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    

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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

MoEF to do away with environmental clearance for mining minor minerals in areas less than 5 ha

Jayanthi Natarajan asks officials to take stock in various states

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Jalandhar village opposes waste-to-energy plant

Project developer, Jindal Urban Infrastructure Limited, could not answer queries satisfactorily at public hearing

Political parties show concern for environment in Punjab elections

Promise clean air and water; subsidies on solar appliances

Centre fund for rural development mismanaged

Jharkhand High Court directs removal of coal dumps from Damodar river bank

Coal waste dumps of Purnadih mines polluting the river

Cancer state

TERI recommends closure of some Coca-Cola plants