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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Baby friendly Kerala
Kerala has been declared the world's first "baby-friendly state" by the World Health Organisation and the United Nations International Children's Fund. The distinction has been conferred on the
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Conservation takes root
Come December and conservationists and environmentalists may well have 3,000 reasons to smile. By then, Bangalore scientists building a comprehensive database of 3,000 of the country's "economically
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Two die, 51 taken ill due to diarrhoea outbreak
Two persons died and 51 were taken ill due to vomiting and diarrhoea in Mankhedi village in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh. District collector Praveen Garg said an inquiry had been ordered and all
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Rabri orders ban on gutkha
Even as the Union government announced that it would hold discussions with the state governments on the issue of ban on gutkha, Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi ordered ban on the manufacture and sale
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European brand escapes ban on gutkha products
While activists prepare for the next stage of their campaign against tobacco products, there is some concern that a European brand of orally consumed tobacco has escaped the ban on gutkha and pan
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Cases of water-borne diseases on the rise
Water-borne diseases have shown an upward swing in Rajkot during the past fortnight and children have been affected the most. According to private practitioners here, there has been one-and-half
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Fertility rate declines in Haryana
Family Planning experts have a reason to rejoice. The fertility rate has declined rapidly over the last six years in Haryana. From an average of four children in 1992, women in Haryana now have an
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Ayurveda deserves prime position: Shatrughan Sinha
Union Health Minister Shatrughan Sinha was all praise for the Ayurveda saying that the system of medicine deserved a prime position in the country instead of being treated as an alternative or a
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Malaria claims 6 lives in Udupi district
With the death of a malaria patient at the Ajjarkad government hospital in Udupi, Karnataka the number of malaria cases in the district from January this year to date has risen to six. The number of
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Walia inaugurates city's first breast feeding clinic
A breast feeding clinic, the first of its kind in Delhi, was inaugurated today. The clinic aims to remove the misconceptions about breast feeding and providing counseling, a government release said.