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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West Nile virus kills five in US
The West Nile virus has killed a five Louisiana residents and infected 14 people in what health officials said on Tuesday the nation's biggest outbreak since the disease was first detected in the
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Drugs : raising quality bar
Making medicine used to be the easy part, but not any more. A string of problems with substandard plants and too few factories capable of churning out complex biotech drugs only serve to highlight
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After UP, SC stays gutkha ban in MP
The SC stayed an interim order of the MP HC banning manufacture, sale and consumption of pan masala and gutkha till it hears a special leave petition.
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Apex court stays UP ban on gutkha
With the Allahabad and Madhya Pradesh high courts banning pan masala and related tobacco items, the Supreme Court stayed the Allahabad High Court order on appeal by several manufacturers. The Andhra
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Diabetics highest in India
The Indian diabetic population is estimated to touch 57.2 million from the present 32 million by 2005, largely on account of the changing food habits and lifestyles, according to the latest WHO
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No monsoon, no mosquitoes
Delhiites may have missed their date with the monsoon this year, but the heartening news is that it has brought them freedom from mosquitoes. Absence of stagnant water and drying up of drains has
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HIV cases baffle experts
Unprotected sex and blood transfusion are facts that explain the worldwide spread of the dreaded disease AIDS. It is also known that HIV infection develops into full blown AIDS within ten years,
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Government confused on gutkha ban modalities
The Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh has said that if the Government of India is really serious, it should ban production of gutkha. Meanwhile, the state government is under utter
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Protein that helps spread cancer cells tracked down
Scientists have discovered how a key protein helps cancerous cells spread through the body in a finding that could have pave the way for new drugs to slow down the progression of the disease. The
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Brekthrough in stem cell technology
Embryonic C stem (ES) cells can now be used safetly in patients as Singapore scientists have eliminated any risk of them transmitting animal diseases to people. Professor Aria Bongso has succeeded in