immunity. The Food Safety & Standards Authority of India has suggested some power-packed foods that can help boost your immune system. The Indian gooseberry or amla contains Vitamin C and polyphenols known to fire up your immunity. Oranges are also storehouses of Vitamin C. Whip up the fruit into a fresh juice or eat it in your salad. Papaya is packed with Vitamin A, B, C, and K, giving you all the required nutrients in one! Capsicum is known to reduce oxidative stress and is rich in vitamin C, helping you fight various kinds of virus diseases. Load up on the guavas! The fruit contains four times the vitamin C found in oranges. Finally, the quintessential lemon water should be your immunity-fix. Lemons are rich in vitamin C and loaded with antiviral and antibacterial properties.

The Halal restaurant, which is East London's oldest Indian restaurant was struggling to stay afloat amidst the pandemic until one Twitter appeal by the owner's daughter changed everything!
The daughter Mehnaz&nbsp;urged people to show some love to the restaurant that was established in 1939 and visit it. She was humbled by the outpouring of love the restaurant received after that and shared that they are now on various food delivery platforms like Uber&nbsp;Eats!
It is stories like this one that re-instill our faith in humanity.

In a possible sustainability lesson for fellow food chains, Chipotle&nbsp;has announced that it will employ used&nbsp;avocado pits that would otherwise go to waste to dye clothes, bags and more!
The company is launching a fashion line called&nbsp;Chipotle Goods, which will include 'responsibly sourced' apparel made with organic cotton and other merchandise. The Mexican food chain&nbsp;said that&nbsp;nearly 300 million avocado pits go to waste across its restaurants every year. But now Chipotle&nbsp;will&nbsp;upcycle&nbsp;leftover pits to make&nbsp;sustainable, plant-based dye varying in colour, that ultimately results in one-of-a-kind apparel and accessories for the brand.&nbsp;

On the occasion of the&nbsp;'bhoomi pujan' of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, to be held on the 5th of August,&nbsp;Patna's Mahavir Mandir Trust will distribute over 1 lakh 'Raghupati Laddoos'!
Out of these 'pure cow ghee laddoos', 51,000&nbsp;will be handed over to the Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth&nbsp;Kshetra Trust.&nbsp;
The remaining laddoos&nbsp;will be sent to&nbsp;Punaura Dham in Sitahmarhi and other pilgrimage places, where Lord Ram's footprints or ''padchinhas' apparently lie.&nbsp;
Several devotees&nbsp;across Bihar will also get to taste these 'special' laddoos.&nbsp;
Archarya Kishore Kunal,Trustee, Mahavir Mandir Trust shared that they are also running a 'Ram Rasoi' free of cost in Ayodhya for Ram devotees.
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Not all heroes wear capes and that's exactly what Michelin star chef Vikas&nbsp;Khanna&nbsp;portrays. Ever since the Covid-19 pandemic began, the Manhattan-based chef has distributed over 25 million meals across India and there seems to be no stopping for him.
Now, he has pledged to provide&nbsp;essential rations and supplies to 10 million street vendors across India, especially those who are facing hardships due to the pandemic.&nbsp;
Along with the&nbsp;The National Disaster Response Force, he has already helped countless migrants, old age homes,&nbsp;Mumbai's Dabbawalas&nbsp;, craftsmen and boatmen.&nbsp;
He's also working on helping the people affected in the devastating Assam floods, with essentials like clothes, food, mosquito repellents and more.&nbsp;

Do you ever think what your calorie intake is like when you binge eat at a favourite restaurant? Well, there will soon be a way to find out.
Menus at restaurants across India will soon start mentioning the nutritive value of the food you're being served.&nbsp;This means that you will be able to count the calories you consume whenever&nbsp;you eat out.
The move is a part of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India's 'Eat Right Initiative', and will apply to restaurateurs who have more than 10 food chains. So far, its voluntary, but authorities may come up with an order to make it mandatory.
Alongside each dish on the menu, the amount&nbsp;of vitamins, calories, fats and carbohydrates in it will also be mentioned. Not just that, the menu will also mention potential allergens present in the food, including gluten, groundnuts and soyabean.
With the govt making healthy eating habits a priority, you have no reason to complain.

