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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Sunday said her government was committed to making Delhi a diabetes-free Capital. Speaking at the launch of an urban slum health check-up scheme for diabetes and blood pressure at Baba Ramdev Park on Mehrauli-Badarpur Road, Ms. Dikshit said there was an urgent need …
All is set to continue the health, population and nutrition sector programme for the third consecutive time involving estimated Tk 25,000 crore as the second programme ends next June, health ministry officials said Wednesday. The first five-year Health and Population Sector Programme ran between 1998 and 2003 involving nearly Tk …
In its first significant move towards bringing about more transparency, the Health Ministry has decided to set up a company, with independent directors on board, to procure drugs and equipment to be distributed to state-run medicare centres. The ministry itself will maintain an arm
S V Krishnamachari | ENS Out of every 100 Indians, who tested positive for swine flu recently, 22 were from TN IT seems swine flu is fast catching up with Tamil Nadu. Out of every 100 Indians, who tested positive for swine flu recently, 22 were from TN. This marks …
With India having the highest number of oral cancer cases caused mostly by tobacco consumption and 8-9 lakh people killed due to the addiction, the Union Health Ministry has urged the Agriculture Ministry to draw up a long-term plan to find an alternative crop for all cultivators of tobacco so …
Sushanta Talukdar Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday launched the Morigaon Model District Health Project, Health Department's ambitious project, in collaboration with The Earth Institute, Columbia University, and the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Morigaon becomes the first district in the country to have started the …
Only 2 Out Of 8 Indian Brands Pass NIV Test Umesh Isalkar | TNN Pune: Despite loud promises that these gadgets suck out disease-causing bugs from drinking water, most purifiers sold across India do not completely eliminate waterborne viruses like Hepatitis E, says Pune-based National Institute of Virology. A study …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) will only deal with the safety and efficacy aspects of biotech products, leaving the controversial commercialisation aspect hanging in the air, according to the latest version of the BRAI Bill, 2010. The Bill, which was supposed to be introduced …
By Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Aug 29: With no respite from the diarrhoea epidemic in the mountainous and vast Doda district mainly caused by contaminated water, Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry is deputing its team to the district tomorrow to inspect water resources and suggest corrective measures to tackle the …
When 59-year-old Kuldip Chatwal (name changed) came to Ludhiana from his home in Sweden in November 2007, little did he know what was in store for him. A seemingly innocuous urinary tract infection took him to a Ludhiana hospital. A few days later, he was shifted to a hospital in …
Tighter Foreign Investment Control, Compulsory Licensing In The Offing Rupali Mukherjee & Prabhakar Sinha | TNN Mumbai: Government is considering to bring in tighter foreign investment control in the pharmaceutical sector and to implement compulsory licensing system to check high prices of patented drugs. It is also thinking to bring …
Aarti DharNEW DELHI: The Centre has sent a two-member team to Lucknow to probe the deaths of four infants after they were administered anti-measles vaccination at an immunisation camp in the Mohanlal Ganj area.
