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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Sate abortion battles
As the United States continues its debate over late-term abortions, four states moved last week toward banning the procedure. In Florida, the Senate, following similar House action the week before,
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Epidemic threat
A tuberculosis epidemic is out of control in many countries and unless urgent action is taken nearly one billion more people will become infected and 70 million will die by the year 2020, the WHO
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Hepatitis spreading with arrival of summer
With the onset of summer the seasonal diseases have also made their entry in the Chhindwara district and specially in the rural areas there. The situation has been aggravated by the fact that there
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Silent bone disease on the increase
Lifestyle and proper diet are some of the measures which help in the treatment of osteoporosis a silent disease. Osteoporosis, which affects the bones, is increasingly becoming common in India,
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No contamination of water
Report : The Technical Department of Bhilai Steel Plant officers recently visited the jaundice affected area and after collecting water samples from there tested it and found that there was no fault
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- NHRC notice on unhygienic working conditions of safai karamcharis
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notice to the Union welfare secretary and the chief secretary of the Delhi government on a petition highlighting the unhygienic working
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- Speech secrets may lie in gene
A team of British scientists is close to finding the first gene known to be associated with speech and language. They have located the part of a chromosome that holds the gene, known as Speech One,
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US panel in disarray on tobacco bill
A senate panel has finally managed to nibble around the edges of a tobacco bill, but its meeting was chock full of shouting, name-calling and gavel-banging, mostly among Republicans. Then, when the
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-BSE cost economy up to 980m pounds in year
The BSE crisis cost the economy between 740m pounds and 980m pounds in its first year,according to a report commissioned by the government and prepared by DTZ Pieda Consulting.The loss was equivalent
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New system to cure genetic disorders
A cure against genetic disorders like diabetes, jaundice, hypertension and deadly diseases like cancer and hepatitis may finally be realised with the development of a targetted gene delivery system