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
India
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THAILAND
In a bid to end illegal import of wood, customs and forest officials in Thailand will work together to monitor log movements. They will supervise import and transport of logs and will identify
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Safe X rays
Reseachers at Toshiba's laboratory are developing a safer alternative to X-rays. This new approach called terahertz pulse imaging (tpi) relies on terahertz pulses, also known as millimetre waves,
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SOUTH AFRICA
Sosobala Mbatha, South Africa's most famous traditional healer, will share his knowledge of Zulu indigenous medicine with his counterparts in the us . Mbatha has been invited to New York by
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Simulating touch
The next step in computer simulations may be touch. A new device developed at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh will now let computer users feel and manipulate 3-D objects on a computer
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GUATEMALA
At least one person was killed and 27 others injured when a powerful earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked central America in the second week of July. Power lines and houses
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UNITED NATIONS
A newly-formed organisation in Bangladesh, Forum for Arsenic Patients (fap), has threatened to sue the United Nations Children's Fund (unicef) for compensation on behalf of millions of
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Jaundice epidemic
delhi is in the grip of a jaundice epidemic with over 300 cases of the disease reported so far. Of these, 140 had to be admitted to various hospitals for treatment. Delhi health minister A
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Tiger safari awaits help
the only tiger safari park in north India, set up in Ludhiana in 1993 is facing paucity of funds. Officials are awaiting a grant of Rs 10 lakhs to meet expenses. "We are being able to provide
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FLY ASH DAMPING
The Delhi High Court has asked the Union government to issue a final notification on the proper utilisation of fly ash discharged by thermal power stations in the country. A division bench
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REHABILITATION COMMITTEES
The Bombay High Court ordered setting up of three committees to monitor rehabilitation of those who encroached on parts of the Sanjay Gandhi National Park at Borivili. A division bench