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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Dhalao near DPS raises fever scare
A garbage dump barely 100 metres away from the Delhi Public School's (DPS) East of Kailash branch has raised more than just a stink.About 1,600 students and residents of neighbouring colonies in East
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New thrust vital to control population
Even as there are model in South like Kerala and Tamil Nadu, which have successfully brought down population growth rates by empowering masses throught grassroot social reforms, the Central
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29 fresh Dengue cases detected in Ghaziabad
The dreaded Dengue had spread its tentacles to the district of Ghaziabad, with at least 29 fresh cases detected in the district. District Magistrate Santosh Yadav admitted that 29 cases have been
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IIT prof discovers anti-ageing
A member of the faculty of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has claimed that he has found a formula to delay ageing. Dr Harmohinder Chawla, head of the Chemistry Department at the
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HIV/AIDS control programme soon
The Pakistan government is launching an enhanced HIV/AIDS control programme, spread over six years, to prevent HIV from vulnerable groups and spreading to the general adult population. This was
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Malaria rising in children
Cerebral malaria in children has risen considerably following the recent rains. Dr Aisha Mehnaz, a senior paediatrician and office-bearer of the Pakistan Paediatric Association (Sindh) informed APP
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Cancer doctors in U.S. increase the frequency of chemotherapy doses
Around the U.S. many breast-cancer doctors are beginning to make a simple change in the timing of chemotherapy that can produce dramatic results. Instead of giving patients cancer treatment every
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Japan finds possible new type of mad cow disease
Japanese scientists launched an investigation into a possible new strain of BSE, or
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Afghans tackle iodine deficiency
In the villages of Afghanistan, they call it the sadness sickness. Some say it is the water that causes the disease. But few people in Afghanistan really know what causes a goiter, the big, bulging,
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Stop! there's a time-bomb on your plate
When The Indian Express went shopping for vegetables, it returned with an excess baggage of toxins and bacteria. Sophisticated lab tests on the vegetables, reveal the extent of unchecked