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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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
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New Yorkers fuming over smoking ban
As bartender Claran Hegarty mixed cocktails at the Times Square watering hole Langan's it wasn't the city's sweltering summer that got him heated, but a plan to ban smoking from all local bars and
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Govt plans anti-smoking campaign
The West Bengal government will organise a two day sensitization programme against chewing tobacco and smoking, director of health services, Dr Prabhakar Chatterjee said. A report by the Centre says
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Children's lungs to be mapped
The West Bengal environment department, for the first time in the country, is going to map the respiratory health of school children across the state. The project has been undertaken to provide a
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Push for tobacco ban with MLAs
The West Bengal Government is going to launch a campaign against smoking and chewing tobacco with the elected representatives of the people. Health minister Suryakanta Mishra, industry minister
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City continues to receive turbid water
The incessant supply of muddy water to Karachi city from the Indus source has become a major source of vomiting, nausea and severe abdominal pain among the Karachiites , besides badly affecting the
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Genes associated with aging of retina identified
Aging of human retina is accompanied by distinct changes in gene expression say researchers of the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Centre. Using commercially available DNA slides, a team of