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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MCD on 24-hour dengue alert
Following the rise in number of dengue cases in the Capital, Commissioner Rakesh Mehta today informed that the MCD will take preventive measures to bring the situation under control. The MCD has set
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Can Of Worms
Subsequent to the contaminated mineral water and cola controversies, this newspaper had editorially predicted the emergence of increased activism on the part of consumers over food safety issues.
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Gutkha ban in Gujarat will now be stricter
After a prolonged delay, the Gujarat State government finally gave directions to strictly implement the ban on consuming tobacco and gutkha in public places as per the Supreme Court directions to all
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Aliens smoking out Marlboro Man
Marlboro Man has a new reason to worry. Americans are not only smoking less, they are also smoking fewer US- made cigarettes than ever before. One out of every 20 sticks sold in the USA is foreign.
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Gates releases $ 67.5 m to fight AIDS in India
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced the release of its first grant worth $67.5 million for AIDS prevention in India. The Foundation also announced a commitment of another $100 million to
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Fifty dengue cases per day
At least 50 dengue cases have been reported daily in the testing labs here in the past week and about 150 dengue patients are being treated in private and Government hospitals in the Capital. Chief
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India's AIDS vaccine to be tested on humans
Pune-based National AIDS Research Institute would carry out, by the end of this year or early next year, the country's first HIV,AIDS "candidate' vaccine Phase-I clinical trial on healthy human
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The chocolate story: No clear norms on storage
This may come as bitter truth to chocolate-lovers
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757 cases reported so far
The number of dengue cases reported in the city increased to 757. The MCD control room has so far received intimation of only one suspected case of dengue from Jamia Nagar. Meanwhile, MCD has
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RWAs blame MCD for dengue cases
After complaints that private nursing homes and hospitals had refused to admit dengue patients, Delhi government's health department and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to