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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Canines can help control rabies in humans: Expert
The Lokayukta and animal welfare activists have been up in arms over the stray menace in Bangalore. "Kill the dogs," said the official, "harmless creatures" said the protestors. And amidst this
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Toronto struggles under siege from SARS
For the last month, severe acute respiratory syndrome has been spreading slowly through Canada's largest city, Hillie Schmiedhammer city on the shore of Lake Ontario. Sixteen people have died
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Kerala homoepaths claim cure for SARS
A Kerala-based Homoeopathy institution has offered to effectively treat the SARS in India and abroad, claiming general medicines in Homoeopathy are capable of killing the virus which caused the SARS
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Nepal may have the answers
Nearly two decades ago, rising awareness about the contamination of groundwater by arsenic led West Bengal to start research into the whys and wherefores. A decade ago, Bangladesh followed suit. And
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Save leftover medicines for poor patients
Have you ever realised that the leftover medicines in your house can actually give a new lease of life to those who die for want of medicines or because they can't afford to purchase medicines. Well,
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SARS alert in hill stations
With some suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) carriers in the neighbouring States, a number of tourists coming to Shimla have started wearing precautionary masks. The very sight of
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SARS wars
The SARS threat has placed India on a red alert even as reports of a few people testing positive for this flu-like disease have emerged from different parts of the country. The fresh measures
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Drink water, get stone
Away from the tourist circuit and the mango belt in Junagadh, of Gujarat, the coastal area of Mangrol have become the scene of a major health scare that has largely gone unnoticed. Take Loej village,
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Beijing shuts theatres, dance halls
Beijing has ordered the closure of theatres, dance halls and other entertainment venues to try to contain the Severe Acute Respiratiory Syndrome (SARS) virus that has infected nearly 1,000 people in
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China reports 9 more deaths
China reported another nine SARS deaths and 161 new cases, taking the nationwide death toll to 131, the Health Ministry said on Sunday. Eight of the deaths were in the capital Beijing, along with 126