-FAO Aquaculture is the world's fastest-growing source of animal protein and currently provides nearly half of all fish consumed globally, according to a report published here by FAO. The report World Aquaculture 2010 found that global production of fish from aquaculture grew more than 60 percent between 2000 and 2008, from 32.4 million tonnes to 52.5 million tonnes. It also forecasts that by 2012 more than 50 percent of the world's food...
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Kerala tops child rights index by Aarti Dhar
As in most social sector indicators, Kerala tops the national child rights index, followed by Karnataka. Arunachal Pradesh is the worst performer in protecting the rights of children. Strangely, Kerala's child marriage indicator is the lowest, and the State's performance is far from satisfactory in early childhood care and crimes against children. One point that stands out in the indexing — the first of its kind in the country — is that...
More »Tuberculosis breakthrough as scientists get funds for 'electronic nose' by Mark Tran
A mobile device that detects TB by 'sniffing' a person's breath will make a huge impact in villages far from Health facilities A team of Indian researchers are planning to have a prototype of an "electronic nose" that can detect tuberculosis from a person's breath in hospitals by October 2013, after receiving a $950,000 grant on Monday. Working on the same principles as a breathalyser, the device – if successful – could...
More »CBI finds proof against NGOs in Health mission scam in UP
-The Economic Times CBI carried out searches at 10 places in and around Lucknow over the weekend as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in the National Rural Health Mission programme in Uttar Pradesh. Searches were carried out in offices of NGOs which had been tasked with running NRHM programmes. Officers of the investigating agency were busy assessing details of seizures made during the searches. This was the second round of...
More »One in five Indians hit by diabetes and high blood pressure: Report
-The Times of India One in every five Indian adults living in urban cities suffers not only from hypertension but also diabetes. In Maharashtra, more disturbingly, one in three persons is struck by the twin epidemic. These are some of the highlights of India's largest clinic-based survey to assess the prevalence of diabetes and hypertension. The findings of the study, called Screening India's Twin Epidemic (SITE), were announced on Monday in...
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