Badlands can earn

Go ahead

Six GM cotton varieties to be cultivated in three states

Reliance SEZ in Haryana sanctioned

Elemental woe

US environmental body proposes temporary pesticide-free zones to protect honeybees

A large number of bees are exposed to pesticide spraying when growers enter into contracts with beekeepers for pollination services

Drugs on EMI

People in an extremely backward Haryana town, where almost every fifth person has hepatitis C, are forced to seek treatment on EMIs

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Clucking in alarm

poultry farms across north India are facing a mysterious viral disease. As many as two million birds have fallen prey to the illness and the …

In Court

Provide farmers with means to salvage wet grains, M S Swaminathan tells states

Agriculture scientist also suggests maintaining seed reserves for growing alternate short-duration crops

Pentavalent takes its toll

The vaccine is suspected to have killed at least 13 infants. Experts want data analysed

Green tribunal orders halt on all non-forest activities in the Aravallis in Faridabad

Haryana Pollution Control Board directed to submit air quality analysis to determine extent of pollution caused by illegal development activities

Searing spell

Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts

In Short

Up against GM

Uranium in food, water in Bathinda

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Faridabad mining clearances questioned by SC

New biomass model may help monitor crop damage, health

Haryana village protests nuclear power plant

Official at public hearing tells residents that radiation is human friendly and used for cancer treatment 

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Haryana farmers protest open field trials of GM corn

Agricultural university in Kurukshetra is conducting trials for Monsanto

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

Protests against land acquisitions

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