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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Dengue in Taiwan
Nearly 400 Taiwanese have caught dengue fever in the last month, the largest number of cases in 14 years, the government said on Tuesday. The outbreak of the illness might have been caused by warmer
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Stem cells promise ray of hope for the blind
Stem cells taken from bone marrow can grow new blood vessels in the eyes of mice, a development researchers say raises the possibility of treating some diseases that often lead to blindness in
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Training to tackle fluoride crisis in Hojai
To tide over the situation arising out of fluoride contamination in drinking water (underground sources) that are found mostly in villages contagious to Karbi Anglong district under Hojai subdivision
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Ind-Swift plans breast cancer drug launch
The Chandigarh based Ind-Swift Ltd. intends to launch an anti cancer drug soon. "The drug will be used for the treatment of breast cancer," V K Mehta, director and promoter said. The company intends
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Cholera cases cross 50, 200 hospitalised
With 13 more cholera cases having been confirmed at General Hospital, Sector 16, three at PGI, Chandigarh and six at Government Medical College and Hospital, Sector 31, the number of cholera patients
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MPCB notice to Dabhol on well-water contamination
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has served a show cause notice to the Dabhol Power Company (DPC) for its failure to take corrective steps to arrest contamination of water in the wells
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Asbestos fear hits French group
Saint-Gobain sent ripples through the European construction sector with its unexpected announcement that it had taken a charge to cover asbestos litigation risk. The French building materials group
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China's abortion rate 'no worse' than in US
Chinese scholars are baffled by the latest controversy stirred up by the United States through its withdrawal from the United Nations Population Fund on the grounds that the fund supports China's
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MoUs on population welfare signed
The Ministry of Population Welfare (Pakistan) signed four Memorandums of Understanding with the KPT, the PIA, Pakistan Steel and APTMA at a ceremony held in the New Sindh Secretariat. Speaking on
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Turbid water spreading intestinal diseases
The turbid water that the Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (Pakistan) has been supplying to the city for the past two weeks has spawned a variety of intestinal diseases. Officials at the emergency