Nestle introduces new nutrition plan
Nestle India announced on Thursday the introduction of a Nestle Development Nutrition Plan for infant weaning, and launched its infant food brand, Cerelac 123, as a range of products graded to the
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Teri's new rapeseed mustard
It is a fat-burner, forex earner and nutrition provider. After a decade of research TERI has developed a new variety of rapeseed mustard which, it claims is more nutritious and produces oil that
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Centre spells out funds earmarked for child welfare
From now on, there will be little scope for states to gloss over the funds they get but don't spend on education, health, nutrition, development and protection of children. The Department of Women
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Biscuit that fights constipation
A new kind of nutritional biscuit called Fibomax has hit the market. Manufctured by Alkem, a leading pharmaceutical company, the biscuit is fibre enriched and has a
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Meet to promote ricebran oil as health product
With a view to spreading awareness about ricebran oil, particularly on technology, nutrition, health and marketing aspects, a national seminar will be held in Lucknow on July 13. Organised by the
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Raise a toast to the cuppa!
Considered only as a nutritional and flavoured beverage tea with its 12 functional components, is also a physiological function modulating drink, according to a study conducted by the Tea Research
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आपको बीमारी की तरफ धकेल रहा है Junk Food
सेंटर फॉर साइंस एंड एन्वायर्नमेंट की ताजा रिपोर्ट के मुताबिक भारत में बिक रहे ज्यादातर जंक फूड - जैसे चिप्स, पिज्जा, बर्गर, फ्राइज में तय मात्रा से ज्यादा नमक, फैट है। इसी पर एक चर्चा
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Why 'is the Junk Food' harmful to you?
A report by Centre for Science and Environment revealed that not just pizzas and burger, even the potato chips getting sold in the market by famous brands are harmful to you as well
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Healthy pinch
Centre to re impose ban on non iodised salt
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Pakistan State of Environment Report: The Monthly Overview, November, 2013
<p>The Global Climate Risk Index 2014 has ranked Pakistan among the three most affected countries worldwide for three consecutive years by climate-related catastrophes. Read more in this November 2013 edition of the Monthly Pakistan State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share.</p>
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Seeding the seas?
Sprinkling powdered iron into the ocean may help reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide
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Finally
Final product norms on soft drinks as a distinct category
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Starving children
about 80,000 children in north Korea are in immediate danger of dying from hunger and disease and another 80,000 are suffering from malnutrition. Carol Bellamy, executive director of unicef
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Food for thought
The investment community is encouraged by a steady increase in the consumption of organic and natural food products in the US and western Europe. Although they have to wait for a few years, the
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CUBA
At present, Cuba is reaping the benefits of organic farming. Of central importance is an understanding of natural systems of fertilisation and pest control in place of synthetic chemicals. "In
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Travails of a waterscape
<table width="20%" border="0" align="left"> <tr> <td><img src="../files/images/20080430/53.jpg" align="left"></td> <td><img src="../files/images/20080430/53_1.jpg" align="left"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#FF0000">SIDDHARTHA KRISHNAN</font> <font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"><b>AND </b></font><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#FF0000">PRIYADARSANAN DHARMA RAJAN</font></td> </tr> </table> God's own country is an epithet commonly used fo
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Knowing the plant
the genetic makeup of a plant has been deciphered for the first time by a team of scientists. The decoding of the genetic makeup of Arabidopsis thaliana , also known as thale cress, will
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Partial verdict
WHO endorses GM crops, overlooks negative reports
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Pollution pays
Whenever the issue of how to end pollution is raised, it hits a block: technology. Take the case of air pollution: among other things, the issue boiled down to catalytic convertors, an imported technology. Now that the spectre of contaminated water stares
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Long lives the drink
New technology facilitates commercialisation of coconut water