Crisis staved off

In Short

Half-baked

झूठे अनुमति पत्र के सहारे कीटनाशक निर्माण, 22 कंपनियों पर हुई अब तक कार्रवाई

कीटनाशक कंपनियों की तरफ से दिए गए अलग-अलग आवेदनों के प्रमाण पत्रों को जांचने से यह हकीकत सामने आई है। कंसेट लेटर झूठे पाए ...

Crows drop dead eating insects killed by pesticides in Bihar's Purnea

The birds being scavengers, are an important part of the area's ecology, they say

Supreme Court bans endosulfan

Order to be effective till ICMR submits report

Back from the past

Pesticides that have for decades been out of use are now being detected in fresh products

Kerala to form separate authority to screen vegetables and fruits for pesticides

The state imports 60 per cent of its requirement from other states

Ramadoss does a turnaround on cola controversy

Russia bans rice imports from India claiming pesticide contamination

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A can of worms

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Toxicitea tangle

Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …

Periyar river's pollution is Eloor's bane

Lungful of poison

Poor regulators do not a rich country make

Endosulfan ban to continue

Supreme Court appointed committee fails to submit interim report    

Poisonous rats

Birds and mammals are dying after eating rodents which have consumed rodenticides

Pesticide to Parkinson's

Study reveals a link

India allows Harleys in exchange for mangoes

Brain drain

Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study

भरूच हादसा: कीटनाशक कंपनी पर 1 करोड़ का जुर्माना, मरने वालों की संख्या 10 हुई

Fall Armyworm attack: Rwanda fights it back successfully

The country couldn’t predict the pest attack owing to few resources, but it successfully minimised its impact within a year of identifying it

Pest attacks on rise across India, yet no discussion on spurious pesticides

As allegedly fake pesticides prove ineffective in controlling pests, farmers resort to indiscriminate spraying

Stinging fact

Pesticides driving decline in bumblebee population