BOW TO THE COW

To prove that the health benefits of cow products are not a whole lot of bull, the Union ministry for science and technology has directed scientists to come up with ‘verifiable’ findings about ‘panchagavya’, or five cow products: milk, urine, dung, curd and ghee. On a visit to China, Union minister Harsh Vardhan said on June 8 that senior scientists, including from IIT Delhi, were on the job.