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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Just one child, say Delhiites
Move over China, Delhiites are buying into the one-child norm without the coercion. According to the Delhi government's department of family welfare, the average fertility rate in Delhi families is
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Unauthorized hydrants' unfit water on sale
Private water tankers doing roaring business in the water-starved localities are playing havoc with the health of people as they are drawing water from hydrants operating unlawfully in Karachi
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Population reaches 146.5m: NA told
Pakistan's population touched 146.5 million mark in January 2003, the National Assembly was told in a written statement. Out of the total figure of 146.5 million, the population of Islamabad is
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Infant, minor girl die due to expired vaccine
An infant and a minor girl died while over 15 other children fell unconscious after they were administered a dose of expired vaccine against six diseases by a team of local health department at Allo
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State has maximum number of filariasis:
After dengue fever, malaria and leptospyrosis, now it is filariasis which is going ot take its toll on the public health system of Kerala. A recent survey conducted by the Health Directorate as part
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Asthmatic children react to 'Moderate' pollution
Children with severe asthma start suffering from symptoms even at what are now considered to be acceptable levels of air pollution, U.S. researchers reported. Ozone, created by traffic, industry and
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Two-child norm Bill for MPs, MLAs?
The Centre is all set to revive the controversial two child norm Bill for MPs and MLAs in the coming session of Parliament. The Bill, first introduced in the Rajya Sabha in 1992, is pending a
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Vaccination stopped in Sialkot
The Sialkot district (Pakistan) government ordered immediate suspension of vaccination to children in the district after the death of two infants due to the use of expired vaccine by a health
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Karachi, Kotri getting polluted water
The Kotri Association of Trade and Industry has made no serious efforts to establish a plant to treat effluent of industrial units with the result the people of Kotri and different parts of Karachi
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Plan for biological control of vectors
In the backdrop of the recent epidemic outbreak which claimed nearly 150 lives in Kerala and the threat of another outbreak in the coming months, the Health Directorate has planned biological control