The state requires 30 lakh tonne of vegetables every year and produces only 40 per cent of its requirements, thus importing the rest from …

Pesticides that were to be banned following industry lobby are worth billions

Signals under-utilisation of the subsidiary body of Rotterdam Convention

Package includes committee to examine need for tribunal to provide compensation; excluded victims, kin and caregivers to benefit

Prolonged exposure to pesticides can lead to Type-2 diabetes

Study from West Bengal documents 94 brands of pesticides, farmers most influenced by local dealers

Several health and research policies in the country are either in draft stage or just recommendatory in nature. This hampers regulation of …

Canadian academic Gus Van Harten is well known for his efforts to reform the global investment treaty regime through his …

Senior international lawyer Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, who heads the investment programme of the International …

Environmentalists say withdrawal because of economic viability

Industry, experts say investments and policy changes are needed

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28