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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AIDS cases on rise in the Northeast
Due to the shortage of anti-retroviral drugs in the Northeast, the menace of AIDS is on the rise in the region. Though the northeastern region accounts for less than 3% of the country's over one
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Factory preparing unhygenic ice sealed
With Summers setting in, risks of waterborne diseases have increased. Apart from drinking water, residents have to be beware of ingredients mixed in the cold drinks sold across Indore city. In the
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Practise vegetarianism to prevent cancer: Governor
Governor Sikander Bakht exhorted people to practise vegetarianism to prevent dreaded diseases like cancer. He was in Thrissur, Kerala to inaugurate the silver jubilee valedictory function of Amala
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Directives issued to Nagaon health officials
Following the reported outbreak of malaria in high-risk areas of Nagaon district of Assam that claimed three lives recently, the Joint Director of Health and Family Welfare has directed medical
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Typhoid again raises its head in Kochi
A total of 23 persons are undergoing treatment for typhoid in various hospitals in Ernakulam district of Kerala with one new case at the Government Hospital, Fort Kochi. Maharaja's Hospital,
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Ranbaxy gets FDA clearance
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd announced that it has received tentative US FDA approval for manufacturing and marketing of fluconazole in 50 mg, 100 mg, 150 mg, and 200 mg, tablets. Fluconzaole tablet is
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Health ministers to meet on SARS
Asia-Pacific health ministers will meet here next month to assess efforts to combat the deadly SARS virus and revive business confidence, Thailand said. Ministers from the 21 economies of the
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AIIMS Prof to receive WHO award
Dr K Srinath Reddy, a senior professor of cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), has been chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for his contribution to global
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SARS: China trying to rekindle spirit of 50s
In a throwback to its patriotic sanitation campaigns of the1950s, Chinese Communists are waging a "people's war" on curbing the spread of SARS here and the rest of the country. Chinese leaders have
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Lonely ship-breakers sitting atop ticking AIDS bomb
Alang, the world's biggest ship-breaking yard, may be a ticking AIDS bomb, waiting to explode. So far, 75 confirmed HIV cases have been reported in Bhavnagar's (Gujarat) Sir T Hospital