Submissions by DGM Project Punjab Mandi Board in the matter of Kapil Dev & Others Vs State of Punjab & Others dated January 14, 2025. All possible efforts were being made by the Punjab Mandi Board to comply with the NGT guidelines and to dispose of the vegetable waste of …
A strain of E. coli spreading across Europe is a previously unseen variant of the bacterium, and one that is more virulent than seen before, health officials say. Scientists also said the new strain appeared likely to be resistant to common antibiotics. By June 2, 18 people had died and …
SEVENTEEN deaths, some 1,500 confirmed or suspected cases and hundreds of millions of euros in losses: the outbreak of E. coli infections in northern Germany is causing havoc across Europe. The culprit is an especially nasty strain of E. coli, which normally resides harmlessly in the gut. Type O104:H4 can …
The E. coli bacteria responsible for an outbreak that has left 18 dead and sickened hundreds in Europe is a new strain that has never been seen before, the World Health Organisation said Thursday. Preliminary genetic sequencing suggests the strain is a mutant form of two different E. coli bacteria, …
It is important to understand the strong linkage that exists between food security, forest and resource conservation. Studies conducted over a decade in India clearly point to the fact that a majority of people in this country survive within a biomass based subsistence economy.
With 10 people dead of infection and 400 cases reported, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said Sunday that a bacterial outbreak in northern Germany was one of the largest of its kind ever reported worldwide. The infection, from a strain of Escherichia coli, can lead to kidney …
Berlin: A virulent form of E coli bacteria blamed on infected cucumbers from Spain has killed 10 people in Germany and sickened 300, health officials said on Sunday while warning people not to eat suspect vegetables. European health experts on Saturday said the outbreak of hemolytic-uremic syndrome, which affects the …
COIMBATORE: The Department of Organic and Seed Certification has certified 93,552 tonnes seed from the paddy, millets, pulses, cotton, oil seeds and vegetable varieties. The purpose behind certifying the seeds was to convey to the farmers that they could be assured of the purity of the seeds, the department said …
MUMBAI: The next time you dig into that bowl of palak paneer, think of where the spinach comes from. The fact that many of the vegetables consumed by citizens are grown in 'gutter farms' near railway tracks-with sewage water being used for irrigation-may render your favourite dishes rather unpalatable. Despite …
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) is under great pressure to permit the partial release of Bt brinjal. The 19-member Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) has informally conveyed to the ministry its keenness to introduce the controversial Bt brinjal at the earliest. Dr Usha Barwale Zehr, joint director, research, …
Balancing the conflicting interest of farmers, intermediaries and consumers is a tightrope walk for the Indian government even when there is price tranquility. This balancing exercise has become nightmarish in recent years with food inflation showing persistency and turbulence. These developments prompted the Cabinet Secretary to constitute an inter-ministerial group …
Money matters and no one knows it better than Murlidhar Dhurve, a 55-yearold farmer in Maharashtra suffering from hypertension for almost four years now. “I sustained chest injuries in an accident four years ago. It was then that doctors at the hospital said I was also suffering from high blood …
In the first official meeting of scientists after an indefinite moratorium was placed on the commercialisation of genetically-modified brinjal in February 2010, a number of experts on Wednesday argued against the need for carrying out any further tests and favoured a
No decision was taken at the first meeting of experts that deliberated on issues relating to the moratorium on the commercial release of Genetically Modified Bt Brinjal. The experts were invited by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) for their views on the controversial issue. Noted agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan, …
Pawan Kumar, a farmer of Ladwa village in Kurukshetra district of Haryana, who owns 14 acre of agricultural land, has planted onions and capsicum after harvesting the wheat crop. He is eyeing an extra income of more than R40,000 from these two vegetables this year. Farmers like Kumar are unique …
Move aimed to address mismatch in demand and supply at urban centres To address the issue of vegetable shortage at urban centres across the country, the Centre plans to have clusters for vegetable cultivation and storage. One such cluster would be set in either the capital city or any city …
Food inflation for the week ending March 19 came down to single digit at 9.5 per cent from 10.05 per cent a week ago as prices of cereals, wheat, vegetables, onions and egg, meat and fish eased. According to data released by the government today, food articles showed a decline …
Encouraged by the overwhelming response to the Indo-Israel Centre for Excellence in Vegetables at Gharaunda near Karnal, Haryana government has decided to open 12 more such regional centres of excellence in the state, all in different districts. Of these, 11 centres will be opened on land owned by farmers. Haryana …
