R. Krishna Kumar<br /><br />MYSORE: Renowned food scientist and former Director of Central Food Technological Research Institute H.A.B. Parpia has called for effective food storage measures to prevent losses and ensure food for all.<br />
Multiple micronutrient deficiencies are highly prevalent among preschool children and often lead to anemia and growth faltering. Given the limited success of supplementation and health education programs, fortification of foods could be a viable and sustainable option.
<p>Adults living in the sunny Australian climate are at high risk of skin cancer, but vitamin D deficiency (defined here as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) concentration of less than 50 nmol/L) is
This is the first Human Development Report of Andhra Pradesh. The state has several unique features-development of participatory institutions, innovative poverty alleviation programs, spectacular demographic transition, pursuit of
<p>In 2001, then-Surgeon General David Satcher issued a landmark statement that obesity had reached epidemic proportions in America. The country began to react, but slowly.
In order to ensure two crops aseason as also lucrative cultivation and improvement in soil nutrition, rice shoudl be replaced by irrigated dry (ID) crops during rabi season, minister for agriculture
The ongoing conflict between India's Maoist rebels and the government across states in the east and centre of the country has displaced thousands of people. Refugees living in camps and settlements face a multitude of health problems.
The SDGs offer a "major improvement" over their predecessors, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, this report by the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social
Arijit Barman / Mumbai July 22, 2010, 0:48 IST New commercials from mid-August to bridge trust deficit, but the jury is out on whether these will work. Anil Aggarwal Metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources has been on a corporate social responsibility overdrive for long. It
Seven major food and beverage (F&B) companies today announced a common commitment towards responsible marketing to children. The signatories include Coca-Cola, General Mills, Kellogg
Swaraj Thapa After the focus on the Food Security Act and Communal Harmony Bill, the National Advisory Council (NAC) will next give attention to upliftment of tribals including ways to integrate schemes for their development in UPA
Climate change, a creation of mankind has brought many ills to the world, but a solution is not far off as long as a concerted effort involving all countries is made to protect the environment sooner than later, Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said. Addressing media personnel at a seminar conducted to mark
A Planning Commission survey has found startling lapses in the celebrated Mid Day Meal programme of the government.
The three waves of devastating floods in India's north state of Assam this year have left nearly 1.8 million children, along with their families, displaced, an assessment done by an NGO Save the Children,
I am an ardent admirer of our union minister for Woman and Child Development. She has a mind of her own and I have seen men cringe in their seats when she gets going in her speeches.
P. Sainath The official line is simple. Since we cannot afford to feed all the hungry, there must only be as many hungry as we can afford to feed.
Unable to get an exemption for the cooking gas cylinders used for the Mid-Day Meal Scheme in the wake of a steep hike in the prices of domestic gas, Union Human Resource Minister Kapil Sibal has suggested that the Petroleum Ministry consider providing subsidised LPG cylinders for the current fiscal year. “It might be preferable at this point to provide for subsidy as earlier for the LPG cylinders, instead of seeking approval for an increase in cooking cost which would necessitate revisiting allocation for the Mid-Day Meals Scheme and seeking Parliamentary approvals for the increased allocation,
<p>Food security has been a cause of concern for the Indian economy as the physical and economic access to food with adequate calorie content from different sources has been on the wane over time. The per capita net availability of cereals and pulses declined from 510 gms per day in 1991 to 436 gms in 2008 as per data thrown by the Economic Survey, Government of India, 2009-10.</p>
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday launched the Jan Ahaar Yojana to ensure full nutritious meal twice a day to hundreds of persons at Rs 15 per meal across the city from seven Jan Ahaar Centres. Ms Dikshit inaugurated a Jan Ahaar Centre at the Asaf Ali Road.
The GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology has unveiled 11 hybrids of different crops developed as part of the crop improvement programme of the university. These crops include two varieties
