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• 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

  • 01/01/2029

  • Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
  • • Health
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• AP to launch mid-day meal scheme

  The Andhra Pradesh Government is set to launch the mid-day meal scheme for school children from October 2. The Chief Minister, Mr. N Chandrababu Naidu, said the scheme would further bolster the

  • 06/12/2001

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Drinking water : Sops for private sector

  In a major move to augment facilities for the supply of treated drinking water, the Government decided on three more fiscal concessions to encourage private participation in the sector. The new

  • 01/12/2001

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Drinking water may cost more

  After hiking the power tariff, the state government has started contemplating to increase the drinking water charges also. While giving an indication to this effect, Punjab Public Health Minister

  • 02/12/2001

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• 4-phase pulse polio drive in Haryana

  The Haryana state government has decided to conduct Pulse Polio drive in four phases after the state was declared high risk area by WHO after cases of polio were detected. however, the drive will be

  • 03/12/2001

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• 'Anaemia among women, children still high'

  While most human development indicators put Tamil Nadu rather high in the national listing, high levels of anaemia and chronic malnutrition among children sound the alarm for the State. The results

  • 31/12/2001

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Health

• Summit accused of ignoring Aids

  The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UN/Aids) criticised the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg for not devoting enough of its draft plan of action to combating

  • 30/12/2001

  • Financial Times (London)
  • • Health

• AIDS called development threat

  As the World Summit on Sustainable Development reached its halfway point, the head of the United Nations AIDS program warned delegated that meaningful development was out of the question if the AIDS

  • 31/12/2001

  • International Herald Tribune (Bangkok)
  • • Health

• CAG raps Arunachal Govt. for non-utilisation of Central funds

  The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report has pulled up the Arunachal Pradesh Government for failing to utilize Central assistance of Rs 1.44 crore under various health programmes. The report

  • 30/12/2001

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Health

• Encephalitis hits Assam

  In addition to flood havoc, the people of the Brahmputra Valley have another problem to worry about - encephalitis. The death toll in the current encephalitis wave sweeping northern Assam is more

  • 31/12/2001

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health

• Singapore may ban small cigarette packs

  Singapore is proposing to ban small packs of cigarettes and slap photos of diseased lungs on larger packs in an effort to reduce smoking in the city-state, a news report said.

  • 04/12/2001

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Health