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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Too much dieting harmful
A slimming craze is sweeping across Asia, where some women's desire for ever thinner bodies has already cost them their lives. In Japan, five people have died and more than 500 have fallen ill after
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Glaxo sues rivals for using its bacteria
Glaxosmithkline (GSK), the world's second largest drugmaker, said on Thursday it was taking legal action against Swiss major Novartis, Israel's Teva Pharmaceuticals and India's Ranbaxy, claiming they
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The risk factor
Though the government has more or less regulated imports of hot rolled steel, inflow of defective tin plated from western countries has of late, seen an increasing trend. This has led to emergence of
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Upsurge in polio cases in U.P.
Hopes for an early end to the scourge of polio have been dashed, following an upsurge in polio cases in Uttar Pradesh in recent months. Consequently, the target date for eliminating polio from the
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Vaccine plan not up to mark
The Andhra Pradesh State hasn't had much success in its efforts to fully immunise children with just 72 per cent covered against a target of 85 per cent. According to Immunisation Coverage Survey
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Musli cultivation catching up in Andhra Pradesh
There has been an upsurge in the global demand for herbal products in view of their medicinal values, and the agro climatic conditions in Andhra Pradesh will permit large scale commercial cultivation
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Programme to bring down malaria incidence
An intensive programme, focussing on bringing down the incidence of malaria in the Chennai city and carrying out house-to-house blood smear tests, will be launched on September 15. The project
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Government to get tough on pan masala sale
Reiterating its determination to effectively implement the ban on sale of chewing tobacco, pan masala and gutka containing tobacco, the Tamil Nadu Government has instructed the Director of Public
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Diarrhoea kills over 20 in Orissa
Even as most of Orissa is reeling under an unprecedented drought, the woes of people in districts like Ganjam, Gajpati and Rayagada are being compounded by the severe outbreak of diarrhoea caused by
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Aids pandemic stunts southern African growth
The Central Bank of Botswana said the HIV/Aids pandemic ravaging the southern African country could halve its economic growth rate over the next 15 years if left untreated. Forecasts predict the