40 students fall ill after eating food

September 13th, 2009 JORHAT - His passion is eating poisonous spiders, and he can finish almost 100 of them at a single go. Raju Handique, a resident of Assam's Jorhat district, has now set his eyes on achieving world record of eating 1000 venomous spiders! "My dream is to have my name on the Guinness Book of World Records.

July 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - When it comes to eating habits, Indian kids love Indian food, according to a new survey. As per Cartoon Network's 'Chowder' survey, the weirdest food Indian children have ever eaten include spicy curry with powdered laddoo, yogurt with chilli powder and dosa with sugar cubes amongst others.

July 9th, 2009 RANCHI - Seven students were in critical condition Thursday after eating the mid-day meal in a Jharkhand school into which a lizard had fallen, police said. The incident occurred at the Rajkiya Madhya Vidalaya in Dhanbad district's Chungi Rajganj area, around 270 km from Ranchi.

April 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - As many as 31 students of a government-aided school in the capital fell ill Wednesday after eating mid-day meals provided by the school, police said. The incident took place in Baba Nebraj Secondary School in south Delhi's Jal Vihar area around 10.30 a.m.

April 20th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - The Panjab University (PU) Monday announced that it will provide free education to blind students from the next academic session. 'This decision has been taken as we want to fulfil our commitment towards the visually impaired students.

April 13th, 2009 LONDON - Former tennis star Monica Seles has opened up about her eating disorder that she struggled with for nine years. The 35-years-old Seles said she started eating excessively soon after she was knifed in the shoulder during a match in 1993.

April 5th, 2009 SINGAPORE - A woman fell into a coma and at least 28 people were hospitalised after eating a popular Indian-style deep fried food, the New Paper said Sunday. More than 100 others sought medical aid.

March 24th, 2009 COLOMBO - One person died and over 120 people were hospitalised Tuesday due to suspected food poisoning in Sri Lanka's eastern town of Trincomalee, the authorities here said. The Public Health Services Division said 123 people, including 75 children, were taken ill after eating buns from a bakery.

March 19th, 2009 LONDON - Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has revealed that she almost ruined her career by bingeing on fast food and cigarettes. The 28-year-old, who is among the highest paid models in the world, says she was depressed over her career a few years ago and tried to ruin her figure by eating unhealthy snacks and smoking, reports contactmusic.co.

March 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pressure to perform in exams is causing school students - from Class 9 to 12 - to pop memory-enhancing pills, smoke, eat junk food and suffer blackouts, says a study even as tests are on in most schools in and around the national capital. The study says such students - many of whom are taking the crucial Class 10 and 12 board examinations these days - believe they will be called failures if they don't score above 80 percent.

February 26th, 2009 SYDNEY - Food prices may have skyrocketed worldwide since 2000, but eating healthy is still affordable for the average family, according to new research. The survey found rising food costs have been matched by increasing average incomes and welfare payments, making the affordability of healthy food about the same as it was in 2000.

January 26th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Students of a government-run primary school in Uttar Pradesh refused to eat food as a Dalit woman had cooked it, an official said Tuesday. The majority of students, belonging to the upper caste, refused to have lunch provided to them under the Mid-Day Meal Scheme by the Guraini Primary School in Khetaasrai village of Jaunpur, about 150 km from here.

January 25th, 2009 BHOPAL - Two children died and four others were taken seriously ill after eating the mid-day meal served at a government school in Madhya Pradesh's Dhar district after the Republic Day function was over, officials said. The incident occurred at a government school in Jamunpani village, about 300 km from here.

January 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - As adolescents grow into young adults, time constraints imposed by school or work can begin to affect their eating habits in an unhealthy way. In a study, researchers observed that while young adults enjoy and value time spent eating with others, 35 percent of males and 42 percent of females admitted lacking time to sit down and eat a meal.

January 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Does eating less help fend off weight gain in middle age? Yes, says a new study. The study found that women had more than twice the risk of substantial weight gain if they did not become more restrained in their eating.