The Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers presented its report on ‘Insecticides and Pesticides – Promotion and Development including Safe Usage – Licensing Regime for Insecticides’ on December 19, 2023. Pesticides are broadly of four types: insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, and bio-pesticides. Herbicides kill/control the growth of weeds, and have the …
VIRUDHUNAGAR: Distribution and retail sale of Endosulfan pesticide have been banned, Virudhunagar Collector, V.K. Shanmugam has said. In a statement, the Collector said that the Supreme Court had given interim injunction on sale of the pesticide on May 13. All the pesticide retail outlets have been warned against the sale …
THENI: Stocking, sale and use of Endosalfan has been completely banned in the district following a decree from the Supreme Court. Action will be taken against those engaging in stocking, sale and use of this pesticide, according to agriculture officials here on Monday. Periodical checks and surprise raids will be …
A frail frame hid beneath a layer of green shawl and a head covered with a white turban is deceptive attire, for it conceals the steely determination that organic farming scientist G. Nammalvar has. It also veils his achievement of bringing about a change in farming practice and creating awareness …
Bioremediation is an invaluable tool box for wider application in the realm of environmental protection. Bioremediation approach is currently applied to contain contaminants in soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediments including air. These technologies have become attractive alternatives to conventional cleanup technologies due to relatively low capital costs and their …
LUCKNOW: The production of pulses in the country has been hit by a pest called pod borer. The common pest which attacks all pulses, chick pea, pigeon pea, gram, groundnut and lentils is a cause of worry for farmers in several states. The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) has developed …
KOCHI: Efforts by a group of artists to draw attention to the plight of victims of endosulfan is proving to be a big draw in the city. The campaign, centred around a statue, erected in Kaloor, calls for the immediate ban on endosulfan and rehabilitation for its victims. The campaign …
Discerning citizens and civil society organisations that have remained in the forefront defending the interests of the Bhopal gas victims on Wednesday reacted sharply to the Supreme Court decision dismissing the CBI's curative petition against an earlier judgment of the apex court that diluted the charges against the accused in …
Farmers Associates Pakistan (FAP) has rejected the imposition of General Sales Tax (GST) on pesticides, tractors, fertilisers and other agricultural inputs. FAP expressed its views through a unanimously adopted resolution at the 118th extraordinary general body meeting of FAP held on Tuesday. Chairman, Shah Mahmood Qureshi chaired the meeting. Punjab …
KASARAGOD: A two-year-old girl, a suspected victim of endosulfan spraying in the district, was admitted to the General Hospital here on Tuesday after her health deteriorated, hospital sources said. Fathima Safana, daughter of Mohammed Shafi and Rukhiya, residents of Goliadka, near Badiyadka, which has a sizeable number of suspected victims, …
Pesticide overuse, irrigation by untreated sewage water, poor sanitation at food markets, and faulty cold storages. Punjab and Haryana, as major foodgrain, fruit, vegetable, poultry and milk producing states, are yet to eliminate food safety hazards. Now, they will have to do all this and more under a new set …
Initiate measures to restore biodiversity: panel Panchayats asked to maintain seed banks Thrissur: The Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) has called for banning farming with chemical fertilizers in the ecologically-sensitive areas in the Western Ghats. The WGEEP, which is holding a three-day meeting here, said organic farming should be …
Many pesticides banned by developed countries Curbs on pesticides reduced suicides in Sri Lanka KOCHI: The Kerala government's plan to ban the use of a series of pesticides is likely to have a major positive spin-off: a substantial fall in the number of suicides in the State which has one …
Chennai: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday said the government would constitute an expert committee to advise the State on the ban of endosulfan. In a statement, he said the scientists were of the opinion that the toxicity of endosulfan was lesser in the State due to higher temperatures compared …
As a first step towards making the farm sector free of chemical pesticides and putting the State on the path towards total organic farming, Kerala on Wednesday decided to ban the sale and use of all highly hazardous pesticides carrying red label, including the widely used Furadan. The ban would …
Conference convened by Agriculture Minister Red category pesticides on ban list, Order likely to be issued in a day or two Thiruvananthapuram A high-level conference of officials and researchers, convened by Agriculture Minister Mullakkara Ratnakaran here on Wednesday, decided to ban several red category pesticides and introduce restrictions on the …
KASARAGOD: P. Karunanakaran, MP, has set aside Rs.1 crore from his local area development fund to address the problems faced by the families affected by the aerial spraying of the pesticide in Kasaragod district. The fund will be handed over to the District Collector. Basic infrastructure The money will be …
KRISHNAGIRI: The Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist), demanded the immediate ban of endosulfan. The Sangam staged a demonstration near the Five-Road Junction in Krishnagiri on Tuesday. Leading the demonstration, M. Dharman, its district president said it was shameful that India did not say …
The ill-effects of endosulfan are beginning to unravel in Bhatkal taluk, close on the heels of similar instances in Kasargod of Kerala and many parts of Dakshina Kannada. The ill-effects of the pesticide sprayed in cashew plantations have disabled a number of people in several villages of the taluk. Endosulfan …
KOCHI: The student community voiced their protest against the use of Endosulfan pesticide here on Monday. Several youngsters participated in a dharna held in front of the Gandhi Bhavan near Kacheripady here in the morning. They raised slogans against those advocating the use of the harmful pesticide. The students also …
