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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1671 AIDS patients in state, Udupi stands third
There are around 1671 AIDS patients in Karnataka state at present. Most of them are in Bangalore which means Bangalore stands first as it has 296 patients. Dharwad holds the second place with 289
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Anti-malaria drive in Valiyathura
The Health Department has initiated various measures for prevention and detection of malaria in Valiyathura. In a statement here, District Medical Officer Dr K Shylaja said that a blood examination
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China promises transparent, all out war against Sars
China's Communist Party leadership, accused of half hearted cooperation with the world on the Sars(Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) outbreak and masking its own numbers, has ordered an all out and
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Forum to lobby for tobacco ban bill
Some health professionals, research scientists and NGOs hhave formed Advocacy Forum for Tobacco Control to support the Tobacco Control Bill due to be tabled in Parliament shortly by the Union
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Minor SARS suspect in Delhi
A seven year old girl in New Delhi is suspected to have contracted a killer pneumonia that has killed 159 people worldwide, the third such case detected in the country, officials said. The National
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SARS 'super-spreader' in China
A 28 year old woman in northwest China's Shanxi province has been described as a "super-spreader" of the deadly SARS virus. The first SARS case in Shanxi province was found on March 7 in the woman,
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The SARS scare
India had escaped being afflicted by the SARS virus ever since it was first detected in Hong Kong last month. But with Goa having turned up the first case, the country joins a long list of 25
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Most hospitals are ill-equipped for SARS
The hospitals in Delhi are not prepared for the dreaded disease SARS, despite the tall claims being made by the government. Though IDH has earmarked 30 beds for suspected cases of SARS, it has
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Alarm over fluoride level in water
As many as 200 districts in the country have a high fluoride concentration in ground water. About 25 million people, spread over 17 states, are affected, while another 66 million have been described
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China fooled SARS inspectors : WHO
China removed dozens of SARS patients form isolations wards in hospitals ahead of inspection visits by the World Health Organisation in a bid to hide the extent of the epidemic , a report