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
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
NATIVE REMEDY: Pune-based Bio Ved Pharma (BVP) is all set to make its mark in the Indian pharmaceuticals market, with the launch of its first Ayurvedic drug artrex in February next year. BVP is a 100
By studying a gene causing a taste anomaly in fruit flies, researchers are trying to interpret the working patterns of the human brain
Bhutanese forest officials recently undertook a special workshop in Thimphu, on newer aspects of forest management. Thirty-three plans, which cover an area of 381,475 ha, have so far been prepared
The deadly ebola virus has struck again. It has already claimed 16 lives in Gabon and going by the widespread cases of haemmorhagic fever in the region, the World Health Organization has declared it
Fever that follows viral infection is believed to be a defence mechanism of the body. High temperature is thought to harm virus more than the host. However, researchers at the University of Oxford,
A simple procedure helps in the conversion of surplus fodder during the monsoons into hay, which can help overcome fodder shortage in the summer and winter months
and lo, what is being wasted can be utilised by rural communities for larger benefits
AT A recent meeting of the American Heart Association in New Orleans, researchers report that a safer and better alternative to aspirin has been manufactured to inhibit heart attacks and strokes.
A RUSSIAN space probe to Mars which lifted off on schedule on November 16 from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, crashed into the southern Pacific Ocean, west of South America, near the Easter
A solar fruit-and-grain drying system has been developed by the Farm Machinery Institute at Islamabad, Pakistan, for better conservation of fruits and vegetables. The new drying system contains eight