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 …
In 2001, taking cognizance of reports in the media that the aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan in the District of Kasaragod in Kerala had led to severe health hazards, the Commission asked the Indian Council of Medical Research for a report which was submitted in July, 2002 by one …
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: The fight against endosulfan in the state has got encouragement from Malaysia with the Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) urging its Indian counterparts to lead the agitation against the pesticide. MTUC general secretary R. Jai Kumar, addressing the INTUC in Thiruvananthapuram, said farm labourers were falling victims to such …
Kasaragod: Congress leader V.M. Sudheeran has accused the Union Agriculture Ministry of having an unholy nexus with pesticide manufacturing companies and said it is an injustice to the people. He was speaking to presspersons attending a meeting organised by the Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee at the Government Guest House here on …
Rules flouted during spraying: green activist Says there is no need for further studies on the issue Should be treated just like Bhopal gas tragedy: KSSP Kanhangad: A. Achuthan, former chairman of an Endosulfan study panel, has squarely blamed the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) for flouting all rules and …
Kasaragod: Acclaimed litterateur and environmentalist Sugathakumari, in a passionate appeal, has called for an intensified joint agitation to force the authorities to take tangible action against the use of deadly pesticides like Endosulfan to free younger generation from the scourge of serious health hazards. Despite having stringent rules and regulations, …
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Kasaragod: Protests against the use of Endosulfan mounted on Monday as the town witnessed a series of marches and meetings by various organisations and parties seeking a complete ban on the pesticide and a comprehensive rehabilitation package for the victims' families. The Anti-Endosulfan Campaign Committee observed a fast near the …
The Supreme Court today quashed the criminal proceedings launched against Pepsico India Holdings Pvt Ltd, ruling that mere presence of pesticide residue did not make its soft drink products adulterated.
KOCHI: A.C. Jose, former MP, said here on Thursday that the State government must and could initiate action against the use of Endosulfan in the State. Instead, it was blaming the Centre for not banning the harmful pesticide that was used mainly in cashew farms owned by the Plantation Corporation …
Company argued it was following globally accepted norms. The Supreme Court today quashed the prosecution of soft drink giant PepsiCo by the Kerala government over the pesticide content found in its bottles picked at random from the market. A three-judge bench headed by Justice Altamash Kabir set aside the criminal …
The beverage industry has cheered the verdict of the Supreme Court in the PepsiCo versus Kerala government matter, saying they stand vindicated following the order which sets aside criminal proceedings initiated against the company by the latter. When contacted, a spokesperson for CSE said Pepsi
IN A reprieve to the soft drink major, Pepsico India, the Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the criminal prosecution cases against the company and its directors for the presence of pesticide carbofuran in its soft drinks. The court said after the prescription of level of insecticide residue for carbonated …
The Supreme Court today set aside criminal proceedings initiated against PepsiCo by the Kerala government over pesticide content in the global beverage giant's soft drinks. Looking into a petition filed by the multinational company, a bench headed by Justice Altamas Kabir set aside the criminal prosecution initiated against PepsiCo India …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: DYFI secretary T.V. Rajesh has asked the government to put an immediate end to use of Endosulfan in the plantations in Idukki. In a statement here on Monday, Mr. Rajesh alleged that Endosulfan was being used in the State under other brand names even after the State government banned …
This report has examined three stress factors that have the potential to decrease the supply of ecosystem services, thus reducing the chances of reaching the Millennium Development Goal 1 (MDG 1) in a sustainable way. Air pollution, energy generation and indiscriminate use of pesticides may affect provisioning, regulating, supporting and …
It's fast catching on -- organic farm tourism is the latest value addition rural tourism has achieved across the globe THE ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE RUSTIC SELFCATERING COT- TAGES AND HOME-COOKED, ORGANIC FOOD The frescoed havelis of Nawalgarh, the native land of the Sekhawat Rajputs in Rajasthan, once drew tourists from France …
KATTAPPANA: Even as the Stockholm convention of the Persistent Organic Pollutants Review Committee on Tuesday proposed a ban on the use of the deadly Endosulfan pesticide, it is revealed that a large number of farmers in Idukki have stepped up its use in cardamom plantations. Unmindful of the ban on …
BHAWANIPATAN: Their hopes to earn profits from the crops this festive season have fallen flat. Pest attacks in menacing proportions have left thousands of farmers of Kalahandi shocked. With the paddy crops in irrigated pockets in advanced stage and all set to be harvested next month, farmers apprehend largescale damage …
