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. …
M.S.Swaminathan launches Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills Nutrition rich: Member of Parliament M.S.Swaminathan launches the Ragi Malt of Kolli Hills at a function in M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai on Tuesday. CHENNAI: Agricultural scientist and Member of Parliament M.S.Swaminathan on Tuesday suggested that the government consider including small millets that are …
Paints in general are differentiated into decorative or architectural paints and industrial paints. Lead is used in paints mainly as colouring agents. Lead is also used to make paints more durable and corrosion resistant. Lead based paint in older houses has long been associated with elevated blood lead in children …
SHILLONG: The State Government will press the Centre to implement the midday meal (MDM) scheme from the current financial year (2009-2010) onwards at the meeting of the Programme Approval Board (PAB) in New Delhi on May 8. The MDM scheme has not been implemented in Meghalaya since October 2008 because …
This WHO annual health report looks at 100 statistics provided by 193 member countries. This year it provides the first assessment of MDGs progress and reveals that deaths of children aged under five years have dropped by 27% globally since 1990. World Health Statistics 2009 contains WHO
The South Korean government has said it has found cancer-causing chemicals in 79 products made for babies and children. The confirmation comes after inspectors checked 534 products sold by large discount outlets, specialised toy shops, and online shopping malls, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (Kats) said. The agency …
April 22: At least 27 students of a senior secondary school in south Delhi were admitted to a hospital on Wednesday after they complained of uneasiness and pain. The students had consumed school-provided midday meal that was allegedly prepared under unhygienic conditions, which resulted in food poisoning. The police has …
New Delhi: Thirty-two students of a Delhi government-aided school fell sick on Wednesday after consuming food served as mid-day meal. The police said they received a call around noon about the incident at Baba Nebhraj School in Lajpat Nagar I. The school authorities said just after the meal the students …
Malnutrition has assumed alarming proportions in the State but in spite of the grave situation government has not made significant efforts in this direction. Earlier Women and Child Development Department of the State had sanctioned a paltry sum of Rs 2.70 per day for a malnourished child and this amount …
NEW DELHI: Over 30 children of a government-aided school in the Capital fell ill after eating the mid-day meal on Wednesday. They were rushed to Safdarjung Hospital from where they were discharged after treatment. The incident took place at Baba Nebraj Secondary School in Lajpat Nagar when the children were …
Ahmedabad: One child died and ten others were critical after they consumed spurious soft drink at Chainapura in New Ranip on Wednesday. The children felt drowsy after having the spurious drink and had severe bouts of vomiting and dysentery, Bharti Amin, a 108 emergency ambulance official said. "We got a …
SHILLONG: The Centrally sponsored midday meal (MDM) scheme for school-going children has not been implemented in Meghalaya since October 2008 because of non-release of the State's quota of rice by the Union Government. "Implementation of the MDM scheme has been disrupted since October 2008 because the Ministry of Human Resource …
New Delhi: Even as it pledges to guarantee food for the vulnerable in its manifesto, the Congress-led government has on the sly tried one last ploy to push the case of contractors and middlemen in supplying nutrition to eight crore poor children under the Integrated Child Development Scheme. The proposition …
Fast food and soft drinks may be fattening children but they are also making them merrier, a new study has found. One way of tackling childhood obesity effectively is to reduce their consumption of unhealthy food and drink, and keeping them happy in other ways, according to Hung-Hao Chang from …
80 children fall unconscious after playing festival of colours jayalakshmi Kore, a six-year-old girl living with her parents in the central suburb of Ambernath, Thane, complained of stomach ache and fell unconscious after playing with colours on the day of Holi, March 11. She started frothing at the mouth and …
Given the widespread iron deficiency, countries are looking at promoting iron supplements Sreelatha Menon / New Delhi April 12, 2009, 0:03 IST Given the fact that iron deficiency is widespread, coupled with the belief that breast-fed babies don
