80 children fall unconscious after playing festival of colours jayalakshmi Kore, a six-year-old girl living with her parents in the central suburb of Ambernath, Thane, complained of stomach ache and fell unconscious after playing with colours on the day of Holi, March 11. She started frothing at the mouth and was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors initially thought she was suffering

Atlanta: Traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel were found in samples of powdered baby formula, and could exceed what

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Tests sponsored by a voluntary group caring for special children in south-western Punjab have shown toxic levels of uranium in samples of hair taken from 149 children, all under the age of 13 years.

Pollutant keeps the iodine in breast milk from babies a common pollutant called perchlorate may be the reason behind iodine deficiency disorders among children, said a group of us researchers. Infants get their required dose of iodine from breast milk. Theories have linked iodine deficiency among infants to two factors: one, if the mother is undernourished and iodine-deficient, and two,

Pakistan reports more polio cases: Pakistan reported four polio cases just two days after the much-publicized anti-polio campaign concluded on October 16. Three polio victims are from Punjab and one from the North West Frontier Province. These cases take the number of children incapacitated by the disease this year to 81. Five cases of polio surfaced in the capital city Islamabad, seven in the

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Minister recommends packaged food as mid-day meal in schools

MIDNAPORE: The midday meal programme in Murari SC High School in Belpahari block in Midnapore West had to be closed by the school authorities indefinitely a day after it was introduced following an or