-The Hindu If regulation goes to plan, the Indian consumer will no longer be in the dark about sodium content in food products. Indian adults consume between 8.5 grams and 15 grams of salt each day as against the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recommendation of less than 5 grams per day to reduce blood pressure, heart disease and stroke, says a September 2012 paper in PLOS ONE. According to the President of the...
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70% of Indians eat non-veg, but veg diet getting popular
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Even as India is rapidly growing as a major market for chicken and fish, awareness about health benefits of a vegetarian diet may also be catching up fast among people. Though 70% of Indians above 15 years of age are still non-vegetarians, the numbers are expected to decline, a nationwide survey conducted in 2014 and released recently by the Registrar General of India (RGI) showed. In...
More »Denied your rightful wages? Dial 1800-1800-999 for help
At the Labour Line office of Aajeevika Bureau situated at Syphon Chouraha on Bedla Road in Udaipur, Santosh Poonia said that 12,926 calls were received by his office between August 2011 and March 2016, out of which almost 37 percent were payment-related grievance calls. During the same time-span, 2,008 payment-related cases (as received by the Labour Line office) could be settled. Poonia, who is Programme Manager (Legal Education and Aid...
More »Punjab remains heartless to its 'kudis'
-The Times of India CHANDIGARH: Over 60% of schoolgirls in Punjab who are detected with heart diseases are not given any treatment and are presumably left to die. This startling finding has been brought out in a study, published this month in a British medical journal 'Heart Asia'. The study has found that despite schoolchildren getting free treatment for heart diseases under the National Health Mission (at the time of the study...
More »Above normal monsoon may add to farmers’ foes -Jayashree Bhosale
-The Economic Times PUNE: Forecast of excess rainfall this monsoon season is heartening after back to back droughts, but it's also likely to bring along a lot of problems for the country's farmers, agriculture experts said. Initial lethargy in monsoon's progress, coupled with possibility of excess rainfall during the latter part of the season, may bring problems for crops like soyabean, pulses, jowar and maize during their harvest time, while pest and...
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