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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Sunlight helps cancer patients
Though too much exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays can cause skin cancer, sunshine may have a protective effect against some cancers, US scientists have said. They suspect Vitamin D, the so
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Duty cut on more anti-AIDS drugs
The anti-AIDS segment has got yet another shot in the arm with the Government exempting nine anti-retroviral drugs from central excise duty, in an effort to bring down prices. In line with the
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New AIDS project in NGO sector in North East
HIV infection is spreading rapidly in India. One of the important modes of transmission of HIV is from pregnant HIV infected mother to her child. According to a report based on the sentinel
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State awaits Delhi nod for banning gutkha
Maharashtra Minister of Excise Anil Deshmukh said the Central Government has not yet approved the State's proposal for banning gutkha. The Minister said under section 7 (4) of the FDA act, the
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BMP offers food to woo kids to school
The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike is following the footsteps of the State Education Department in wooing poor students to its schools. From the next academic year onwards (June 1, 2002), students of
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Rare disease cripples 3 children
At an age when they should have been enjoying life at its fullest, they lie writhing in pain or sitting crouched with their limbs awkwardly twisted with faces resembling that of a eight-month old
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Smoking in public places will attract fine
Smokers caught puffing a cigarette, beedi or pipe in public places in Tamil Nadu will be fined between Rs 100 and 500 soon. And, people found spitting in public places or public vehicles after
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Virus check
The Centre has taken more than a decade and a half to frame a coherent policy on HIV/AIDS. The first case of HIV in India was discovered in the mid-Eighties, and a national AIDS control programme was
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Protein study helps doctors tailor cancer treatment
A new way of analysing tumors to see which proteins they produce shows promise in helping doctors tailor treatments for each patient's cancer. The idea is to see which proteins the cancer uses to
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Cell transplant rights Parkinson's: Study
A transplant of his own brain cells have treated a man's Parkinson's disease, clearing up the trembling and rigid muscles that mark the disease, researchers reported on Monday. The researchers