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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Measles outbreak claims three lives in Doti
At least three children, aged below five, died and more than 250 others werereported affected by the outbreak of measles in Girchauka Village Development Committee
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Palghar tribals learn 'pure' science from school kids
A handful of students from a school in Mira Road last week engaged in a day's field work that could arm tribals in Thane against microbes that cause out-breaks of water-borne diseases.The students of
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Gastro-enteritis claims 8 lives in Garo hills
Lack of safe drinking water, proper hygiene, and medical facilities have led to the death of eight persons from gastroenteritis disease in the West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, since January,
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Build boom outstrips rise in population
Construction of houses in Calcutta and elsewhere in West Bengal between 1991 and 2001 outstrips the growth in population, says a census report. Vikram Sen, director of Census Operations, Bengal, said
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Arsenic victims and case against BGS in London
The case against the British Geological Survey (BGS) is, it was negligent in not testing for arsenic when it conducted a pilot project assessing ground water in central and north-eastern Bangladesh
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Manhunt in HK as virus infects more
Hong Kong police launched a manhunt on Friday for hundreds of people who were exposed to a deadly respiratory virus as World Health Organisation (WHO) experts tried to nail down the disease's source
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Ranbaxy ready with new SARS test kit
Pathological laboratory SRL Ranbaxy has introduced new and validated test panels to help doctors and health bodies arrive at specific diagnosis of acute respiratory illnesses that resembles Severe
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Bhopal cases are not SARS, says Govt
The government on Friday urged people not to panic about the deadly new lung infection, which has infected 18 countries so far, as no cases had so far been reported in India. Reacting to reports of
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Delhi-born doc develops TB test
In a potentially revolutionary medical advance, the world's very first diagnostic blood test for Tuberculosis (TB) has been unveiled here by an Oxford scientist originally from Delhi. The Elispot
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'India will play crucial role in bulk drugs market by 2005'
It is not correct to say that there will be no life for the pharma industry after 2005 when the patent laws become more stringent since India is expected to become an important player in the drug