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

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 …

New crop scheme for Punjab farmers

Regulating living environment for public safety

Fishy deaths

Pesticide causes blindness in fish in Punjab

Peafowl deaths in Punjab linked to pesticides

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

Searing spell

Current heat wave is not just an aberration, feel experts

Uranium in food, water in Bathinda

Onion export ban lifted

Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

New biomass model may help monitor crop damage, health

Bt Cotton imbroglio

A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

Punjab, cancer capital of India

Government survey shows cancer cases in the state exceed national average

Gurgaon expansion halted

High court bars authorities from sanctioning new real estate projects to curb rampant groundwater exploitation    

The information is public

What is causing food inflation

It is protein products, not wheat and rice that are pushing food price index

Punjab's depleting groundwater stagnates agricultural growth

'Punjab Contract Farming Act protects traders’ interests'

In April this year, the Punjab Assembly passed the Punjab Contract Farming Act. The new law provides a legal framework to regulate contract …

High Court orders sealing of tubewells at construction sites in Gurgaon

Order will impact 450 ongoing projects

Uranium traces in Punjab children

The search for the source has just begun