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
Besides viral fever, the change in weather has brought on several other viral infections that are highly communicable in nature. These include measles, mumps and chicken pox. According to the
After the launch of the 'morning after pill', efforts are now on to introduce a medical abortion pill in the family welfare system to reduce the risk of surgical methods of abortion. Trials have
Computers can permanently damage children's eyes, according to a controversial new study from U.S. It found that almost one third of children may need glasses specifically prescribed for computer use
Are you one of those connoisseurs of Pan Masala, Gutkha or chewing tobacco? Diehard soukhin of supadi and cigarettes? The think twice. Oral cancer is dangerously on the rise in Nepal - in urban as
First, the good news: blood samples from Chennai are beginning to show lower concentrations of lead ever since unleaded gasoline for vehicles was introduced in the Chennai city five years ago. Now,
The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Ltd has secured the license to manufacture and commercialise its indigenously developed typhoid vaccine from the Drug Controller General of India.
India's population will reach 1.6 billion by 2050 and it will bring in its wake serious challenges as well as benefits, says a British expert. "India's coming demographic expansion will pose some
Despite a large number of polio crash programmes, Pakistan still remains the third country with highest prevalence rate of polio cases, and Sindh tops the four provinces. In Sindh, polio cases have
The basic amenities in Udupi district hospital (Mangalore) have been ruined and patients are suffering. The hospital wihic is getting publicity in media for conducting tests and treatment for the
The mid-day meal scheme which took off on a wrong note in Bicholim taluka, Goa, earlier this month in now proposed to be re-introduced with non-perishable items on the menu from next month, official