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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Task force to help in fight against diseases
In a step towards combating epidemics with recent resurgence of diseases like multi-drug-resistant typhoid and malaria, the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) has set up a task force to coordinate with
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Move to notify SARS in Delhi
The Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is likely to be notified by the Delhi Government. Municipal health authorities have initiated the process for the notification of the highly contagious
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No SARS case in Amritsar
Officiating Civil Surgeon Kanwaljit Singh said today that a patient who was admitted yesterday at Kakkar Hospital was not infected with SARS. Stating this at a press conference organised in Amritsar
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Non-iodised salt banned in J&K
The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the import and sale of non-iodised salt in all three regions of the state, Minister of Consumer Affairs Taj Mohideen said. "We have slapped a blanket ban
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WHO not to lift Toronto warning
Canada has been told that the WHO will not lift its warning against travel to Toronto over the SARS epidemic, a spokeswomen for the United Nation agency said. Canada attacked the WHO saying the
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ASEAN prepares strategy to combat SARS
Senior health officials of 10 ASEAN members and China who converged here today to chalk out a joint strategy to combat Servere Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) recommended that airports and ports
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SARS scare in South
The latest scare of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) has came from South India today with reports of possible cases coming in from Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin. Dr S.P.Agarwal,
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Tentative FDA nod for Ranbaxy drug
The US regulatory authority has granted a tentative approval to Ranbaxy for its generic version of Serzone, an anti-depressant tablet from the US-based pharma company, Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS). BMS
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SARS may be clubbed with cholera, plague
The Government of NCT of Delhi may declare Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) as a notifiable disease. The decision, when announced, could follow a similar notification by the Union Government,
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CIFT develops life-saving drug
Scientists at the Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT) here have separated 'squalene' from shark liver oil, which can be used as a life-saving drug. The product developed for the first