If you thought fusion food trends would stop at Chyawanprash-flavoured ice cream, you're gravely mistaken!
With demand for immunity boosters soaring amid the Covid-19 outbreak,&nbsp;Amul has now launched a haldi-flavoured ice cream.
Made with turmeric, pepper, honey and dry fruits, the Haldi&nbsp;ice cream claims to boost immunity and is really affordable too. You need to shell out just 40 rupees for a 125 ml cup.
The product's USP&nbsp;is obviously haldi, which is known to have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties.
Wait, there's more.&nbsp;Amul&nbsp;also plans to launch another variant called 'the&nbsp;immuno chakra ice cream' soon which will have ginger and tulsi&nbsp;along with haldi.
Well, all we can say is we warned you.&nbsp;

A restaurant in Jodhpur, which goes by the name of&nbsp;Vedic&nbsp;multi cuisine restaurant, has given a Covid&nbsp;twist to its menu and netizens just can't get enough of it.
The eatery is offering an exotic food combination that includes a special Covid&nbsp;curry and mask naan. The curry is a malai kofta dish with koftas that resemble the&nbsp;coronavirus while the naan has been shaped like a face mask.
The aim, they say, is to build awareness about the novel coronavirus.
The bizarre dish triggered a host of reactions online, with many stating 'it happens only in India'!

If you're looking to add some sweetness into your Rakshabandhan&nbsp;celebrations, look know further.&nbsp;
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In this video, Raminder&nbsp;Kochar&nbsp;shows you to make delectable coconut&nbsp;ladoos&nbsp;in the simplest way. Follow the instructions and you'll be good to go!

Friends' fans, brace yourselves - their first official cookbook is coming soon! The book will feature&nbsp;70 signature recipes inspired by the 90s American sitcom. From Just for Joey Fries to Chandler&rsquo;s 'Milk You Can Chew' and Rachel&rsquo;s famous English trifle, it'll have it all.&nbsp;Due to be released by publishers Simon &amp; Schuster on September 22, the book is written by chef Amanda Yee and has a sign off from Warner Bros.&nbsp;The cookbook is&nbsp;available to pre-order on Amazon.&nbsp;Early in the year, cast members confirmed that they will be regrouping for a reunion episode, but the pandemic has put those plans on hold for now.&nbsp;

If you're looking for offbeat recipes, there's no better place than social media! The latest recipe to divide netizens&nbsp;is paneer&nbsp;stuffed palak&nbsp;idli&nbsp;from an Instagram&nbsp;user named @theredplatechronicles. Images of the dish were shared on Twitter by another user and it will be safe to say that&nbsp;Twitterati&nbsp;had a lot to say. From 'worst of both worlds' and 'the punjabisation&nbsp;of every south Indian dish needs to stop' to people sharing their own stuffed idli&nbsp;versions, here are our favourite foodie&nbsp;reactions.&nbsp;

In order to increase awareness and action around India&rsquo;s protein deficiency, this Protein Week, the Right To Protein initiative released insights from a survey recently conducted with over 500 nutritionists and health experts based across India.
One of the top recommendation (53 per cent) by the nutritionists surveyed was increased&nbsp;government and industry focus on nutritional conversations and public awareness campaigns. They also suggest efforts to increase affordability and accessibility of both plant and animal sources of protein. Another strong recommendation was growth in nutrition knowledge led by nutritionists and wellness experts (56 per cent), with literature and research-backed information.&nbsp;
The health body's separate Protein Paradox study also found that&nbsp;95 per cent of the mothers surveyed acknowledged protein as a macronutrient&nbsp;but&nbsp;only 3 per cent really understood the prominent functions of protein.&nbsp;

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson seems to cracking down on Britain's bulging waistlines.
In a new initiative by the UK govt, restaurants will have to display calories on menus.&nbsp;Other measures outlined include bans on 'buy one get one free' deals on fast food items, junk food television adverts being aired before 9pm and a 'consultation' on placing calorie labels on alcohol.
The plan also includes restrictions on where foods high in fat and sugar can be promoted in stores.
The need to tackle the country's obesity problem, seems to be triggered by the coronavirus crisis. Growing evidence shows a link between obesity and an increased risk to contract Covid-19. Studies show that nearly 8% of critically-ill Covid-19 patients in intensive care units were categorised as morbidly obese, compared with less than 3% of the general population.
Two-thirds of UK adults are above a healthy weight, with 36% overweight and 28% obese, according to government data.

