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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Garbage burning sparks protest
The health hazards due to burning garbage at the Deonar dumping ground has flared up again. Six years after the high court ordered measures to prevent burning of garbage, which was causing health
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'Sivakasi child workers facing health hazards'
Health hazards are stalking child workers in the match industries in Sivakasi of Tamil Nadu, according to a study on "Socio-economic aspects of child labour in Sivakasi match industries" carried out
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UNICEF's concern over increase in polio cases
The Advisor to UNICEF, Mr NC Saxena, expressed serious concern over the detection of a large number of polio cases in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. He was addressing a meeting of districts of Varanasi,
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Taming the Big C'
US scientists have brought some cheer to an otherwise gloomy period marked by the Columbia tragedy and president George Bush's continued threat of war. Newly formulated drugs are beginning to
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Getting Rajjo to the doctor on time
In the esoteric planning of India's healthcare system, logistics have received much less attention. healthcare in a massive under-linked country is not just a matter of churning out doctors,
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Panel on eye camp prepares its report
Poor post-operative handling could have caused the severe infection and vision loss in the operated eye for 21 patients who underwent cataract surgery at a free eye camp near Madurai recently,
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Suspected polio cases embarrass officials
The complete eradication of polio through pulse polio programmes is a challenge for the authorities in the district. Reports of at least two suspected cases of polio in the last few months in the
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Govt directs 12 drug companies to recall substandard drugs
The Maharashtra Government has directed 12 drug manufacturers in the state to stop the sale fo certain batches of some of their drugs found substandard. According to a statement from Maharashtra Food
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Rs 160 cr for mid-day meals scheme sought
Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Prof B K Chandrashekhar will request Chief Minister S M Krishna, who is also holding finance portfolio, to make budgetary allocation of Rs 160
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Good decision
Since it is not easy to get blood in emergency cases in mofussil areas, the Karnataka Government has taken a decision to open blood banks in all Government hospitals in the State. It will enable the