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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Dengue strikes 377, including AIIMS doc
An All India Institute of Medical Sciences doctor ailing from dengue suffered a brain haemorrhage. The killer fever has afflicted over 377 persons in the city so far. Bibekanand Mohanty, a
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Now chocolates under scrutiny
The finding of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) department of Maharashtra that there were some
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Dengue under control in Noida: Officials
Uttar Pradesh (UP) health officials are claiming that there is no dengue in UP. Asked about the scores of cases reported in Noida and Ghaziabad by local hospitals and the district medical
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191 more cases of dengue reported
The number of reported dengue cases have spiralled from 377 to 568 within a day, the highest ever since 1997 when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi's health department registered 316 cases. One
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Just one child, say Delhiites
Move over China, Delhiites are buying into the one-child norm without the coercion. According to the Delhi government's department of family welfare, the average fertility rate in Delhi families is
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Unauthorized hydrants' unfit water on sale
Private water tankers doing roaring business in the water-starved localities are playing havoc with the health of people as they are drawing water from hydrants operating unlawfully in Karachi
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Population reaches 146.5m: NA told
Pakistan's population touched 146.5 million mark in January 2003, the National Assembly was told in a written statement. Out of the total figure of 146.5 million, the population of Islamabad is
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Infant, minor girl die due to expired vaccine
An infant and a minor girl died while over 15 other children fell unconscious after they were administered a dose of expired vaccine against six diseases by a team of local health department at Allo
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State has maximum number of filariasis:
After dengue fever, malaria and leptospyrosis, now it is filariasis which is going ot take its toll on the public health system of Kerala. A recent survey conducted by the Health Directorate as part
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Asthmatic children react to 'Moderate' pollution
Children with severe asthma start suffering from symptoms even at what are now considered to be acceptable levels of air pollution, U.S. researchers reported. Ozone, created by traffic, industry and