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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Home Depot, Lowe's to stop selling arsenic-treated wood
Home-improvement retailers said this week they would stop selling wood treated with an arsenic-based pesticide that is widely used for home decks and fences. Home Depot Inc. and Lowe's Cos., the
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World leprosy day
The Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has observed the World Leprosy Day by projecting the government programmes on control of leprosy including an advocacy meeting in the National
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4 AIDS control centres set up
The Himachal Pradesh state AIDS Control Society has set up four centres in Dharamsala, Mandi, Hamirpur and Bilaspur for detecting HIV carriers. A 20 day awareness campaign on AIDS is in full swing in
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DRL plans clinical unit in Singapore
Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) has decided to open a centre in Singapore for conducting clinical trials in the process of drug discovery. We are looking at Singapore to set up a clinical development
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Lack of food security blocks progress
There are nearly 80 million children who should be in schools but are not. Instead, they are on the streets trying to earn a living. Nearly 70 per cent of them die before they reach the age of six.
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Health check-up made must in schools
In a significant move, the Education Department in Karnataka has now made it obligatory on the part of educational institutions to conduct regular health check-up camps for students and has also
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Activists express scepticism about AIDS vaccine project
An international initiative to develop an AIDS vaccine and conduct trails in developing countries, including India, has drawn scepticism. Some health activists are questioning the wisdom of setting
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Cured patients celebrate victory over cancer
More than 450 cancer patients, who emerged victorious over the disease and have been cured for good, will come together at the Gujarat Cancer Hospital to celebrate the Day of Victory over Cancer.
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Doctors to study Rohru rats
Doctors of the Himachal Pradesh Government and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases will launch a joint surveillance on the activity of rats in the Rohru area which has been hit by
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Cancer cases on rise
Cancer is on the rise in India. According to a study conducted by the Indian Cancer Society one in every eight Indians is likely to suffer from some form of cancer, as every year seven lakh new cases