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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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• Eat almonds to reduce cholesterol level

  The Almond Board of California which represents over 6,300 almond growers, is all set to launch an awareness campaign in India on health benefits of almonds, including its cholesterol reduction

  • 22/12/2002

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Take to medicinal plants, NGOs urged

  Financial Commissioner of Forest and Wildlife P. Ram has said that Punjab has undertaken a major protect for the cultivation of herbal and medicinal plants. Addressing a gathering of NGOs, government

  • 22/12/2002

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• MCD to keep a tab on breeding of dengue mosquito

  The Delhi government has asked the health department of Municipal Corporation of Delhi to launch surveillance operations to detect dengue mosquito breeding in Gautam Nagar and

  • 22/12/2002

  • • Health

• Number of dengue patients goes up to 16

  Dengue has caused an alarm in Noida with the number of patients having risen from 7 to 16 now. The health department has confirmed the cases. The patients are being treated in three reputed hospitals

  • 22/12/2002

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Fighting AIDS : CII chief to share dais with Annan

  Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) director-general Tarun Das will address a United Nations panel discussion on HIV/AIDS during its 58th General Assembly session in New York. This is the first

  • 21/12/2002

  • • Health

• Valley fights another battle: Cancer

  Ill-equipped hospitals are struggling to cope with the alarming rise in cancer cases in Kashmir. While there is no centralised data on the total number of cancer patients in the Valley, available

  • 21/12/2002

  • Pioneer (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Ranbaxy to invest Rs 120 cr in AP research facility

  Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd is planning to invest about Rs 120 crore in its proposed research and development centre in an extent of 100 acres in the second phase of the Shapoorji Pallonji bio-tech park

  • 22/12/2002

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Modern man vulnerable to bamboo shoot delicac y

  Bamboo shoots, a delicacy common to almost all the tribals of the Northeast is running the danger of being identified as a risky food. Thanks to modernisation and reduction of labour, the high

  • 21/12/2002

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• To fight Sars, animal trafficking must stop

  Sars cannot be tackled without a complete shut-down of wild life trafficking and live meat markets. This was the outcome of a recently held three-day Animal Welfare Conference at Hong Kong. It was

  • 21/12/2002

  • Asian Age (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• At Jal Vihar's colony by the tracks, a class that's a clean sweep

  While the MCD denies that some mysterious disease is claiming lives rapidly at the Jal Vihar Madrasi Camp in South Delhi, 75 children and one teacher in the village are studying overtime and planning

  • 23/12/2002

  • Indian Express (New Delhi)
  • • Health