Dahej blast: 3 dead, 32 injured in chemical factory accident
The number of casualties is expected to rise as many victims have received 70 per cent burn injuries
Dahej blast: Experts call for utmost safety in operating industries after lockdown
Since the workforce running industrial units has changed post-lockdown, accidents can happen, they said
Chemicals in daily use products cause as much pollution as vehicles: study
A study conducted in 33 industrial cities in Europe and the US shows that chemicals in pesticides, adhesives, cleaning agents and personal care …
Organic livestock farming: A revolution in the making
Ensuring a profound balance in the functionalities between the organic suppliers and the global market might just turn out to be most influential …
India’s agrarian distress: How dissent has been on the rise
At least 50 major protests were reported across 20 Indian states in 9 months between January and September 2020
Tracking locust attack: Jaipur firemen go the extra mile to resist invasion
Officials destroy huge swarm of locusts that had taken residence at Mahar Kalan in Karanpur village
Sri Lanka’s agriculture department criticised for promoting pesticides
The department promotes toxic pesticides, fertilisers of multinationals despite kidney disease link, allege analysts
Synthetic pesticide use is on the decline; bio-pesticide use is up
Pesticides consumption in India is less than 1 kg/ha as against 4.5 kg/ha in USA and 11 kg/ha in Japan; Parliament panel recommends price control …
Supreme Court allows endosulfan export
Exports to be routed through public sector undertaking Hindustan Insecticides and two other companies
Locust attack: Nine Odisha districts under alert, officials asked to keep vigil
The government has started control rooms at state- and district- levels to ward off locusts
Tracking locust attack: In Rajasthan’s Dholpur, pest keeps villagers on toes
Damage to crops less as villages not heavily cultivated, according to preliminary estimates
Report highlights use of non-approved pesticides in food items in India
Even as studies point out the use of these pesticides in food commodities, coordination gaps between concerned deparments have not been addressed
Introduction of ‘data exclusivity’ in pesticides Bill will affect farmers
Certain clauses in the Bill threaten to delay the entry of affordable generic products in the market
COLANISATION'S DIRTY DOZEN
12 brands of cold drinks put to the test the coolest event of our times. They put to the test the most aggressive, glitzy, gutsy, premium, …
Locust attack: 40 of MP’s 55 districts hit
Temporary control camps, continuous spray of insecticides are among measures taken to control locust attack
Orange tumbles
Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?
Midday meal tragedy still haunts them
Children who survived food poisoning develop side-effects; parents worry over lack of facilities in home town Chapra
Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis
From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored
Civil society praises Centre’s draft order banning 27 pesticides
The pesticides in question continue to be used in India, but are already banned, restricted or withdrawn in other countries
Supreme Court reminder to FSSAI on monitoring pesticides in food commodities
Non-profit Centre for Science and Environment says food regulatory body should also periodically test packaged and processed food, including soft …
India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet
Opposes its inclusion in prior informed consent list; campaigners accuse industry lobby of influencing government
Pesticide that killed Karnataka devotees has a sordid record in India
Monocrotophos has killed farmers in Maharashtra and school children in Bihar in this decade
Complementarity begets productivity
ORGANIC farming technologies involve adaptation to local environments. Continuing the series on organic farming (See Down To Earth, November 30, …
While debate rages over glyphosate-based herbicides, farmers are spraying them all over the world
Glyphosate is now showing up in humans, but scientists are still debating its health effects. One thing is clear: Because it’s a cheap …
Tarnished terrain
Pesticides used in rice cultivation are having just the reverse effect than the one intended -instead of decimating pests, extensive studies …