The real pandemic

Eat Cameroonian: government

Andhra bans gutkha, paan masala

Becomes 17th state in country to impose ban on them

BIS finalises street food norms

Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health

The desperation of farmers

Toxic metals in snails

Battle for beef

For India, with fizz

JPC report sets serious reform agenda on food safety, water security and public health

Persistent organic pollutants can render vaccines ineffective

THE MONEY MAKERS

Riots over food security in Burkina Faso

Southeast Asians worried about food security, extreme weather events, shows climate survey 

ASEAN countries must stop building new coal plants, say over half the respondents 

Untangling India’s Bt cotton fraud

ICAR’s top research institutes and GEAC exposed in Bt cotton research scam

Taste of toxicity

New study reiterates the adverse effects of chlorpyrifos pesticide

Monsoon-friendly Assam reeling under drought

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Best way to check arsenic residues in rice

Climate change affects low-lying areas, puts poor at risk

US attempt to promote corn ethanol challenged

In Court

Punjab chief justice against pesticides

SC reserves judgement on environmental release of GM mustard

The apex court stated it will determine what is best for the nation in a “highly technical” and scientific matter  

Himachal stops tree planting on pastures in Chamba to protect traditional pastoral routes

Globally, lands sustained by pastoralism form the largest carbon sink

64% of world’s arable land at risk of pesticide pollution: Study

Asia home to largest land areas at high risk of pesticide pollution

Half of Indians above 45 either undernourished or overweight: Health ministry study

In Chattisgarh, every third individual in the age group was malnourished