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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Kolkata reports new SARS case
Kolkata reported a new case of SARS on May 4, three days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) said the country was free of the deadly flu-like disease, a press report said. Health officials said
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SARS radar scans new cases in India
Days after the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared India SARS-free, the country is still getting the jitters with reports of new suspects flowing in from parts as far as Kolkata and
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Shocking incompetence
First it was the mindless handling of the death of children at the BC Roy Memorial Hospital. One would have thought that next emergency would put the health department of West Bengal maximum alert to
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Forget SARS, mystery bug claims 3 lives in Maharashtra
A myseterious fever is doing the rounds of Washala village near Kasara, Thane, Maharashtra. Three persons have died here in the last fortnight. But you won't spot any television crews. No screaming
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Declare Amritsar tobacco-free: Mann
Mr Simranjit Singh Mann, President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar), demanded declaring the holy city of Amritsar as tobacco-free zone on the pattern of Hardwar and Kurukshetra where cow
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Beijing schools to stay closed
China ordered schools in Beijing to stay closed for two more weeks to stem the spread of the SARS virus, which has killed 100 and infected about 1,900 in the capital, officials said on Sunday. Health
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Govt apathy, doctors' greed leads to slide in healthcare
Even as considerable increase in the budgetary allocation for medicines has been witnessed during the last two decades, the Sonepat Civil Hospital and most of the community health centres,
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A new coronavirus variety causes SARS
Sequencing of the entire genome of the SARS virus has confirmed that the germ is indeed a new variety of coronavirus. But questions about its origin remain. The SARS coronavirus was first sequenced
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'Virus mutating rapidly'
The SARS virus was compared to a "murderer changing his fingerprints" by scientists in Hong Kong who say it is mutating rapidly. The mutations mean there are already two strains of the virus active
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Health Dept readies to face malaria in Nagaon dist
The first phase of the strategic plan prepared to face the spread of malaria, specially in the far-flung hilly areas of the district, was started recently and the PHCs and CHCs have been fully