‘Soft drinks not linked to childhood obesity’
June 17th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, June 17 (IANS) Soft drinks and other sweetened beverages don't contribute to childhood obesity, though it may increase the risk factor among boys aged 6-11 years, says a new ... Read more...
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‘Food inflation will go back to 7-8 percent by March-April’
January 12th, 2012 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Jan 12 (IANS) Food inflation, negative right now, is expected to go back to 7-8 percent by March-April because of the "structural problem" which persists in the agriculture sector ... Read more...
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Increase milk, vegetables production to curb food inflation: Thomas
October 30th, 2011 - 7:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 30 (IANS) Food Minister K.V. Thomas said Sunday the production of milk, meat, poultry and vegetables needs to be increased as their changing consumption patterns over ... Read more...
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Print media business booming in india, but concerns over future
October 15th, 2011 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
Vienna, Oct 15 (IANS) Despite assurances that the print media is a booming business, Manjula Rajagopal, associate editor of the Tamil daily Dinamalar, returned home from the World Newspapers ... Read more...
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India’s media, entertainment sector now a $14.5 bn industry (Lead)
March 21st, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, March 21 (IANS) The Indian media and entertainment industry logged an 11-percent growth in 2010 to touch $14.5 billion (Rs.652 billion) and is projected to expand at a ... Read more...
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Consumer prices up six percent in January
February 18th, 2011 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) Consumer prices in India rose six percent in January under the new barometer of inflation rolled out Friday to better monitor price movement in different parts of ... Read more...
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Separate inflation indicators for India’s rural, urban
February 7th, 2011 - 6:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) India will come up with separate barometers of inflation for rural and urban areas, from Feb 18, to help monitor price movement in different parts of the ... Read more...
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Coming soon: Airplanes that look like birds!
November 22nd, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 22 (ANI): Airplanes may soon start looking like birds as scientists are pondering over re-designing the current airplanes to make them more fuel-efficient.Geoffrey Spedding, an engineer at the University of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Alcohol consumption on the rise, finds research
September 30th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 30 (ANI): A new study has found that due to various factors, including social, economic and ethnic influences and pressures, more people are drinking than 20 years ago.A UT Southwestern ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Here’s what consumers can do for social acceptance
September 21st, 2010 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 21 (ANI): A new study has indicated that people who feel excluded will go to any length to try to become part of a group, even if it involves spending ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
Childhood exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls lowers immune response to vaccination
June 21st, 2010 - 5:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 21 (ANI): Children exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls ((PCBs) early in life demonstrate a diminished immune response to vaccinations, suggests a new study.PCBs are long-lived environmental contaminants that are suspected to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Early soda drinking tied to unhealthy diet
June 9th, 2010 - 1:43 pm ICT by ANI
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A new study says that consumption of soda at an early age in girls is
indicative of an unhealthy diet through adolescence.They study showed that
girls ... Read more...
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Nanotechnology can help India ensure food security: Scientist
April 1st, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) Nanoscience and nanotechnology can help India ensure food security by incresing crop yields and reducing consumption, an expert in the field said Thursday.
"Nanoscience and nanotechnology can be ... Read more...
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Digital music finds a place in Bollywood (Flashback 2009)
December 18th, 2009 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
By Ruchika Kher
New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Indian filmmakers are now looking at the digital medium to make up for losses due to music piracy. Actor Aamir Khan and singer Lucky ... Read more...
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Oceans can feed the human race
December 2nd, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 2 (IANS) Oceans could become a source of more human food if steps are taken to expand and improve marine aquaculture, says a new study.
As the world's population continues ... Read more...
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Oceans would be able to feed growing world population in future
December 2nd, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 2 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that the oceans could become the source of food for the increasing human population in the future if steps are taken ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cheap alcohol promotes harmful underage drinking
October 9th, 2009 - 4:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 9 (IANS) Excessively low cost alcohol promotes harmful underage drinking, says a new study based on survey of 9,833 teens between the ages of 15 and 16 years.
Mark Bellis ... Read more...
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Coffee fest to focus on market opportunities in India
October 6th, 2009 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Oct 6 (IANS) The India International Coffee Festival (ICCF 2009) that kicks off here Wednesday will focus on the domestic opportunities for international players and global trends in the plantation commodity.
"The ... Read more...
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Indian coffee planters profit from higher global prices
September 15th, 2009 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
By Fakir Balaji
Coonoor (Tamil Nadu), Sep 15 (IANS) Indian coffee planters have never had it so good as their aromatic beans continue to fetch higher prices, with the global meltdown having marginal ... Read more...
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India’s farm exports to top $20 bn by 2014: Government
September 9th, 2009 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Exports of agricultural products from India will more than double to top Rs.1 lakh crore (Rs.1 trillion or $20 billion) in the next five years, says an ... Read more...
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Climate change aims need to be better integrated
March 27th, 2009 - 4:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 27 (ANI): A report published by the Partnership for European Environmental Research (PEER), has suggested that specific measures to tackle climate change, such as emissions trading, will only be successful ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Bangaloreans contribute to city’s power crisis: survey
March 11th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, March 11 (IANS) While residents of India's IT hub are crying foul about regular power outages, a survey has brought out Bangaloreans' some "bad habits" when it ... Read more...
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Mercury levels high in West Bengal fish samples: study
February 6th, 2009 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) The next time you bite into a delectable fish preparation, be warned there may be a hidden unwelcome ingredient - mercury.Alarming levels of toxic mercury were found ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cutting soda from schools diets not enough to control childhood obesity
November 10th, 2008 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): Looking at the rise of childhood obesity, school administrators and public health officials are eliminating sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) from schools diets. But now, a new study has ... Read more...
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60′’s baby boomers not ”developing new third age lifestyles”
October 10th, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 10 (ANI): Britain''s post-war baby boomers, who experienced an unusual boost in birth rates, are far from ''developing new third age lifestyles, and want to retire the traditional way.
The ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Now, hair-sampling test for rapists to weed out sports drug cheats
May 29th, 2008 - 6:17 pm ICT by admin
London , May 29 (ANI): Earlier hair-sampling technique was used to get hold of criminals, rapists or identifying unfit parents in custody battles, but now this method will also be used ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Seizure drug shows promise as potential therapy for alcoholism
May 29th, 2008 - 1:12 pm ICT by admin
Washington , May 28 (ANI): A new study conducted on mice has shown that a seizure drug, called gabapentin, could act as a potential therapy for alcoholism by reversing cellular effects.In ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Bollywood dawn in Hollywood (Weekly Roundup)
May 25th, 2008 - 8:54 pm ICT by admin
By Priyanka Khanna
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Longer Hollywood films with music, dance, drama and even melodrama may become the next fad with Indian corporate houses financing top Los Angeles-based studios. ... Read more...
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Sweet tooth linked to genes: study
May 15th, 2008 - 11:06 am ICT by admin
Toronto, May 15 (IANS) If you have a sweet tooth, the answer lies in your genes. A new Canadian study links the sweet tooth to the presence of a genetic variant of ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
UN Secretary General urges ‘immediate action’ on food prices
April 25th, 2008 - 7:45 pm ICT by admin
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Vienna, April 25 (DPA) The international community must take immediate measures to battle rising food prices, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday in Vienna. "This steeply rising food prices have ... Read more...
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Frequency, quantity of drinking independently influence death risk
March 5th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by admin
Washington, March 5 (ANI): Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) say that quantity and frequency of drinking, not just the average alcohol consumption over time, independently influence the risk of ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Study validates importance of drinking in moderation
March 5th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by admin
New York, March 5 (IANS) How much and how often people drink influences the risk of death from several causes, according to a new study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). ... Read more...
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Collaboration between scientists and economists might improve global warming forecasts
January 23rd, 2008 - 4:48 pm ICT by admin
Washington, Jan 23 (ANI): Climate scientists are collaborating with economists to improve their forecasting models for global warming by assessing more accurately the impact of rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.Although there is ... Read more...
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Pratibha Patil urges private, public units to intensify energy conservation
December 14th, 2007 - 6:02 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Dec 14 (ANI): President Pratibha Patil today urged all private and public sector undertakings to intensify their energy conservation efforts.
Inaugurating the National Energy Conservation Day 2007 here, Patil said: Today ... Read more...
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New generation of Indian entrepreneurs should go global, look for synergies: Kamal Nath
December 14th, 2007 - 2:17 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Dec.14 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Kamal Nath, has called on the new generation of Indian entrepreneurs to go global and look for synergies and integrations arising out ... Read more...
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