First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Environmental and health impacts of pesticides and fertilizers and ways of minimizing them: summary for policymakers
The United Nations Environment Assembly in 2017 through Resolution 3/4 requested the Executive Director to present a report on the environmental and health impacts of pesticides and fertilizers and ways
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The order of the Allahabad High Court regarding live body donation, 21/01/2021
<p>Order of the Allahabad High Court in the matter of Ranjan Srivastava Vs Union of India.</p> <p>The petitioner had requested the court for direction to enable and make it lawful for him to exercise
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Asia and the Pacific Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2020: Maternal and child diets at the heart of improving nutrition
The 2020 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Asia and Pacific region, provides an update on progress towards the 2030 targets (SDGs and WHA) at the regional and country level. Selected
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Committee Report on arsenic contamination of groundwater, 20/01/2021
<p>Report of Oversight Committee in compliance of the National Green Tribunal order passed in Original Application 384/2019 in the matter of Sunita Pandey & Others Vs Union of India & Others
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Mind the Gap? Sketching the relevance of the 2030 Agenda for the Green Deal and other key EU policies in the context of the COVID-19 crisis
The consequences of COVID-19 will shape European policies and politics for years to come. Already before the pandemic, the European Union (EU) was facing difficulties in implementing the 2030 Agenda for
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Judgement of the High Court of Kerala regarding pricing of COVID-19 tests, Kerala, 14/01/2021
<p>Judgement of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of R-Cell Diagnostics and Research Centre & Others Vs State of Kerala & Others dated 14/01/2021.</p> <p>Petitioners are National Accreditation
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Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand on holding of Kumbh Mela, 2021, 13/01/2021
<p>Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand dated 13/01/2021. The matter related to the proposed holding of the Kumbh Mela from February 27 - April 27, 2021, for two months.</p> <p>The High Court said that
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ICDS final guidelines 2021
The Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP) under Anganwadi Services and the POSHAN Abhiyaan are important programmes to address the issue of malnutrition in the country. Under these programmes, there
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Implications of insecticide-treated mosquito net fishing in lower income countries
<p>Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are highly effective for the control of malaria. Yet widely distributed ITNs have been repurposed as fishing nets throughout the world.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/full/10.1289/EHP7001"
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Impact of COVID-19 on child nutrition in India: what are the budgetary implications?
With high levels of child undernutrition, made worse by the COVID-19 crisis, it is important for India to reassess public provisioning for nutrition. Higher allocations are needed to expand coverage and