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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'Unhygenic living conditions main reason of child deaths'
The main causes for child deaths in Thane district (Maharashtra) were the unhygenic living conditions of the tribals and child marriages, District Collector Iqbal Singh Chahal informed. Addressing a
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Quit smoking first, speakers tells MLAs
Legislators should first quit smoking and then perch people to follow suit, the West Bengal Assembly Speaker , Mr Hasim Abdul Halim said. He was speaking at the inauguration of a two-day workshop on
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Narmada waters to reduce fluoride levels
At least 500 villages of North Gujarat's Mehsana and Patna districts, where high content of fluoride in groundwater has posed health hazards, will get respite once Narmada waters were released in
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Leprosy cases in S'rashtra negligible
A one-man army has managed to virtually eradicate leprosy from Saurashtra and up to an extent from the whole of Gujarat. Out of the 26000 cases of leprosy in Saurashtra in 1981, there were now only
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Ignorance keeps tribal infant mortality rate high
The monsoon may be season tribal farmers look forward to, but it's also the time of the year they dread as infant deaths rise alarmigly. According to figures available with the district health
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Shatrughan in Lucknow as UP polio cases rise
Alarmed by the sharp rise in polio cases, Union Health and Family Welfare Minster Shatrughan Sinha dashed to the Lucknow city and discussed the issue with UP Chief Minster Mayawati, the state Health
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HC directs issue of notice on crib deaths
Calcutta High Court directed a petitioner to issue notice to the health minister, the secretary and the BC Roy Memorial Hospital for Children super after hearing his PIL seeking judicial inquiry into
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Malnutrition worst in Bangladesh
Scientist and Public health professionals in their research findings have observed that the burden of malnutrition is especially high in South Asia with Bangladesh remaining the worst affected
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Focus on reproductive health care
The first phase of the Nepal Chapter of the European Commission (EC) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Initiative on Reproductive Health for Asia (RHI) has been completed. To share the
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New DPCO to hit 19 top selling medicines of pharma MNCs
Multinational pharma companies operating in India will be the major losers under the new Drug Price Control Order (DPCO). Nineteen of their top selling medicines have been included in the list of 30