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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Campaign to make Thrikkakara panchayat rat-free to be launched
Even as the garbage disposal programme is gaining momentum in Thrikkakara grama panchayat, Kerala, authorities are planning to launch yet another campaign to make the panchayat the first ever
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Ministry enforces anti-smoking law
The Pakistan education ministry endorsed the notification issued by the health ministry on implementation of the anti-smoking ordinance. An official announcement issued stated that the education
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Epidemics spread to coastal belt in Kannur
Viral, dengue and rat fevers, which have already claimed more than a dozen lives in Kannur district, Kerala, are now spreading to the coastal belt. Scores of people from the coastal villages hit by
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Obesity in children blame it on sweetened drinks
Too much soda and other sugar filled drinks make children fat. That is the message of a two month study by nutritionists at Cornell
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Epidemic outbreak: Ayurveda, homeopathic doctors chalk out strategy
Ayurvedic and homeopathic doctors in Kozhikode district in Kerala are making efforts to fight the epidemic outbreak in the district. The doctors of the Ayurvedic Department in the district met at an
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Measures taken to check spread of brain fever
In light of 65 deaths in six districts of Andhra Pradesh in the last few days due to Japanese Encephalitis(brain fever) the state government has taken preventive steps to arrest the spread of the
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Kerala thinks big on biotechnology
Kerala is planning a roadmap for biotechnology to tap the state's huge potential in medicinal and aromatic plants. The state capital saw pharmaceutical experts, manufacturers and academics gather at
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Rs 5 crore Central assistance sought to tackle epidemics
The Kerala State Government had sought Rs 5 crore from the Centre to tackle the spread of epidemics like dengue fever, Health Minister P Sankaran told the Assembly. Replying to questions, Sankaran
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Herb offers cure for malaria
Scientists from the Desert Medicine Research Centre in Jodhpur, Rajasthan have found that extracts from the roots and fruit of the herb Indian nightshade, whose scientific name is Solanum
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Arsenic in water, 350 m in Ganga basin face risk
It's water, water everywhere in Semaria (bhojpur), but every drop that the people here drink drags them closer to death. Ground water, the only source of drinking water here, has a high content of