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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Where have all the girls gone?
The United Nations Population Fund's finding of India's declining child sex ratio in the age group 0-6 years is depressing enough. From 945 girls per 1000 boys in 1991, the ratio was donw to only 927
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Rural women take to medicinal plants, herbs
Rural women in three districts in lower Assam are growing medicinal plants and herbs endemic to the State. Financing their own schemes from deposits and savings, rural self-help groups have begun to
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France makes brave atempt to stub out smoking habit
Tobacconists went on strike across France yesterday in protest against an increas ein cigarette duties that will m ake the average pack of 20 more expensive than in any other European Union counry
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Diarrhoea, cholera claim 15 in Nagaon
Diarrhoea and cholera, which have taken an epidemic form in Nagaon district, of Assam, have claimed 15 lives including a pregnant woman so far. Reports said that more than 200 people of the district
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Ranbaxy, Glaxo to collaborate in drug discovery
Ranbaxy Laboratories, India's largest pharmaceutical company, and Glaxo SmithKline, the world's third largest research-based pharmaceutical company after Pfizer and Novaritis, today announced that
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WHo urges worldwide readiness on SARS
SARS may have been contained for the moment but the international community must take immediate steps to prepare for a recurrence or the outbreak of a new disease, a World Health Organization
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Dengue outbreak worries Delhi High Court
Sixty-six fresh cases of dengue were reported from different areas of Delhi today even as the High Court sought detailed replies from the Delhi Government, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi(MCD) and
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NGOs urged to help govt contain population growth
While most of the Pakistan government departments complain of shortage or lack of resources, nearly Rs500 million, which comes to about 25 per cent of the total budget of the population welfare
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Anaemia: a major threat to children
Intestinal blood loss, occult infections, malaria and poor nutritional options, with particular reference to improper consumption of food with high iron content, are identified as major cause of low
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Rare surgery performed
For the first time in India, non-surgical pulmonary artery banding has been carried out on two children sufering from single ventricle, a congenital heart disease, at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in