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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Scandalous sex ratio
Gender discrimination is not new in India. But what is revealed in the latest census data on the skewed child sex ration is shameful. The country as a whole had only 927 girls to every 1,000 boys in
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Dengue hits UP, almost 350 cases reported
Uttar Pradesh is in the grip of the dengue scare with more than 350 cases of the epidemic being reported from various parts of the state. In Lucknow, 51 cases of dengue have been reported so far and
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New drug could prevent symptoms of flu: Study
A drug that prevents all the symptoms of flu, from high fever to a stuffy nose, could be available within five years as a result of research by British scientists. A study at Imperial College,
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Separated twin sits for first time
One of the separatd Egyptian twins sat up for the first time in his life and a medical team i Dallas was set to remove his brother from a mechanical ventilator, doctors have
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New dengue cases belie MCD claims
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi seems tobe living in a fool's parade. Even as 111 new dengue cases and anotehr death due to dengue were reported in Delhi today, the municipal commissioner, Mr
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End to flu misery within five years?
A drug that prevents all the symptoms of flu, from high fever to a stuffy nose, couldbe available within five years as a result of research by British scientists. A study at Imperial College, London,
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Outbreak of cholera causes concern
Alarmed at the outbreak of cholera-like disease in some parts of Assam State, particularly in tea estates and char areas, the State health authority has pulled up its socks to arrest spread of the
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Care as important as prevention for HIV, says Sushma
In a significant shift of focus in the war against AIDS, health minister Sushma Swaraj has emphasised that care is as important as prevention. Addressing the MPs on her ministry's consultative
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India should have 35 million more women
With a deficit of 35 million women reported in the 2001 census compared to the three million in 1901, India cannot afford to wait till the next census in 2011 to determine whether the growing
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Jayalalithaa launches anti-rubella campaign
A campaign to administer the rubella vaccine to young women was inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Jayalalithaa, at the Secretariat in Chennai on Friday. She offered the vaccine kits to 10