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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Dengue toll: 9 dead 1,1216 ailing
The MCD has informed that nine people have died from dengue today. While 257 new cases were reported with the MCD today, the total figure has gone up to 1,216 - with 938 being reported from Delhi
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Study shows link between meat and breast cancer
For years, the US-based Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine has been issuing warnings that consumption of fat in meats, dairy products and other animal derived foods can increase the risk
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Govt readies for mosquito battle
Stung by the spread of the dengue disease, the Union Health Ministry has decided to streamline its programmes to control mosquitoes and preventing diseases like malaria, dengue, kala-azar and
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Bengal Govt. loses track of pulse polio programme
The polio eradication programme in West Bengal seems to be heading nowhere. Despite the army of health workers, the Ministry of Health has lost count of the below-five children. The Government has
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Cadbury sellers face FDA action
The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) is set to file around eight-10 cases under the prevention of adulteration Act against Cadbury India Ltd. The FDA also intends to prosecute retailers found
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US officials confident of India eradicating polio by 2005
A senior US official expressed confidence that India would be able to eradicate polio by the target year of 2005 going by the target going by the commitment shown by the Government and other
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Quality of drinking water kicks up row
An employee of the Writers' Building, the West Bengal State headquarters, discovered that the quality of drinking water there was as poor as in the other areas served by the Kolkata Municipal
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Males suffer brunt of the Dengue bug
A survey conducted by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) shows that the Aedes mosquito is infecting males more than females. Out of the 950 reported dengue cases more than half are males. Also,
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India gets $2.6-m grant to fight AIDS, TB, malaria
Amidst talks of reduced spending by the governments of Britain and the US towards supporting the Global Fund on AIDS, tuberculosis (TB) and malaria
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Bharat Bio launches recombinant streptokinase
Bharat Biotech International Ltd (BBIL), the city-based bio pharmaceutical company, has announced the launch of recombinant streptokinase, the first line therapy for myocardial infarction (heart