Says disposal will cost Rs 210 crore while using existing raw material stock to manufacture the pesticide will increase crop production

Food safety authority approves scientific panel's recommendations for regulating honey quality

The Supreme Court, on May 3, asked the Bhopal Municipal Corporation to start supplying clean drinking water to those localities in the city that are reeling under the effects of ground water contamination, that followed the gas leak tragedy, within three months. The order followed a petition by non-profit Bhopal Group for Information and Action (BGIA), which claimed that the work was progressing slowly. The corporation had contended that they have installed the pipelines for the 14 localities that were identified by the non-profit and that work to supply tap water to individual houses wouldl take time. Rachna Dhingra of BGIA speaks to Savvy Soumya Misra on what the real situation is. Edited excerpts:

Sets deadline of July 23

The two sweeteners differ in their effects on body‎

Food standards authority says it has invited proposals for developing guidelines for making available quality food in school canteens

Ayurveda prescribes it for a range of ailments. People eat it for rejuvenation and boosting immunity. An Indian homemaker’s kitchen shelf is incomplete without a jar of this amber liquid. But without quality and safety controls, this gift of nature has been contaminated. CSE laboratory tests find high levels of antibiotics in well-known brands of honey sold in the market. Chandra Bhushan reports on the findings. Savvy Soumya Misra trails beekeepers across four states and finds honey is being produced with the help of antibiotics and pesticides; Arnab Pratim Dutta looks at the thriving business of honey laundering

India is aggressively shopping for nuclear fuel and technology to ramp up its energy production. What does it mean in terms of cost, technology and safety?

Is it a ploy to expand export business?

'Ecological impact assessment study should precede their installation'

Food processing industry is also a party in the petition

178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor

FAO to give suggestions on the pesticide to committee on persistent organic pollutants

Ban Amendment seeks to curb export of hazardous waste by rich countries to the poor, but has not been brought into force since 1994

Supreme Court to meet on November 11

The surcharge will be levied on food items containing more than 2.3 per cent saturated fat.

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

Environmentalists say withdrawal because of economic viability

Sanjay Dave, director of the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), was recently elected chairperson of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. The first Indian to be appointed to the UN body for food safety standards, he is credited with introducing web-based certification of organic products in India in 2009. It is the first of its kind system for tracing organic products in the world, implemented at a national level. It boosted export of organic products by 40 per cent within a year of its implementation. Dave spoke to Savvy Soumya Misra on the challenges ahead

India extensively uses pesticides banned globally, show RTI responses
 

Interim ban on the pesticide to continue

Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod
 

Demand for state control as Pesticides Management Bill is set to be tabled in Parliament

Supreme Court appointed committee fails to submit interim report
 
 

Cardamom planters, pesticide makers against the ban

President yet to receive the bill that will make Coca-Cola pay

India alerts ports that receive fruits, vegetables from Europe

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement talks to Savvy Soumya Misra about her research on bees

India agrees to ban the hazardous pesticide globally, asks for exemptions at home

Raps CBI for approaching court after a gap of 16 years

Delhi court gives permission. But is CBI ready?

CSE study showed over 45 per cent toys in India have more than acceptable limits of the chemical

Kerala passes law on tribunal to secure compensation for victims of bottling plant

State appeals to the Centre for a nationwide ban

Asks it to file affidavit in six weeks on whether it has framed policy to ban it in schools

Plans to ban extremely and moderately hazardous pesticides in cardamom district, Idukki

Agriculture department confirms high pesticide residues

Ban on the pesticide in Kerala ineffective; more children fall victim, shows survey

Many endosulfan sufferers in Kerala still not recognised

International review committee pushes for global ban

Caffeine content in energy drinks go unchecked

Suppliers let off the hook in the final draft

Committee set to test toxicity in toys in India

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Bt traces in 30% organic cotton garments; may hit exports

Mill owners to challenge bill

Public hearing on operation Greenhunt called off

Anti-GM groups say expert panel acted under pressure

Multinationals will make profits, government will bear liability

Log on to wiki site from December

Why a pleasant autumn morning turned grimy for Savvy Soumya Misra

Power plants proposed on farmland will displace 50,000 people

Bureaucrats want right to reject right to information applications

The search for the source has just begun

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