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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8 kids succumb to killer encephalitis
Eight children have succumbed to the killer encephalitis in three districts of the Marathwada region in Maharashtra since June 5, while three more children were admitted to Government Medical College
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Foot and mouth disease vaccination project begins
A project towards declaring Haryana "a disease free zone" for livestock has been started in eight districts of the state. These include Sonepat, Rohtak, Jhajjar, Jind, Sirsa, Bhiwani, Fatehabad and
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Viral fever toll rises in Nagpur
Even as the National Institute of Communicable Diseases team arrived for investigation into the viral encephalitis deaths in Vidarbha and adjoining areas, two more kids succumbed to viral
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Monsoon triggers water-borne diseases in Vadodara, Bharuch
Though monsoon has brought relief from oppressive heat, it has triggered cases of water-borne diseases which may take the form of an epidemic in both rural and urban areas of many regions in Gujarat.
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Malaria vaccine trial offers hope to children in Africa
Doctors in Mozambique will start testing a vaccine that promises to curb the spread of the biggest killer of African children. The Malaria Vaccine Initiative, a public-private partnership, plans to
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Kachariadih needs more than crutches
Kachariadih in Bihar's Nawada district goes by the epithet of "the village surviving on bamboo sticks", about 90 per cent of the population, including 50 children, are crippled and cannot walk
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The new money plants
West Bengal farmers switch to alternative crops and reap the rewards. A few years ago, Palan Mondal of Bhaluka in North 24 Parganas broke a farming tradition in West Bengal when he switched from rice
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Health is wealth
A former banker finds the mother lode in medicinal plants. Among those who swear by the herb is Rajaram Tripathi, 40, a former banker. The plant's utility for him, however is not its restorative
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Rains pose health hazard to Nadiad schoolchildren
For nearly 8,000 children of the two main schools of Nadiad town of Gujarat, monsoon rains have come as a bane rather than a boon. The local municipality is apathetic to the problems caused by
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Skewed sex ratio causes concern
Since the past five decades the percentage of women in Gujarat state's population is declining. Gujarat's population growth in the decade between 1991 and 2001 in 22.3% which is above the national