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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Cases booked for illegal ultrasound scanning
The Bangalore district health and family welfare office has registered cases under the Pre Natal Diagnostics Test, 1994 against nine private nursing homes/diagnostic centres for carrying out
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HP records 17.39 p.c. population growth
Himachal Pradesh has recorded a population growth of 17.39 per cent over the past one decade. "The Provisional Population Totals" publication of the Directorate of Census Operation depicting the
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HP got 29 crore under 9th Plan
Financial assistance to the tune of over Rs 29 crore was provided to Himachal Pradesh during the Ninth Five Year Plan, the Rajya Sabha was informed. In a written reply the minister of State of Health
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Rights panel asks Govt. to ban pan masala
The Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission has directed the State Government to put a ban on the use and consumption of "pan masala" and "gutka". A full bench of the Commission, presided over by its
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Women storm another male bastion in Haryana
Women in Haryana have shaken another men's bastion as the worker's census figures collected during 2001 have registered a significant increase to 27.31 per cent against the previous figure of 10.76
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Japan fears more casualties from slimming pills
Health authorities are bracing for higher casualties from tainted China made slimming pills when final figures are tailed as reports trickling in from prefectures pushed the number of deaths
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Anti-polio campaign begins today
The Sindh Health Organization in cooperation with the health department on Monday staged a walk from the Lady Dufferin Hospital to the Hyderabad Press Club to create awareness among the people
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Ineffectual curbs
Certain moves are destined not to succeed despite being well intended. Attempts to change social habits through executive fiat fit into this category. The ban announced by the Maharashtra government
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Enforcing the ban on gutkha will be tough, admits minister
A day after the Maharashtra government announced its decision to ban 'gutkha' and 'paan masala', excise and prohibition minister Anil Deshmukh admitted that enforcing the ban would be a tough task.
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State to ban gutkha, too
The Gujarat government will follow Maharashtra in banning the sale of gutkha, health minister Ashok Bhatt said on Thursday. The government had already banned the sale of gutkha in public places and