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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No let-up in sale of cut fruits, cane juice
Alarming rise in the open sale of unlicensed bottled water and soft drinks in Uttar Pradesh State capital Lucknow coupled with languid approach of the authorities is proving hazardous for the city
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LMC to launch drive in slums
Under the WHO programme, now the Lucknow Municipal corporation will administer Hepatitis B vaccines in slums area in Uttar Pradesh state capital, Lucknow. A meeting was held with national coordinator
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Epidemic threat looms large
Though the number of patients suffering from gastroenteritis is on the rise in Uttar Pradesh state capital, Lucknow, and the fear of an epidemic is looming large, the Infectious Diseases Hospital
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Goa has all 5 factors ideal for outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis: seminar
While Goa can boast of having the fertile Khajan lands, there is a dark side to this picture according to a researcher. Goa has also all the other factors which together form an ideal backdrop for
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AHLL to launch healthcare centre chain in State
The Apollo Health and Lifestyle Ltd (AHLL), a subsidiary of Apollo Group of Hospitals, will set up a chain of day-to-day healthcare centres, Apollo Clinics, in all the key cities in Madhya
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Govt to track down clinics conducting sex determination tests
Goa State government has decided to track down the clinics performing sex determination and pre-conception sex selection, and set the wheels of justice in motion within four months.This was assured
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Amended PNDT Act to serve as a deterrent
The newly amended Pre-natal Diagnostic techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act 1994 (PNDT Act) has made in mandatory that proper records are to be maintained by ultra sound clinics and
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Experts call for alternative anti-malaria drug
The commonly prescribed anti-malaria medicine 'Chloroquine' which has been used to fight against the epidemic of malaria in the entire northern part of Nalbari district of Assam, has now failed to
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3500 villages hit by fluorosis
Over 3,500 villages in the Madhya Pradesh state are affected with fluorosis- a disease which causes deformity in teeth and bones due to extra content of fluoride in potable water. And this when
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Eat now, play later
A chocolate company is just the latest brand to court controversy by its marketing to school kids in Britain. There has been an outcry after it was revealed that, under the 'Get Active' chocolate