-The Hindu Chennai: Out of 1,550 persons screened for diabetes in a few rural pockets in the city's western suburbs, 78 persons (5 per cent) were detected with diabetes, 191 (12.3 per cent) with high blood pressure and 202 (13 per cent) with high cholesterol levels. Among the 78 diabetics - 36 men and 42 women - eight were aged between 20 and 30. Persons in the age group of 20 to 82...
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Panic buying: Salt sells at Rs 60 a kg in Odisha
-PTI BHUBANESWAR/JAJPUR (ODISHA): People in various parts of Odisha started panic buying of salt on Monday following a rumour that it would disappear from the market, like potato, stretching the price even to Rs 60 a kg. Hit hard by the ongoing potato pinch for the last several days, people made a beeline to grocery shops to buy as much salt as they could, thus leading to mad scenes in the...
More »The new jungle drums-Keya Acharya
-The Hindu A unique cell phone-based networking system in Chhattisgarh helps Adivasi Gonds share local news and air grievances. Deep in the jungles of Chhattisgarh, a straightforward, earthy man named Naresh Bunkar, field co-ordinator of the Adivasi Santha Manch, picks up his mobile phone and dials +918050068000, a long-distance number in Bangalore. He immediately cuts off and waits. Within seconds, he gets a call from the dialled number, and he hears a...
More »Under nutrition among TB patients in rural India doubles risk of mortality-Aarti Dhar
-The Hindu Nutritional support during treatment of pulmonary TB recommended Severely undernourished tuberculosis (TB) patients in rural India have twice a higher risk of death, a scientific research study has concluded. The study conducted at Jan Swasthya Sahyog (JSS or Peoples' Health Support Group), a non-profit voluntary organisation, suggests the need for nutritional support during treatment of pulmonary TB among these patients. Under-nutrition is a known risk factor for TB and can adversely affect...
More »Doubling farm growth: Sufficient soil moisture+water=Great winter crop -Dharmakirti Joshi
-The Economic Times That India has had an excellent monsoon is a given, as is the prognosis that it will more than double agricultural growth from the lowly 1.9% seen in the last fiscal year. The happy tidings on the farm front won't end there. The joy could actually multiply by the last quarter of this fiscal year because abundant rains will benefit the increasingly important winter rabi crop more than...
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