Cotton conundrum

The powers that be are hanging fire on Bt cotton despite long and intensive research. Indira Khurana delves into the baffling issue

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

Punjab wants farmers to stay away from 9 pesticides. Will it help?

Europe tightened import norms since 2018, has shown reluctance to import basmati rice with pesticide residues earlier

Return of village land

Supreme Court asks states to evict illegal occupants of village commons

A home-grown drought

Monsoon this year has failed most of India, causing drought in even well-irrigated and rainfed areas. Ravleen Kaur reports how our food …

Keeping cancer alive

Punjab has been in the grip of cancer for over a decade but the government has ignored the threat. Sonal Matharu reports with photographer …

CSE analysis finds Delhi-NCR winter pollution levels down in October-November

Warmer October, fewer crop fires & favourable meteorological conditions help improve bad air

Our daily dose of antibiotics

As dairy farmers inject antibiotics in their livestock, chances are high that these are passed on to humans through milk, finds Delhi-based non-…

Pesticide-ridden Punjab to begin cancer registration

It’s mid-May and it isn’t as hot as it normally is. Here’s why

354 heavy rainfall events across India in just two months

Pro-GM farmers stage protest near Parliament

Farmers' organisations demand rejection of technical experts committee report recommending indefinite ban on field trials of GM crops

Farmers move court against Gorakhpur nuclear power plant in Haryana

Plant site is fertile land and sustains 10,000 people

Long yarn

The cotton story is a tangled tale. In many parts of India, farmers are committing suicide. It's been a while Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and now …

Straw in the wind

Liability sans facility

Draft rules ask health centres to ensure their waste is treated  

Phorate poisoning affects people in Jalandhar, Punjab

Punbjab university plays host to pesticide lobby

Healthcare in Malwa in shambles

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

Flat in 20 days

Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters