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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60 pc tubewells water contains arsenic in Pirojpur
A large scale arsenic has been found in tubewells water in different areas of Bhandaria Upazila of Pirojpur district (Bangladesh). About 1.50 lakh people of the areas have been threatened with the
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HK to cull more chicken
Hong Kong will destroy another 192,000 chickens as the still-unidentified Avian virus spread to another five farms, government officials said. A scientist studying the virus said the virus could
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FAO for global ban on Chloramphenicol
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation has recommended a global ban on the use of Chloramphenicol, a broad spectrum antibiotic, in agriculture, animal husbandry and aquaculture. Many countries have
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HP 'plague' toll 2, 6 hospitalised
Suspected plague, gripping Rohru villages, in Himachal Pradesh, claimed two more lives today. With the death of Pushpa Devi in Rohru and Sulochana at the PGI in Chandigarh the death toll has gone up
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Alternative steps for health services
The Government is making alternative arrangements, including appointment of temporary hands, in view of the strike threat by nurses and doctors, the Health Minister, P. Sankaran, said in Kerala on
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Herbicure files for asthma drug patent
Herbicure Kolkata based herbal drug and formulation company, has applied for international patent for one of the first herbal drugs for asthma, 'Asmakure'.
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Anti-tobacco campaigns fire up cigarette cos.
Contentious anti-tobacco commercials that compare cigarettes with dog urine and rat poison are headed to court, wit Loews Corp's Lorillard unit fighting it out against a non-profit group that was
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HIV test for Rs 10 only
Rupees 10 is all it costs to get a three Elisa test done in Andhra Pradesh for a confirmation of HIV positivity or negativity at the 26 Voluntary Counselling and Testing Centres (VCTC) set up by the
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HIV infects rancher through blood donation
A Texas ranch hand undergoing surgery was infected with the AIDS virus in what is believed to be the first U.S. case of the virus being transmitted through donated blood since rigorous new HIV
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Drug companies are increasingly targeting patients
TV viewers are right if they are feeling barraged by commercials for the likes of Vioxx, Prilosec, Claritin and Viagra: Drug company advertising aimed at ordinary people instead of doctors tripled in