Pest of a problem
Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector
Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector
14/02/1996
In the face of public pressure, Indian industry appears albeit dimly to be ready to clean up its act
14/03/1995
Officials claim the locust problem is under control, but unless millions of hoppers young locusts stalking the deserts are exterminated quickly, things could really get out of control
14/09/1993
Reduced to being a receptacle of household and industrial wastes and victimised by lopsided development, the Yamuna, Delhi's lifeline, is crying out for attention
14/04/1996
Where the government has failed miserably in providing quality service to the people, some ngos have set an example on how urban waste can be managed. Vatavaran in Delhi and Exnora in Chennai are two organisations, which have set at rest doubts on the dif
30/01/2000
Despite a government ban on use of some common pesticides in agriculture, our food continues to be contaminated. The there is no alternative factor, ie the absence of more acceptable substitutes, the cost factor and the easy availability of the pesticide
14/09/1998