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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• Peak demand, Mother Dairy runs dry

  Reports from across the city indicated a shortfall in supplies of Mother Dairy milk, be it north, south, east or west. This set panic bells ringing because of reports about adulterated milk in the

  • 19/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Conjunctivitis affects 60% Faridabad residents

  Eye Flu (Conjunctivitis) has spread in Faridabad district. More than 60 percent of the people appear to have been affected by the infectious disease. People can be seen wearing dark goggles and have

  • 19/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Tuberculosis found worse for smokers

  The combination of cigarette smoking and tuberculosis apepars to be far deadlier than previously believed, according to a large study conducted in India. The finding has impportant publiic health

  • 16/12/2002

  • International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
  • • Health

• ImClone refiles on cancer drug

  ImClone Systems has refiled an application with federal regulators to market Erbitux, the cancer drug at the centre of insider-trading scandal. The company, whose refiling was announced on Thursday,

  • 16/12/2002

  • International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
  • • Health

• Outcry at Irish plan to ban smoking in pubs

  The irish cabinet is at loggerheads over the health minister's plans to make Ireland the first country in the European Union to impose a ban on smoking in pubs, bars and

  • 16/12/2002

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Health

• Colgate-Palmolive to focus on rural, urban distribution

  Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd said it will continue with new launches in personal and oral care and reinforce its distribution in rural as well as urban areas during the current fiscal. Since the

  • 19/12/2002

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Pizza hut bans smoking

  Restaurant chain Pizza Hut has introduced a smoking ban in all its UK restaurants. The company has said that it hopes the move will protect customers and staff from the dangers of passive

  • 19/12/2002

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Eye flu virus identified

  Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences have managed to identify the virus responsible for eye flu in the Capital. Dr H K Tiwari, chief of the Rajendra Prasad Opthalamic Centre at AIIMS

  • 19/12/2002

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Escorts package for farmers

  The Escorts Heart and Super Speciality Institute, today launched the "Kisan Swasthya Yojna' to make the latest heartcare facilities available to

  • 19/12/2002

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Tea can keep cancer at bay

  A few cups a day can keep cancer away, could be the new catchphrase for tea. The National Tea Research Foundation (NTRF) has emerged withtehfirst Indian research-based document that confirmed the

  • 19/12/2002

  • Economic Times (New Delhi)
  • • Health