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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U.N. envoys defy smoking ban
A diplomatic confrontation between American authorities and much of the rest of the world intensified as senior officials at the United Nations insisted on their right to smoke in the organisation's
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Junk food: Quick route to diabetes
Calories from Junk food when not burned lead to a state of being overweight or even obese. And the net result is the environment abetting the genes leading to an onset of diabetes even at an early
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Contact lens for itchy eyes
A Japanese company has developed disposable contact lenses that can not only correct vision but also release drugs in the wearer's eyes gradually over 10-15 hours, a chief researcher said. The lens,
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Pharma policy: ministry all set for SC hearing today
Signalling the government's continued interest to implement the Pharmaceuticals Policy 2002 announced and approved by the Cabinet last year, the chemicals and fertilisers ministry had convened a
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Residents of Gaighat forced to drink unhygienic water
For the past two months the people of Gaighat (Nepal) the district headquarters of Udayapur have been forced to drink murky and unhygienic water. It is learnt that the lack of proper management of
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Landfills hazardous for workers
At the Okhla landfill site you find MCD sanitation workers and villagers who scavenge for polythene and waste paper. The landfill workers age and die faster.
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Kerala steps up drive against epidemics
The Kerala Government is intensifying measures for prevention and management of communicable diseases such as dengue fever and leptospirosis in the state. This is amid reports that the efforts, so
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Hepatitis outbreak under control: CM
Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, yesterday claimed Goa State's health ministry has come to grips with the 'Hepatitis E' outbreak, and pegged the figure of those diagnosed with the disease in public
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Slums are no high risk HIV zones: study
Contrary to a widespread perception, HIV prevalence in Chennai slums is mere 0.4 per cent, well below even the statewide incidence of about one per cent. A recent study conducted by a Chennai based
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SARS may return in China, says paper
China has called on doctors and citizens to take precautions against influenza this winter when the flu like SARS virus could return, the China Daily