Govt dusts off Karala clean-up plan
Jalpaiguri, Jan. 1: The irrigation department is reviving the Karala Action Plan that was drawn up by North Bengal University in 2000 with revised estimates to improve the flow and control the pollution
Jalpaiguri, Jan. 1: The irrigation department is reviving the Karala Action Plan that was drawn up by North Bengal University in 2000 with revised estimates to improve the flow and control the pollution
A federal tax credit for ethanol expired on Saturday, ending an era in which the federal government provided more than $20 billion in subsidies for use of the product. The tax break, created more than
<p>Recently low dose organochlorine (OC) pesticides have been strongly linked to various chronic diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Both field and animal studies have suggested a
Industry is the first to be blamed for pollution. However, in Punjab, which has only a modest industrial base, a major part of the total pollution comes from agriculture. The Green Revolution, with its
Malaria deaths have fallen by more than 25 percent in the last decade, thanks to a coordinated attack on the disease, but that progress remains fragile, the World Health Organization announced this month.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for reports, within six weeks, from the Chief Secretaries of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala on reports that a fresh wave of suicide by farmers
In yet another scathing indictment tabled in Parliament, the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG) has reported that successive governments have made no effort to compile a list of water bodies
Here’s a quick update on efforts to expand access to higher-yielding hybrid seed in Nepal. Even though the country already has lots of different varieties beyond their own traditional supplies, a recent
The fourth phase of medical camps to enrol endosulfan victims will be held in select localities in the district from December 17 to 21. Thirty-eight doctors from 11 departments of five medical colleges
The family of two-and-a-half-year-old endosulfan victim Prajitha is yet to get the compensation of Rs.2 lakh promised by the previous LDF government even eight months after her death. “The compensation
Pesticides manufacturer, Excel Crop Care, on Wednesday said that following the Supreme Court order to allow export of unused stock of endosulfan, the company would be able to ship 1,188 kilo litres of
SILCHAR:Grave concern was expressed by the intellectuals and experts at the way river Barak, regarded as the lifeline of this valley, was getting polluted and views were articulated on the measures to
The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, allowed export of unused stock of formulation of endosulfan insecticide while retaining the complete ban on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the
Meriel Watts may be unknown to the people of the endosulfan-hit villages of Kasaragod, but the campaign the New Zealander had run on their behalf for getting the highly toxic pesticide banned globally
The anti-endosulfan campaigners from the rural areas of the district took out a march to the Collectorate here on Monday demanding the immediate intervention of the government to rehabilitate victims of
Endosulfan The Supreme Court today allowed export of unused stock of Endosulfan insecticide, while retaining the complete ban imposed by it in on its production, sale and use in the country. While allowing the export, a three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice SH Kapadia said the "dilution, packaging and export" of the agrochemical will be handled by public sector unit (PSU) Hindustan Insecticide Ltd.
Environmental activist Medha Patkar will inaugurate a protest by the victims of pesticide endosulfan in front of the Secretariat here on Monday. The protest being organised by the endosulfan victims'
New Delhi: Delhi high court has directed the central and state governments to chalk out a plan within two months to ensure that vegetables and fruits are not treated with pesticides beyond the permissible
A draft national recovery plan for the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB) and the endangered Lesser Florican has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) by a task
A session of the ongoing independent hearing by the Permanent People's Tribunal, organised by the Pesticide Action Network, an international non-governmental organisation, here on Sunday was dedicated