-The Hindu Questioning a technology, especially of the kind that has serious unknowns and lacks clear social benefits, is not an attack on science Jairam Ramesh, former Environment Minister for India, made the brave decision in 2010 to tell his then apex regulator of genetically modified organisms (GEAC) that it had failed to properly use available science to determine the safety - to human health and the environment - of Bt brinjal,...
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Lifestyle diseases to cost India $6 trillion, study estimates -Durgesh Nandan Jha
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: India's march towards being an economically stable nation is threatened not just by global financial issues. Poor health indicators pose an equally big threat. The Harvard School of Public Health has, in a study on economic losses due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs), estimated that the economic burden of these ailments for India will be close to $6.2 trillion for the period 2012-30, a figure that is...
More »Ganga receding in Bihar but still above danger mark
-The Times of India PATNA: The Ganga, on Friday, continued to recede both at the Digha ghat and Gandhi ghat in the state capital. However, at both the places, the river was still above the danger mark. According to the data released by state water resource department, water level of Ganga on Friday morning at Gandhi ghat was 49.44m and 50.36m at Digha ghat. The receding trend brought relief to a section...
More »Fast Food set to be red-flagged in schools' menus by Dec-Viveat Susan Pinto
-The Business Standard FSSAI will put the draft guidelines in front of a seven-member expert committee Mumbai: In what would alter the consumption pattern of products such as burgers, pizzas, sandwiches, snack Foods and soft drinks in schools, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is putting in place final guidelines to determine what counts as healthy Food in educational institutions. The guidelines, to be released by December this year, would...
More »Global Food prices continue to drop
-FAO Prices of cereals and oils decrease - FAO expects bumper cereal harvest this year Rome: The FAO Food Price Index dropped for the fourth month in a row in August reaching its lowest level since June 2012. The index, which measures the monthly change in the international prices of a basket of Food commodities, averaged 201.8 points in August 2013, nearly 4 points (1.9 percent) below its July value and 11 points...
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