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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Turbid water being supplied to many areas
Various parts of Karachi city have been getting muddy water for a fortnight. Describing the quality of water currently being supplied to various parts of the metropolis as 'unhygienic' and 'impure' ,
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Nawabshah prone to water-borne disease
A large number of people in this district have been suffering from water-borne disease and doctors have attributed the cause to the contaminated water being supplied from Gujra Wah. Dr Ali Akbar
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All bottled water may not be pure
The Delhi state government's prevention of food adulteration department has detected adulteration in seven samples of bottled water. These samples were picked from various places in the
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Water in Murree unfit for human consumption
Water available in Murree (Pakistan) has been found to be contaminated and as such unfit for human consumption, a report of the tests, conducted by the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED),
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Babies living in apartments vulnerable to rickets
Paediatricians in Karachi (Pakistan) have warned parents about the increased risk to their kids of falling victims to rickets caused due to lack of adequate exposure to sunlight. The data recently
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91 pc of Nepalis use iodised salt
Nepal ranks in second position among SAARC member countries in terms of the use of iodised salt. About 91 per cent of people of Nepal consume iodised salt compared to 97 percent of people of Bhutan
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High amount of arsenic in water of Terai
Following the report on the presence of arsenic, a harmful chemical in drinking waters in the districts of Lumbini zone, (Nepla) Lumbini Zone Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Project (LZRDWSP) in
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2002 anti-tobacco global award for NCRS
The World Health Organisation has chosen Nepal along with Thailand and Indonesia as the recipients of the 2002 Global Award for Anti -Tobacco Campaigns and Initiatives. The prestigious award and the
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'Contaminated ' water scares slum dwellers
Even as residents of the local Gandhi camp and adjoining localities are up in arms against the local Municipal Corporation for the supply of "contaminated " drinking water in the area, the health
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Karnataka Government not to ban gutka for now
The Chief Minister, S.M. Krishna, on Tuesday promised a delegation of the Karnataka State Arecanut Growers Association, growers organisations and arecanut trading institutions that the Government