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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Telemedicine leap: AIIMS doctors on call at Leh
Patients in Ladakh and Guwahati will now be able to avail of the sources of top doctors and surgeons in AIIMS without making a long and arduous journey to the Capital. The All India Institute of
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Outbreak of diseases in Dhemaji
Outbreak of various diseases has taken serious turn in the Dhemaji district, Assam. Among the diseases malaria, high fever (suspected to be Japanese encephalitis), diarrhoea, jaundice are taking
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3 die of diarrhoea
Two children and one women died of diarrhoea at village Singpur Imalia in Obaidullaganj development block in Madhya Pradesh. Many others have taken ill, few in serious condition. The reason for the
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Fried & baked foods can cause cancer
Beware next time you eat fried foods for you maybe running the risk of having cancer. Senior scientists believe that crisps, chips and other highly heated food contain a cancer causing chemical
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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