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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AIDS on the decline : survey
There appears to be some happy tidings regarding the killer disease, AIDS, if one goes by the results of a survey, which was released today. The survey, vetted by a specialist group, including
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Call to end aflatoxin contamination in groundnut
"It is startling to know that more than 20 million people in India alone are carriers of the Hepatitis B virus. Aflatoxins can enter into human and cattle food chain if the contaminated material is
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Tainted water puts Howrah students in hospital
A high level of colliform bacteria in the water, supplied by the Howrah Municipal Corporation, West Bengal, was detected in the town on Friday. Atleast 45 students in Howrah Zilla School, besides a
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Jaundice under control in Mandi : CM
Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, today informed the Vidhan Sabha that the outbreak of jaundice in certain areas of Mandi town had not been caused due to leakage or any other
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Mandi water found contaminated
The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation and Public Health, Mr Ashok Mahajan, while addressing a news conference in Himachal Pradesh today disclosed that the results of the samples taken of over a
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Govt blamed for weak health policy
Nepal Health Ministry is ready to provide necessary support to increase the awareness of people towards cancer, said State Minister for Health, Mohan Bahadur Basnet. He was speaking at an inaugural
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Spain's mobile firms to monitor signal emissions
Spanish mobile telephone operators said this week they would invest 20 million euros over coming months to measure emissions from antennae after concern over health risks jeopardised network
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Vive la difference!
According to a study undertaken jointly by the World Health Organisation and the All India Institute of medical Sciences, children of prosperous families residing in South Delhi demonstrate physical
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Arsenic spectre over district
Jahangir Hossain is suffering from arsenic poisoning. At home in Rajapur in Domkal (West Bengal) he has already lost 18 of hid family members to arsenicosis over the past two decades. In neighbouring
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Eating organic food checks cancer
Eating organic food may help prevent cancer, heart attacks and strokes, a team of scientists in Britain has claimed. Researchers at Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary in Scotland have found