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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China flood wreaks havoc; 29 dead, more rain forecast
Floods in northern China triggered by weeks of heavy rain have killed 29 people and destroyed thousands of homes with no let-up in sight, a local official said on
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Dengue cases cross 1000-mark
Official sources said that the number of cases from various hospitals in Delhi virtually doubled today, indicating that a lot more people were now reporting to the city hospitals with the symptoms of
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New Mad Cow strain in Japan?
Japan has quarantined 604 cows to prevent the spread of
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Anglo American to fund Aids fight
South African mining giant Anglo American has announced an initiative to fight HIV/Aids in communities where it does business. Tony Trahar, chief executive said a new community partnership project
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Dengue stats unreliable : Docs
The killer dengue fever appears to have assumed epidemic proportions in the city with the number of suspected cases crossing the 600 figure. Dengue, which has symptoms of constant high fever and
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Dhalao near DPS raises fever scare
A garbage dump barely 100 metres away from the Delhi Public School's (DPS) East of Kailash branch has raised more than just a stink.About 1,600 students and residents of neighbouring colonies in East
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New thrust vital to control population
Even as there are model in South like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which have successfully brought down population growth rates by empowering masses throught grassroot social reforms, the Central
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29 fresh Dengue cases detected in Ghaziabad
The dreaded Dengue had spread its tentacles to the district of Ghaziabad, with at least 29 fresh cases detected in the district. District Magistrate Santosh Yadav admitted that 29 cases have been
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IIT prof discovers anti-ageing
A member of the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has claimed that he has found a formula to delay ageing. Dr Harmohinder Chawla, head of the Chemistry Department at the
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HIV/AIDS control programme soon
The Pakistan government is launching an enhanced HIV/AIDS control programme, spread over six years, to prevent HIV from vulnerable groups and spreading to the general adult population. This was