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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Ban on sale of water pouches
The Uttar Pradesh state government has put a strict ban on the sale of pouches of water. ADM of Kanpur city, told that anyone caught selling these pouches will be strictly punished. These pouches
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SARS cure found, claims Sagar botanist
Dr Ajay Shankar Mishra, Reader in Botany department, Sagar University, Madhya Pradesh has claimed to have found herbal cure of the dreaded disease, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which has
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The new scourge
Given the recent experience of the Chinese government trying to come clean on the extent of the spread of the Sars virus, it is perhaps time to modify Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's famous dictum that
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Suspected SARS case in Bathinda
Mr Jagdish Rai Sharma, a 47 year old guard in the Indian Railways, was admitted to the Civil hospital on suspicion of Severe Actue Respiratory Syndrome(SARS). "The Civil Hospital has taken various
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Health Ministry to chalk out counter-SARS plan
Taking serious cognisance of four confirmed cases of SARS in the country the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has decided to chalk out an action plan to tackle the killer disease in consultation
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Mutation discovery raised fears over developing vaccine
China's top genomics institute discovered that the Sars virus was mutating rapidly when it independently sequenced its genetic blueprint, raising new fears about developing a vaccine to combat it.
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Avoid Toronto, Beijing: WHO
Travellers should avoid Toronto, Beijing and China's Shanxi province because of the danger of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), the World Health Organisation said. In the global health
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HK SARS toll crosses 100
Six new SARS deaths were reported pushing Hong Kong's toll past 100, health officials said. The new fatalities, including three people with pervious chronic illnesses, brought the total here to 105.
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Canada toll rises to 15
A 64-year-old man is the latest vicitm to die from the flu-like SARS virus in Canada, lifting the death toll to 15, health officials said. In Canada, the only country outside Asia where people have
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Nasal flu vaccine to be approved soon
Every year, millions of people, many of them elderly, roll up their sleeves for sometimes painful flu shots. Now the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected soon to approve a painless