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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Under the umbrella
A residential school in Chamtagora has relieved the anxieties of migrant workers native to the area, who spend most of the year away from their children
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The faces of malaria
Malaria varies with the type of parasite or vector involved, the level of resistance and eco-epiderniological considerations: TRibAL MALARIA Generally prevalant in the tribal areas of deep
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Riding the waves
SPUTTERlNG growth has been a characteristic feature of the world economy in recent times. Yet there are encouraging indicators of a major upswing that can sustain it over a relatively long
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Life cycle of P falciparum
Life-cycle of P falciparum
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Dial tol free
The 'innocent-looking' telephone directory has been the target of the ire of US environmentalists. Recently, they had much to cheer about when the city council of Santa Monica, California,
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Water of contention
In the 1996 ninth general elections in India, water as an issue figured prominently in at least nine states. Among them all, Nalgonda in the Telengana region in Andhra Pradesh takes the cake.
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Not of the same feather
Scientists have recently discovered that certain disorders do not seem to go well with malaria. One such finding shows that sickle cell anaemia patients are resistant to cerebral malaria.
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Lying in ambush
The contagious TB bacillus, present in a state of dormancy in many of us, is raising its ugly head again, upsetting all the currently practised modes of stopping it
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Boost to protected areas
Wildlife management and protection in India warrants a separate ministry, says a committee recommendation
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Under the lens
Mycobacteria make daunting subjects for study. In contrast to the more commonly used organism for molecular biological research, the E Coli, which produces a visible colony in about eight hours,