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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Change in cycles
Disasters occur in cycles, suggests a recent study. A discovery by resear chers at the National Geophysical Research Institute in Hyderabad, lends force to their earlier finding that geological and
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'Rice'ing fortunes
PREDICTIONS of the Union ministry of agriculture foresee India as the third biggest rice exporter in the world in the next financial year after the us and Thailand. It is estimated that
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After the ban
practitioners of Ayurveda in India have been hit by the recent ban imposed by the Union government on the use of endangered varieties of medicinal herbs. The order prohibits exports of such
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Ban on blood donation
in the wake of a large number of complaints over the quality of blood supplied by the government and private blood banks for transfusion, a ban will be issued on professional blood donation from
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New website on health
for the netizens in India there is some great news. A new website on health has been launched as part of an Indo-Canadian project. The website, www.galaxyofhealth.com , is being
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Pleasure island
andaman and Nicobar Islands intends to promote "high-value low-volume eco- friendly tourism' in a big way. The administration is wooing private entrepreneurs to develop resorts, introduce
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Dwindling numbers
dolphins in Brahmaputra river are dying. A recent census conducted in the Guwahati-Bangladesh region has found that the dolphin ( Platanista gangetica) population in the Brahmaputra river system
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Project stalled
THE SUBANSIRI hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh may not take off as the ministry of environment and forests feels it will cause irreparable damage to the biodiversity of the region. This contrasts
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Smaller households=Greater consumption
a trend towards smaller households is threatening biodiversity around the world, a new study finds. Both in deve loped and developing countries, multi-generational living arrangements are
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Ragi is back but only as exotica
No body knows for sure how the ragi bandwagon started, but all of a sudden the urban elite became curious about the grain. Today, it is being minutely scrutinised by a few truth seekers while eateries make a beeline for its cuisine