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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Medicinal herbs project makes progress
The Rs 8.27 crore 'vanaspati van' project launched last year in Chamba and Kulu districts of Himachal Pradesh by the Union Ministry of Health and Ayurveda for the development and conservation of
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Arsenic affects 6 million in Bengal
Over six million people in West Bengal are directly at risk due to arsenic contamination of ground water, according to an expert panel. An expert committee set up by Union ministry of water resources
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Nimhans develops machine to deliver 'shock treatment'
The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences has developed a brief pulse Electro-Convulsive Therapy machine, termed as the 21st century ECT machine, for safer administration of "shock
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Cadila Pharma plant gets Australian TGA approval
The Rs 550 crore Ahmedabad based Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd (CPL) has got its beta lactam (penicillin and cephalosporin dosage forms) formulations plant approved by Therapeutic Goods Administration
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Smoker agrees to $100m as damages
A Los Angeles lung cancer victim has agreed to a record $100 million damage award against cigarette maker Philip Morris, rather than seeking an even larger possible verdict in a new
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Concern over Aedes mosquito
In the past fortnight, checking by the National Anti-malaria Programme (NAMP) has revealed that the Dengue causing Aedes mosquito is breeding in certain areas of the
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India maps Hepatitis C
For the first time in the world, the complete sequencing of a microbe of Indian origin-Hepatitis C has been successfully done by Indian scientists. The achievement opens up enormous opportunities for
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SC asks Centre on status of anti-tobacco bill
The Supreme Court asked the Union government to inform it about the fate of the anti-tobacco Bill as it indicated setting up of a fund for the victims of smoking. The court asked attorney general
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No 'segregation' for patient at LNJP Hospital
The first Leptospirosis patient in Delhi this season, 22-year old Mukesh Shah is sharing a bed with another patient in the Lok Nayak Hospital. The city's municipal health office, Dr K N Tiwari, says
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Maharashtra enforces 2-kid norm for so-op polls
An amendment to the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act now specifies that members of cooperative societies who have more than two children will automatically stand debarred from contesting