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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WHO says 35% fake drugs made in India
Look before you pop a pill there is possibility that it may be spurious. And there're reasons to be alarmed: One in every four medicines is said to be a spurious drug, 35 per cent of the world's
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Diarrhoea grips post-flood Assam
The aftermath of floods have caused a frightening scene in Assam State with 60 official deaths in six districts due to diarrhoea. There have been 26 deaths in Nalbari, 15 in Jorhat, 7 in Morigaon, 6
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Supreme Court verdict
In a major ruling that could pave the way for enforcement of family planning norms for legislators, the Supreme Court has upheld a Haryana legislation barring a village Panchayat member from becoming
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L-G directs government to select new landfill sites
Lt-Governor Vijai Kapoor directed the Delhi Government to select five landfill sites in different parts of the Capital, as the present sites would be overflowing in few months. He also directed the
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L-G to civic bodies: Fight diseases
Lieutenant governor Vijay Kapoor has directed the civic agencies to gear up to stop the onslaught of water-born and vector-borne diseases in Delhi. The lieutenant-governor convened a meeting of civic
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Malnutrition, poor hygiene blamed for gastro cases
For the first time after the first gastro death was reported in the Capital city, Lucknow, docotors admitted that malnutrition and poor hygiene conditions along with an intake of contaminated water
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Special doctors to head out to India's villages
The Planning Commission is examining a proposal to introduce a three-year medical course to train physicians to serve exclusively in the rural areas. The proposal, still in the preliminary stage, has
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Ministry throws spanner in new food law move
The Union health ministry has thrown a spanner into attempts to evolve a unified food law in the country. The ministry has emphasised its desire to retain the directorate of prevention of food
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Law regressive & undemocratic
What qualifications would you expect your elected representative to have? Honesty, maybe, efficiency perhaps? However, family size has emerged as a primary qualification following a Supreme Court
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Peanuts cut heart risk
Consuming peanuts regularly can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease without weight gain, a Purdue University professor has claimed.