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
Health
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Nutrition mission set up
A National Nutrition Mission headed by the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, has been set up to steer, supervise, and coordinate various nutrition programmes for women and children being
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IICT identifies drug molecule in tobacco waste extract
Use of tobacco - be it smoking or chewing, may not be a healthy habit but tobacco waste may soon be a goldmine. The extract components from tobacco wastes are high-value nutraceutical products,
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Babies given antibiotics likely to suffer allergies
Schoolchildren are more likely to have allergies and asthma if treated with antibiotics as babies, a US study presented at the European Respiratory Society conference in Vienna said. If children
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Sheep on their way home
After almost two months at sea and more than 5000 deaths, the Cormo Express sheep may soon be sailing home to Australia. The 50,000 sheep stranded in the Persian Gulf will begin the two-week voyage
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USFDA nod for Lupin's Ceftriaxone
Lupin Ltd has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's abbreviated new drug application for Ceftriaxone vials for injection. The vials come in 250 mg, 500 mg, 1
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Red flags raised over hormone pills
Estrogen-Progestin pills do not reduce the risk of ovarian cancer and might even increase it, according to a study that raises more red flags about a once widely accepted treatment for women going
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HC stays Govt notification on sweetened aerated water
The Delhi High Court stayed till further orders the notification which required companies manufacturing and selling sweetened aerated water to print 'date of manufacture' and 'best before date' on
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City's groundwater: now, mercury rising
Drowned in pollution. This is the condition of the groundwater beneath Delhi's feet. Shocking as it sounds, Even as environmentalists are smiling at rain-harvesting projects, the Capital's
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Kalam opens 2nd segment of herbal garden for public
Marking Gandhi Jayanti, the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam threw open the second segment of the herbal gardens at Rashtrapati Bhavan. A special corner has been designed in the herbal garden for the
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Canada set to export genetic drugs to poor nations
In a first for a Group of Seven industrial country, Canada appears poised to allow exports to poor countries of generic versions of patented medications for treating infectious diseases such as AIDS,