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. …
More than 80 students of Government Primary School, Chundipur, 12 km from here, were taken ill due to food poisoning and were rushed to a trauma centre. The school authorities could not prepare the mid-day meal today as there was no water for cooking and the kids were tempted to …
If you thought a school on the premises of a State Raj Bhavan would serve as one of the best examples of the success of implementation of the Government
The state Human Resource Development Department is revamping its midday meal scheme in order to provide a proactive role for the Saraswati Vahini responsible for cooking hygienic food for the children. Under its revised scheme the state has proposed training for mothers who make up Saraswati Vahinis in different phases …
NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State (Independent charge) for Women and Child Development Krishna Tirath on Thursday reiterated that only hot cooked, non-fortified food would be served under the Integrated Child Development Scheme and suggested setting up of a group of ministers (GoM) to decide on providing a cook, kitchen …
While school authorities have denied any food-poisoning incident at Our Lady of Mother of the Poor High School, Tilamol-Quepem, on September 30, a group of parents have continued to maintain that their children had fallen ill after eating the midday meals. In a letter to the Herald, School Manager Fr …
Mormugao Police on Thursday arrested Sree Saraswati Mahila Mandal Chief Urmila Salgaokar, after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed that the mid-day meals supplied to Yuvak Sangh High School Headland Sada, Vasco, on August 8 was not fit for consumption. It may be recalled that 18 students, all between …
QUEPEM: Eight primary students fell ill after eating mid-day meals at Our Lady of Poor High School, Tilamol-Quepem, on Wednesday, as substandard mid-day meals continued to torment students in the State for the third time in less than two months. According to reports, some students began complaining of stomachache, while …
Bibhuti Barik BHUBANESWAR: When it comes for a referral testing of food materials, chemical, medicine or any specific disease-causing agents, we tend to send samples to outside Orissa. However, after opening of the H1N1 testing facility at Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC) here, it seems, if there is proper coordination …
Gandhinagar: Keeping in view the high percentage of malnourished children in schools, the state government has decided to introduce fortified flour in the mid day meals supplied in government schools. Cabinet spokesperson and health and family welfare minister Jay Narayan Vyas said the fortified flour would be introduced on the …
The mid-day meal scheme has generated heat in the coastal belt of Calangute with parents and others complaining of poor quality meals. According to sources, the mid-day meal scheme of the State government has come under fire for poor quality of meals, where school children in the locality have been …
UNHEALTHY TREND: Kids take mid-day meal in very unhygienic environment with a dog around in a Phulbani school SALEPUR: Irked by the supply of rotten eggs in their mid-day meal (MDM) under the government scheme, students of different primary schools in Salepur, Mahanga and Nischintakoili blocks threw away the eggs …
Students enrolled in madrasas across the city will now be covered under the mid-day meal scheme, an incentive planned for them by the central government. The move is part of the Madrasa Modernisation Scheme aimed at mainstreaming children who attend these seminaries and helping them procure jobs later. Around 70 …
Does it take 20 days to analyse the contaminated mid-day meal that was supplied to a school in the port town? Parents of those students who felt ill after consuming the meal have expressed anger over the Food and Drugs Administration
PREPARATION of food in the open, engaging children for cooking and use of empty paint containers to serve meals are some of the shocking instances the country
JAYA JUMRANI : Mid-Day meal, US-style: An 11-year-old asks Barack Obama to ensure mangoes figure in school lunches. It is not just a cute issue. School lunches raise serious political economy questions in the US, particularly when the economy is in trouble. With record number of job losses and high …
On Saturday, 18 students of Std V and VI at the Yuvak Sangh High School, Headland Sada, Vasco, had to be rushed to hospital after consuming a stale mid-day meal consisting of bhaji pao. It was served to 23 students of Std V and 19 students of Std VI. Thankfully, …
