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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Cadila launches new drug for Asthma treat
Cadila Pharma-ceuticals Ltd (CPL), the Ahmedabad-based Rs 550 crore pharma company, has made a foray into the Rs 442 crore anti-asthmatic market with the launch of its first drug in this category,
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9 more SARS deaths in China
China said that nine more persons had died from SARS and another 160 were infected, taking the death toll there to 206 and the number of cases to 4,280. The Health Ministry said three of the new
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Asthma attacks on the rise as dust pervades city air
Delhi hospitals have recorded a 25 to 30 per cent increase in the number of asthma patients coming to it in the past one month. There are an estimated 140000 asthma patients here. And the changing
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Apex court stays order on drugs
The Supreme Court stayed the Delhi High Court judgement, which had asked the Centre to distinguish between vegetarian and non-vegetarian medicines with suitable markings on the packages. The high
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Chicken pox cases on the rise even in summer
Chicken pox is described as a pre-summer disease, but this year cases continue to pur in well into the summer season. What's worse the situation is likely to remain the same till the month of June.
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Parliament gives nod to tobacco control Bill
Non-smokers no longer have to be victims of passive smoking. Soon, they will be well within their rights to check smoking in public places or public transport. Both houses of Parliament have given
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Modern Pharma giants not only prescribe curs, they supply diseases too
There is an attempt to expand the market for modern medicine into non-clinical areas. For many parents who want their children to become
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Enforce ban on sex determination, States told
The Centre has asked the States and the Union Territories to strictly implement the provisions of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act banning sex determination and sex selection to prevent female
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LS okays bill on infant milk substitutes
In a bid to encourage breastfeeding, the Lok Sabha passed a Bill seeking to prohibit all forms of advertisement and promotion of infant milk substitutes, feeding bottles and infant foods. In his
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SARS unabated in China; toll 206
China registered a psychologically critical index in the ongoing battle against Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) when the death toll crossed 200, Mainland China acknowledged toll of 206 as