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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Water borne disease on rise on Dewas
Malaria and other water borne diseases are on the rise in the Dewas city, Madhya Pradesh in the absence of cleanliness. The administration is yet to wake to the situation. Parthenium is growing in
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Corporation says health drinks on the Marina are laced with bacteria
Joggers and bench users of the Marina will not find the same anymore as the Chennai Corporation has decided to crack the whip on vendors of herbal juices and soups. The juices and soups, hot
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Indian' AIDS vaccine soon
For those infected with the deadly HIV, there is some good news. Scientists at the National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases (NICED), Kolkata, who have been working on the AIDS vaccine say
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Cadbury's hits a bar of worms
Cadbury chocolates had a bitter taste on Saturday after the Food and Drugs Administration directed seizure of the popular brand of chocolates following complaints that some samples of the
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Doctors sound alert on heart disease
Heart disease would assume epidemic proportions in Calcutta and elsewhere by 2020, unless preventive measures, like change of food habits and sedentary lifestyle are adopted at once. The warning sent
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FDA begins seizure of cadbury chocolates after finding worms
This is yet another sweet story turning sour. After Pune, Mumbai too experienced a similar incident. Worms were found in a Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate bar, following which the state Food and Drugs
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Migrating women fight losing battle with AIDS
Driven by poverty, thousands of girls migrate to metropolitan cities to earn their livelihood, but it seems that of a number of them are getting infected with the dreaded AIDS virus. While the
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Maharashtra will prosecute Cadbury
The Maharashtra Food and Drugs Administration has decided to prosecute Cadbury India Ltd, following a positive lab report on "insect infestations" in the chocolate samples tested. According to the
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Dengue is back, 298 cases have been reported
Too little too slow. Despite the fact that in merely twenty days dengue cases in the city shot up at an alarmingly pace from 91 to 298 as on October 2, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has done
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70 rare herbs face extinction
Besides rich cultural heritage and captivating scenic beauty, the entire Himalayan region of Himachal Pradesh has about 3,500 species of herbs and aromatic plants. As many as 70 endangered Himalayan