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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Outcry at Irish plan to ban smoking in pubs
The irish cabinet is at loggerheads over the health minister's plans to make Ireland the first country in the European Union to impose a ban on smoking in pubs, bars and
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Colgate-Palmolive to focus on rural, urban distribution
Colgate-Palmolive (India) Ltd said it will continue with new launches in personal and oral care and reinforce its distribution in rural as well as urban areas during the current fiscal. Since the
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Pizza hut bans smoking
Restaurant chain Pizza Hut has introduced a smoking ban in all its UK restaurants. The company has said that it hopes the move will protect customers and staff from the dangers of passive
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Eye flu virus identified
Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences have managed to identify the virus responsible for eye flu in the Capital. Dr H K Tiwari, chief of the Rajendra Prasad Opthalamic Centre at AIIMS
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Escorts package for farmers
The Escorts Heart and Super Speciality Institute, today launched the "Kisan Swasthya Yojna' to make the latest heartcare facilities available to
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Tea can keep cancer at bay
A few cups a day can keep cancer away, could be the new catchphrase for tea. The National Tea Research Foundation (NTRF) has emerged withtehfirst Indian research-based document that confirmed the
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The challenge of diabetes
Diabetes is a major public health concern as more and more people are falling prey to the disease in both the developed and the developing world. The World Health Organisation estimates the number of
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Colorado Hardest Hit by West Nile Virus
The West Nile virus has claimed a seventh victim in Colorado, which accounts for two-thirds of this year's deaths from the mosquito-borne virus, local officials said. All the fatal cases in Colorado
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State leaves donor in dark on HIV status
Six months after the central government allowed blood banks to disclose the HIV status of donors, Maharashtra hasn't been able to implement the path-breaking policy change. Tied down by a host of
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After Vardaan, DCC to bring non-tobacco gutka
Dalmia Consumer Care (DCC), the Rs 1,200-crore Dalmia Group's seven-month-old FMCG start-up, is looking at introducing its tobacco-less smoking product in