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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Cigarette consumption up by 1200 fold in 15 yrs
Consumption of cigarettes and tobacco products has increased by 1200 fold in Nepal in the last 15 years. There is the production of about 60000 tonnes of tobacco year in Nepal. This was informed at a
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AIDS: Tamil Nadu among 6 high risk states
Painting a dreary scenario about HIV and AIDS problem in Tamil Nadu, Project Director of Tamil Nadu State AIDS Control Society K Deenabandu said the state is sitting on a powder keg. He was
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NESSIA lauds Centre's move on Gutkha, pan masala
The North Eastern Small Scale Industries Association (NESSIA) through a press statement has welcomed the Centre's move of banning the sale of gutkha and tobacco related products within 100 metres
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Rabies deaths coming down
A World Health Organisation sponsored multi-centric study on rabies in India has shown a drastic decline in rabies related deaths in the last eight years in Chennai. The study presented in a draft
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Epidemic staring in Bastauli's face
After Jankipuram, it's Bastauli village in Indira Nagar area of Lucknow, that has come to haunt the state health and civic authorities with more than a dozen cases of gastro disorders being reported
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Govt to recover drug overcharge
The Central government is all set to over Rs 140 crore, which is 50 per cent of the amount that major drug manufacturing companies had overcharged from consumers for seven commonly-used medicines.
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Treat AIDS with care : SC
Concerned at the plight of AIDS patients who allegedly being neglected in government hospitals, the Supreme Court issued notices to the Centre, all the states and Union territories, besides the
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No lean teens
Nutritious mid-day meals for undernourished children to retain them in schools was Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's theme song on his recent visit to Delhi. But at the other end of social spectrum, the
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Anthrax claims 16 lives in rural Orissa
With death toll in anthrax cases mounting to 16 in last couple of months, the disease is fast taking the shape of endemic in remote village of Orissa. People living in inaccessible area have become
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Anti-tobacco campaign goes mobile
The Vardaan Ratha, a mobile campaign to increase awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco was launched in the Bangalore city. The mobile unit, which, as part of the campaign will move around