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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- Chew and die
Local authorities in six panchayats and the Cochin Corporation in Ernakulam district of Kerala recently banned the sale of pan masala within their jurisdiction. Studies have shown that submucous
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NHRC panel to focus on women's health
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has set up a Core Group of experts to address the issue of gender inequality with respect to maternal mortality, female foeticide and infanticide and poor
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Drug to combat breast cancer
Women suffering from advanced breast cancer that has spread to other organs may soon be able to take a pill in their quest to slow their incurable disease. Advisers to the US Food and Drug
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Microbial aid
A bacterial strain found in Assam could help reduce the cost of some antibiotics. Scientists at the Regional Research Laboratory, Jorhat, and the Indian Institure of Chemical Biology, Calcutta, have
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Fall in birth rate
China, the world's most populous country, has made a significant contribution to the world by reducing its population by 400 million following successful implementation of its family planning
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- Comebcak of a killer
Tuberculosis(TB) has re-emerged as the number one killer in the world. And the battle against it will mainly have to be fought in India, says Dr Thomas Frieden, WHO medical officer in India. Every
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- New vaccine for cholera, diarrhoea
Scientists are buoyed by encouraging developments in vaccines against cholera and diarrohoea, the out-break of which is a major problem for the country. The cholera vaccine was developed jointly by
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- Thane dt. free from Guinea worm cases
It was ten years back Thane district was reeling under extreme fear and Health Department officials were running helter skelter following a large number of cases of Guinea worms in the district.
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- Richard Gere to help fight AIDS in India
Though Gere had wanted to make a donation to the AIDS cause and the NGO, The Art of Giving, which Ramani and company plan to start, it has been politely turned down. The events to be held in Delhi
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Chinese hail Rajasthan FP drive
A high-level delegation from the world's most populous country, China, is currently touring the state to study the Vikalp framework, the family welfare programme in a target-free setting devised by