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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Five times vaccinated but still failed
One and a half year old son of Mohammad Aslam, living in Shaukat Ali Park, Kanpur, got vaccinated with polio drops five times. But still he contracted with the disease. This has been clarified by the
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135 dead due to malaria, 350 more affected
Due to malaria and Japanese fever, 135 people have died and more than 300 people are admitted in the hospital in Assam. These deaths have occurred within one month. To overcome this epidemic, central
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Womb raiders
Census 2001 continues to spring unpleasant surprises on us. First, the startling evidence of 'missing' girl children in Punjab and Haryana. Now, proof of female foeticide in posh Delhi colonies, how
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Price war to hit anti-heaptitis drive
As the government proposes to include hepatitis B vaccine in the compulsory universal immunisation programme (UIP), a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the market with the entry of new players and
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Polio strikes 17 children in Murshidabad
As many as 17 children in Murshidabad district (West Bengal) have been stricken with polio. The family planning department's commissioner, Mr RPS Kahlon, held an emergency meeting at the circuit
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Court seeks details of water treatment plants
The Rajasthan High Court has directed the State Government to furnish definite information about the installation of water treatment plants in Sirohi district and the arrangement for their
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Gastro strikes sewerage water finds way into taps
The outbreak of gastroenteritis at Phaggu Mohalla and Phagwari Mohalla in the Garha locality, is a signal to the authorities concerned that a similar situation may also occur in a few other
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15 dead due to malaria and viral fever
Fifteen people have died due to malaria and viral fever in Kharod village in Janjgir district of Chhattisgarh.
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AIDS worsens African food crisis
AIDS is having a devastating impact on efforts to counter a severe food shortage threatening nearly 15 million people in southern Africa, a senior UN official said.
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Unicef to probe anti-polio drive 'failure'
A Unicef team will probe into the 'failure' of the anti-polio vaccination campaign in the Jhang district. (Pakistan) Sources said that two senior officials of the Unicef would reach Jhang in a couple