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
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
The BBC World Service is teaming up with Viacom, the world's largest media group, to launch the first pan African radio campaign aimed at combating HIV/Aids. The project reflects growing alarm at the
There are half million people with HIV in Caribbean, where the infection rate is the highest outside Africa. About 40000 adults and children in the Caribbean are believed to have died of the disease
Panic has gripped Pratap Nagar block of Tehri district, of Uttaranchal, where at least 15 people died and 600 others fell sick due to a mysterious viral fever, official sources said. Confirming the
A drug that starves tumours of oxygen and nutrients has prolonged the lives of patients with colorectal cancer in a clinical trial, providing what doctors said is the first convincing validation of
A contagious fever struck about one third of the population of Sasuvehalli, a small village near Hesarghatta on the outskirts of Bangalore, in the course of the last fortnight. While no life has been
The Railways will not allow any bottled water other than its own brand Rail Neer on trains and railway premises. This will come as a major setback for those brands which are being sold on trains and
Genetech, Sri Lanka's first private institute for molecular diagnostics and gene technology has announced a rapid laboratory test capable of determining whether a patient is infected with the
The cultivable wastelands and hilly terrain with temperate climate (below 30oC) in NE region have vast potential for cultivation of highly valued geranium
The US Senate passed a $15 bill aimed at slowing the Aids pandemic ravaging the world's poorest countries. The measure passed with bipartisan support. President George W. Bush made the bill a
Australian scientists reported a laboratory breakthrough that could help prevent a prevalent type of diabetes. The scientists of Melbourne's Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research said