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
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War, flu boost domestic tourism
The prolonged war in Iraq and the outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in Southeast Asia are likely to throw up an unlikely beneficiary: the domestic tourism industry. Industry
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WHO team reaches virus epicentre
A World Health Organisation team arrived in Southern China at the origin of a global virus outbreak, but said they still had no official guarantee of free entry to hospitals. In Hong Kong, which now
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Dikshit dreams of a Capital minus slums
Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit declared today that she would leave no stone unturned to make Delhi a world class city which would be clean, green and colourful
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Why epidemic still surprise us
At Novena Squre in central Singapore
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Casting wider net in asbestos cases
Even as the U.S. Congress debates limiting asbestos lawsuits, juries in New York and Illinois have reached two of the biggest verdicts yet in cases involving former workers, dying of asbestos-related
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RPG Life Sci launches 7 new medicines
RPG Life Sciences Ltd has launched seven new products, to capture a larger share of these markets in the country. 21These include Ceftobac (a combination of antibiotic Ceflxirne with lactobacillus to
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Directive on SARS
The Director General Health Services, Haryana, has asked all the civil surgeons to inform within 24 hours if any case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was detected in their respective
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Roche launches hepatitis C drug
Roche Scientific Company will operate in India in all spheres of research and development including basic research, in-licensing and conducting clinical trials for its products. "Six products from
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Anti-malaria drug prices cut
Treatment of malaria would be less expensive, with the government slashing the prices of almost all chloroquine phosphate-based formulations in the domestic market. However, low dose aspirin as a
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Plan of action for pneumonia virus check
The authorities at Calcutta airport and port have been put on high health alert to screen all new arrivals in the city. The government has decided to convene an urgent meeting at Medical College and