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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Red alert in Nagaland over viral fever
Taking serious note of he recent spurt in viral fever in some parts of Nagaland including Capital, Kohima, the State medical department has sounded red alert all over the state. The department has
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8 per cent figures of births and deaths missing
About eight per cent figures of birth and deaths registration have been missing in the Punjab state owing to apathetic attitude of the public and the concerned authorities. In order to rectify the
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Supply of cancer drug resumed
Cancer patients can finally have access to controversial drug, Thalidomide, with its German manufacture restoring free supply. The supply had been stopped following the pharmaceutical company's
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Kal-azar detected in Makwanpur
Kal-azar virus have been detected in blood collected from local people of Handikhola Village Development Committee (VDC) Makwanput district, (Nepal) according to Makwanput District Public Health
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Smuggling of Yarsagumba on rise in Darchula
Yarsagumba, an important medicinal herb in the northern belt of Darchula district (Nepal) is being smuggled to foreign countries each year resulting millions of revenue loss to the country. The
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Sloppy research undermines herbal AIDS remedy
In 1997, researchers at eh Enwei Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine started testing a capsule they had developed to slow the mixture of extracts from 14 herbs that have been used for centuried
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Malaria cases on the upswing
The failure of the Municipal Corporation Hyderabad in taking up fogging and anti-larval operations after the onset of monsoon has led to a significant increase in the number of malaria cases in the
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Weak states worsen Africa famine threat
A decade of declining development has stoked the region-wide threat of famine across southern Africa, which aid agencies said now threatens more than 14m people. Throughout the region, people are
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Gold producers act on HIV
AngloGold the South African mining company, signed an agreement with five trade unions to help fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic ravaging its 44000 strong workforce in South Africa. The agreement is
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Mandela hits again at president's Aids policy
Nelson Mandela has made his strongest public stand yet against Thabo Mbeki's controversial HIV policies by meeting a seriously ill Aids activist who refuses to save his own life until the president