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
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
The Delhi government is likely to impose a ban on sale and manufacture of 'gutka' in the Capital. The high-level technical committee constituted to look into the matter made a strong case before the
The total number of malaria cases in the Kolkata has gone up since last September. While the number of cases in September 2001 was 8406, the corresponding figure this year is 8877.
About 10 per cent of all persons with fever tested for malaria, in north Chennai, as part of the Malaria Free Chennai drive, were found to be positive. The highest incidence was from the Harbour
Clean air is a luxury in Chennai. In most other metros too. Worse, day after day we are breathing in what can take us closer to death faster than ever before. And most of what we breathe in is let
Choloroquinine the most widely used antibiotic against malaria, is no more the only answer. The parasite has developed resistance to the drug. And the same is the case with Doxixycline, another anti
The Rs 1,000-crore Zydus Cadila will shortly launch a Varicella vaccine for chicken pox and a Hepatitis A, the liver disease. The Varicella vaccine will be launched in the next two months, company's
As a part of the polio immunization campaign starting from September 29, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ms Mayawati, flagged off an awareness rally of the students from Vidhan Sabha Marg on Thursday.
In an effort to counter the growing threat of lead poisoning on the population, the National Referral Centre for Lead Poisoning in India is now encouraging teachers and parents to get blood lead
Following the directives of Madhya Pradesh State Ministry of public health and family welfare, 51,000 health workers will be trained in cow urine therapy from October 21. Training will be impaired to
The sequencing of the genes that encode the malaria parasite and the vector - the mosquito - that carries it is of great import to India. It took 160 researchers spread across 10 nations to crack the