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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The Mount Kare story
MOUNT Kare towers 2,750 metres in the midst of the jagged limestone mountains of the central range. Peter Ryan, author of a book on the Mount Kare gold rush, says the mountain was too high, too wet,
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The right formula
Setting a global precedent, the Eighth Asian Congress of Paediatrics in the Capital refused to accept financial support from infant formula food companies. The congress president, R D Potdar, claimed
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The many faces of birthing
SINCE the birth of Louise Brown in 1978, the world's first test tube baby, several reproductive technologies have been developed:
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Stagnant numbers
Pathanamthitta district in Kerala may soon have the unique distinction of achieving zero population growth. A recent UNICEF-sponsored survey revealed the district has a birth rate of 5.3 per thousand
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The strength of the future
Composite materials, which can be tailored to specifications and strengths and ultimately replace even steel, have come of age in India.
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The colour of danger
The Papua New Guinean obsession for betel nut chewing is leading to a rise in oral cancers.
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Fishy goings on
Is something wrong with the fish species around the Andaman and Nicobar Islands? So would it seem, going by a recent decision of the environment and fisheries departments of the island to cultivate
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Proxy logging
Malaysia's hold on Papua New Guinea's forestry sector is seen as a front for Japanese interests.
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Tribals protest
Tribals in Chhotanagpur, living in questionable safety around the 188 sq km Netarhat Firing Range, are preparing to launch a protest movement against the proposed acquisition of their land by the
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Folk campaigners
Nothing brings more discomfort to modern vice than a scuffing from elderly tradition. Tribal folk performers are now being used by state government-sponsored cultural troupes in rural Andhra Pradesh