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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Fibre link to cancer risk questioned
Advice that a high-fibre diet with plenty of fruit, vegetables and grains might protect against one of the commonest forms of cancer is questioned by US researchers. Their study, covering 45,000
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Anthrax genetic code revealed
Scientists have unravelled the genetic code of the bacterium that causes anthrax. The DNA code, which is published today, may help in the hunt for treatments and better vaccines against the deadly
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Gastro hits ATC gardens, 6 die
A gastro-type disease has taken its toll in the ATC gardens in Jorhat district of Assam, with six deaths reported in two tea gardens here during the last couple of weeks. More than 55 people are
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SARS virus hits China trade in endangered animals
The global SARS virus may yet be good news for the world's endangered animals, victims of an illegal Chinese habit of eating rare species, but also prime suspects as incubators of deadly, new human
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Barriers go up as Sars fears grow in China
With the nationwide casualty rate rising to 159 deaths and 3,460 infections, towns and villages across China are reportedly refusing entry to strangers and quarantining residents who return from
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Strict ban on Gutka from May 1: Amonkar
The Goa State government is to strictly implement a ban on manufacture and sale of gutka and products of tobacco extracts from May 1. This was announced by Health Minister, Dr Suresh Amonkar during
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Pesticides linked with prostate cancer
Farmers who use certain pesticides seem to have a high risk of prostate cancer, U.S. government researchers said. The researchers, who published their study in the American Journal of Epidemiology,
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AIDS control funds: SC notice to Centre
The Supreme Court sought replies from the Centre and the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) about the monitoring mechanism and allocation of funds to a large number of NGOs under AIDS control
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8 more SARS deaths in Hong Kong
The SARS virus has killed eight more persons in Hong Kong and infected another 11, a Hospital Authority spokesman said. The latest figures bring the local death toll from Severe Acute Respiratory
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MCD claims only two cholera cases
In a city of 1.4 crore people, 60 per cent of whom live in unauthorised colonies and slum clusters, just two cases of cholera have been reported in the areas falling under the jurisdiction of the