
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will be hearing the Endosulfan case on Monday. It may decide on what needs to be done with unused stockpiles of the controversial pesticide and propose alternatives to it. The court had passed an interim order banning its production and use in May 2011 because of its health hazards. "Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty)...

08:07 AM, Nov 14, 2011

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday banned the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide endosulfan in the country for the next eight weeks, holding that human life is more important than anything else. "Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution and particularly keeping in mind the precautionary principle we, hereby, direct and pass ad-interim order for...

06:06 PM, May 13, 2011

Thiruvanthapuram: A dawn to dusk fast by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan against Endosulfan, just a few days ago grabbed lots of attention - and is now expected to intensify further with the LDF calling for a Kerala bandh to protest against the Centre's stand on the killer pesticide. In fact Achuthanandan has also written to other states requesting them to put pressure on the Centre to impose a...

07:30 AM, Apr 29, 2011

Thiruvanthapuram: A dawn to dusk fast by Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan against Endosulfan, just a few days ago grabbed lots of attention - and is now expected to intensify further with the LDF calling for a Kerala bandh to protest against the Centre's stand on the killer pesticide. In fact Achuthanandan has also written to other states requesting them to put pressure on the Centre to impose a...

07:30 AM, Apr 29, 2011

While Kerala cabinet and activists demand ban of Endosulfan, others say it doesn't have ill effects. ...

10:36 PM, Apr 25, 2011

Kochi: The Indian Cardamom Research Institute of Spices Board has begun organising 'Spice Clinics' every wednesday in major cardamom growing areas to advise farmers on judicious use of pesticides. There is an urgent need to educate farmers on various aspects of pesticide application including dosages, time of application, precautions to be taken, methods of storage and disposal of containers etc was felt in view of the reported health hazards, spices...

06:40 PM, Jan 06, 2011

Govt continues to ignore Endosulfan deaths and refuses to ban the dreaded pesticide. ...

12:21 AM, Dec 22, 2010

New Delhi: You might want to rethink the advice that green vegetables are good for you. A new study by the NGO Consumer Voice on 35 different vegetables from potatoes to tomatoes, lady’s fingers to brinjals shows high doses of banned pesticides. Major quantities of pesticides that have been banned worldwide and here in India were found in bitter gourd and spinach with several other vegetables also contaminated. “We did...

09:52 PM, Nov 03, 2010

Victim had been complaining of ragging since the day she joined college. ...

08:10 AM, Mar 13, 2009

Pesticides are leading cause of autism, says study. ...

06:20 PM, Aug 01, 2007

The Plachimada Panchayat on Friday renewed the plant’s temporary license for three months. ...

09:15 AM, Sep 30, 2006

Terming the High Court verdict as "mysterious" Vijayakumar said the state government took decision as per law. ...

02:56 PM, Sep 23, 2006

Activists in Thiruvananthapuram ransacked the godowns of the soft drink giants on Saturday. ...

12:37 PM, Sep 23, 2006

Soft drink major rebuked for using world organisation's name in ad campaigns against the ‘pesti-cola’ controver ...

02:33 PM, Sep 22, 2006

In Karnataka, heavy metal content has been traced in rice and vegetables grown in areas around polluted lakes. ...

07:18 PM, Sep 19, 2006