Centre seeks view on endosulfan

States say all is well with the hazardous pesticide

Punjab's spiritual farming

Alternatives to endosulfan

FAO to give suggestions on the pesticide to committee on persistent organic pollutants

State of endosulfan

Ban on the pesticide in Kerala ineffective; more children fall victim, shows survey

Pesticide ban lands Kerala in court

Cardamom planters, pesticide makers against the ban

Pesticide trap

India extensively uses pesticides banned globally, show RTI responses  

Endosulfan manufacturers seek time on how to dispose of unused stocks of the pesticide

Supreme Court to meet on November 11

Endosulfan manufactures file amendment application in Karnataka High Court

Question rationale behind baning endosulfan in the state

Bayer to phase out toxic pesticides

Environmentalists say withdrawal because of economic viability

Scientists get legal notice for highlighting health hazards of endosulfan

Excel Crop Care asks them to withdraw report, apologise publicly by July 28

Endosulfan: India in denial

Agriculture minister claims several states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Joint committee favours endosulfan exports

Cites lack of pesticide disposal facility

Endosulfan: meet in Geneva begins, India still in denial

Sharad Pawar says many states had asked him not to ban the pesticide

Punbjab university plays host to pesticide lobby

Healthcare in Malwa in shambles

SC bans endosulfan, for now

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

Andhra to promote chemical free cultivation

State's rural development and agriculture departments to work together to encourage organic farming

A date with the palm

Savvy Soumya Misra spends a day with Mahoba’s palm collectors to find out why a card touches a raw chord amongst them

Saving for rainy days

People of West Bengal’s Sunderbans region are setting up grain banks to safeguard against food crisis

Hard time for honeybees

Entomologist May Berenbaum of University of Illinois in USA has inspired a character in TV series, X-Files. The winner of this year’s Tyler …

Centre favours manufacture of endosulfan

Says disposal will cost Rs 210 crore while using existing raw material stock to manufacture the pesticide will increase crop production

Endosulfan ban to continue

Supreme Court appointed committee fails to submit interim report    

Can endosulfan be exported?

Supreme Court asks panel to explore possibilities of disposing of the pesticide  

SC raps FSSAI

Asks it to reconstitute panels examining the harmful effects of chemicals and toxins in carbonated beverages and other food items