Two-day conference on sports and nutrition

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 6, 2012, 16:58

A two-day international conference on sports and nutrition, INCOSAN-2012, will be held here from March 8.

Female mosquitofishes prefer well-fed males

Last Updated: Thursday, January 12, 2012, 21:18

Female mosquitofish prefer males which are well fed, even if they are superficially identical to their poorly-fed cousins.

Government to launch nutrition campaign

Last Updated: Monday, November 14, 2011, 21:02

The government will soon launch a campaign to promote nutrition on the lines of the polio vaccination programme.

WHO raises alarm over nutrition

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 9, 2011, 20:01

Millions of children dying or falling ill due to malnutrition in the Asia-Pacific region is leading to dire socio-economic consequences, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday.

The science of nutrition

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 00:00

Nutrition is the food that provides energy and good health. The human body needs nutrition or nourishment on a timely basis.

Amitabh Bachchan to promote nutrition tablet

Last Updated: Sunday, May 15, 2011, 10:20

Amitabh Bachchan, who works relentlessly even at the age of 68, is set to promote a tablet for nutrition. He is geared up for the release of his next home production 'Bbuddah - Hoga Terra Baap'.

Plants too show intelligence in capturing nutrients

Last Updated: Saturday, June 26, 2010, 17:46

Researchers have discovered that a plant`s strategy to capture nutrients in the soil is the outcome of integrating different types of information

Saving Madhya Pradesh children with nutrition centres

Last Updated: Friday, April 30, 2010, 10:27

Kartar Adivasi, a one-year-old, weighed just 6.342 kg when he was admitted to the nutritional rehabilitation centre (NRC) at Narwar in Madhya Pradesh.

K’taka CM requests Gates to become Nutrition Mission partner

Last Updated: Thursday, April 29, 2010, 18:48

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has requested Bill Gates to become partner in the state`s Nutrition Mission and give it support.

Delhi govt plans nutrition scheme for 6cr young girls

Last Updated: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 16:19

Govt is planning to start a scheme for providing nutritional support to adolescent girls that aims to benefit about 2cr girls in 1st phase next fiscal.

Nutritional programme for adolescent girls to continue

Last Updated: Thursday, August 20, 2009, 15:53

In an effort to improve the health of adolescent girls, the Government today decided to continue with the nutritional programme for them during this fiscal in select 51 districts till a new scheme is approved.