Saffron grown in Kashmir has received the geographical indication (GI) tag, with Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu saying that it is a major historic step in bringing the valley's brand on the global map. The Union government issued a certificate of GI registration for the saffron grown in the Kashmir Valley, an official spokesperson said.&nbsp;Pampore, the hub of saffron in Kashmir, is expected to have a bumper crop of the spice this season due to initiatives taken by the National Mission on Saffron (NMS).&nbsp;Kashmir saffron is the only one in the world grown at an altitude of 1600 metres which differentiates it from other varieties due to its unique characteristics like longer and thicker stigma, natural deep-red colour, high aroma, bitter flavor and chemical-free processing, said an official.&nbsp;

Although many Indians took to cooking and baking at home during the&nbsp;lockdown, a new Swiggy report says that the country ordered a whopping 5.5 lakh biryanis&nbsp;in this period.&nbsp;
The delivery platform&rsquo;s report titled StatEATistics: The Quarantine Edition found that Indians also placed&nbsp;3,35,185 orders for butter naan&nbsp;and&nbsp;3,31,423 dosas. For desserts, the country favoured choco lava cake, followed by&nbsp;gulab jamun&nbsp;and butterscotch mousse cake.&nbsp;
Swiggy&nbsp;also revealed that nearly 323 million kgs of onions and 56 million kgs of bananas were delivered through its grocery arm.

The iconic Koshy's restaurant in Bengaluru is halting its operations temporarily due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The popular hangout, which has served the city since 1952, did open for a while after restrictions were eased, however, the management has decided to close it down indefinitely due to the challenges faced in keeping customers and staff safe.The footfall had fallen by almost 80-85%. According to reports, the owner Prem Koshy stated that the restaurant will not be reopened till the situation improves.

With an aim to boost the cultivation of vegetables in Srinagar, the Jammu and Kashmir government has constructed new high-tech poly-houses. These houses have been installed as part of the&nbsp;Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana&nbsp;scheme and come with features like&nbsp;humidity control, a fogger system and a temperature controller. Each house covers an area of approximately over 2,000 square feet. The poly-houses will be beneficial both for the people of Jammu&nbsp;and Kashmir as well as the farmers who depend on cultivation for their livelihood. The system gives a higher yield at a better quality and vegetables can be cultivated even during the off-season.&nbsp;

A tea stall vendor in Warangal in Telengana&nbsp;has become popular amid the Covid-19 pandemic for his anti-corona tea! The beverage, he claims, is made with immunity-boosting ingredients like cinnamon, ginger, and black pepper. Seems like the special tea has become an instant hit with customers, some of whom flock everyday to the stall to grab a cup!

With states gradually opening up, a survey has revealed that the majority of respondents in urban India are likely to dine out at fast-food restaurants in the near future.
The survey by market&nbsp;research firm&nbsp;YouGov is based on data collected online from 1,024 Indian&nbsp;respondents in June.&nbsp;It found that 13% of respondents are willing to return to fast-food restaurants within the next 30 day and 20% in 1-3 months. 18% of the people surveyed that they will wait more than six months to eat out at a fast-food joint. In terms of age groups, 43% of Gen Z which is people born between 1995 to the early 2010s, will make a return sooner, compared to millennials&nbsp;at 32% and Gen Xers&nbsp;at 28%.&nbsp;

Bollywood stars and life partners Genelia and Ritesh&nbsp;Deshmukh&nbsp;turn business partners with new food venture. The duo has launched Imagine Meats, a plant-based meat firm that creates meat from plant ingredients such as pea protein and coconut oil while maintaining the taste, smell and sizzle feel of real meat.&nbsp;The Deshmukhs&nbsp;have partnered with the US-based global ingredients manufacturer Archers Daniels Midland and India's Good Food Institute to research and develop plant-based meat products for the Indian market. According to reports, the company plans to launch plant-based kebabs, biryani, curries and more soon. The global market for plant-based meats is booming with giants like Burger King and KFC all experimenting&nbsp;with their own versions.&nbsp;
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Fire up your immunity by including these power foods in your daily diet.&nbsp;

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