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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Government announces massive advocacy against AIDS
As many as 58,000 people in Nepal have contracted HIV and AIDS, the National Centre for AIDS and STD Control said Monday, quoting latest UNAIDS/WHO figures. Before matters turn worse from bad, the
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Brains of mice enlarged to help research
With the shuffle of a single gene, scientists have found a way to increase the size of brains in mice in a way that mimics the pattern of growth in the brains of humans, researchers report.The mice
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Substantial increase in malaria cases in Porvorim
There has been a substantial rise in the cases of malaria in Porvorim In Goa and surrounding areas. The malaria clinic at Porvorim has reported in all 154 cases of malaria in the month of June 2002
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Govt. to supply free milk to children
The Kerala government is planning to implement a scheme for the supply of milk free of charge to all children between one and six years of age during the next year, said Agriculture Minister K R
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The killer No 4 in cancer top 10
Lung cancer, the Big killer, tops the list of 10 causes of cancer in the country. But oral cancer, which can be directly blamed on the tobacco and pan masala habit, is only three notches down. Data
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WHO unveils tobacco treaty draft
The World Health Organisation released the draft text of a groundbreaking international tobacco control treaty that would ban the use of terms such as "light" and "mild" cigarettes, end tobacco
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Belgium eyes slaughter of pigs due hormone scare
- Belgium's food safety agency said on the weekend it had found a banned hormone in a batch of 4,000 pigs imported from the Netherlands and was considering whether it would have to order the
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Karnataka population shoots up by 17.2%
Karnataka witnessed a decennial population growth of 17.2 per cent during 1991-2001, a recent survey conducted by the government said. The percentage of workers has however, growth at a rate of 24.5
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Team to vend water for Rs 2 per litre
TEAM, one of the bottled water suppliers, in the country, will shortly begin selling water through vending machines. "Purified water, in hygienic tanks, will be transported to the site, which would
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'Sex ratios in State on the decline'
Sex ratios in parts of Karnataka are slipping, and there are signs of it becoming like Punjab where the number of females per 1,000 males is the lowest, felt leaders and women's rights activists, at