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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City to have three-tier medical care system
Delhi Government's hospitals are providing best quality medicines to its patients in comparison to other states. This was stated by the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit while inaugurating the Out
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Malda mystery fever claims 10
A mystery fever has claimed at least 10 lives at Pardeonapur village in the Baisnabnagar police station area in West Bengal. The patients complained of sudden high temperature and acute headache and,
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Doctors warn of wild polio virus
As another pulse polio campaign starts tomorrow, every child in Delhi is at "risk of contracting a wild strain of the virus' which causes the disease. Only three polio cases were detected in 2000 and
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233 kids take ill after eating Mid day meal
Atleast 233 students took ill after having Mid day meals in the Andhra Pradesh state on Jan 4. In Guntur district, 140 students of Jaihind aided upper primary school, Pedapalli village of Nagaram
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Malaria drug's efficacy in doubt
There is bad news on the front to tackle the deadly falciparum malaria. Forty-eight out of 50 samples collected from all over India by the Indian Institute of Science here were found to be resistant
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Spurt in polio cases across UP
Despite several campaigns, there has been a five fold increase in the number of polio cases in Uttar Pradesh in the past one year. The state is seeking to wipe off this dubious record with a new
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Hurry, worry, curry you possibly had it
Hurry, worry and curry
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Assam wary of polio cases in West Bengal, UP, Bihar
Even though the Government of India and the UNICEF, besides of course the Assam Government have been spending substantial amounts of funds to the tune of several crores of rupees annually to
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Drug offers promise against immune illness
A new type of experimental drug appears promising for treating two devastating illnesses caused by the immune system attacking pars of the body: multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease. The drug
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TB treatment method to be expanded
The World Health Organization (WHO)'s sub- office in Sindh, Pakistan, under its ongoing TB control programme, plans to make DOTS (directly-observed treatment strategy) more comprehensive by training