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Politics

Once upon a time: How Congress leader Jairam Ramesh ended up admitting that his family contributes to global warming by eating beef

Dibakar Dutta - 14 January, 2021

The former 'Environment Minister', whose environmental consciousness seemed to be missing for 5 years, had reinstated the importance of curbing the beef industry.

Opinions

How and why I went from ‘Beef eating is a culinary preference’ to ‘those who eat beef are not my people’

Nupur J Sharma - 4 January, 2021

Any person growing up in a traditional Hindu family is well aware of the significance of the cow and the taboo against eating beef.

Cricket

‘Covid protocol breach’ and outrage over beef: All you need to know about the dining controversy involving Indian cricket team

OpIndia Staff - 2 January, 2021

The copy of the bill that sparked the dining controversy doing the rounds shows that the cricketers allegedly consumed beef.

Politics

Former Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah admits he eats ‘cattle meat’, rants at Congress foundation day event: Details

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2020

Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah admitted on Monday that he ate 'cattle meat'.

News Reports

Indus Valley Civilisation: From cattle to pig, here is what prehistoric people in Indian subcontinent ate, according to new research

OpIndia Staff - 10 December, 2020

The study suggests that the high percentage of cattle bones found suggest that there was a cultural preference for beef across Indus Valley Civilisation which was supplemented by mutton/lamb.

News Reports

Habitual offender Rehana Fathima given last warning by Kerala High Court after violating bail condition in ‘Gomatha’ cookery video

OpIndia Staff - 24 November, 2020

In the cookery video titled Gomatha Ularthu, Fathima kept referring to the meat as Gomatha. The High Court let her go giving her last opportunity to 'improve'.

World

World biggest importer of beef, China, now finds Coronavirus traces on packaged beef from Brazil: Read details

OpIndia Staff - 15 November, 2020

China, the biggest importer of beef has now sounded alarm bells after finding COVID virus samples on packaged beef that it had imported from Brazil and Saudi Arabian Shrimp.

News Reports

Bangladesh: Communist politician Manisha Chakraborty slaughters 5 cows to distributes meat, promises ‘Kurbani’ of 30 cows next year

Dibakar Dutta - 4 August, 2020

The politician stated that her team worked tirelessly from the morning to slaughter 5 cows and prepare the meat packets.

Government and Policy

‘Safeguarding cows is our priority’: Minister says Karnataka preparing to implement a ban on cow slaughter

OpIndia Staff - 11 July, 2020

Prabhu Chauhan, the Animal Husbandry Minister in Karnataka, informed that the BJP government is in the process of implementing cow slaughter ban in the state

Crime