Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
KASARAGOD: The district, where Endosulfan has wreaked havoc on lives in 11 panchayat areas, will witness massive agitations from Monday to mount pressure on the Union government to vote against the use of the deadly pesticide at the Conference of Parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in …
Forest Minister Benoy Viswom has posed a few questions to the Union government with respect to its stand on the State's demand for banning the pesticide Endosulfan. In a statement here on Sunday, he asked why, rejecting the unanimous plea of the people of Kerala, who had seen first-hand the …
On Monday, when the four-day Stockholm convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants begins in Geneva, Kerala would observe Anti-endosulfan Day with government-sponsored programmes across the state. Besides, an all-party delegation would meet the Prime Minister, demanding pan-Indian ban on the pesticide. Last year, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) proposed a …
Centre weighed down by plant-protection cost Package for victims may be more costly THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Centre government is ruling out a national ban on Endosulfan or support for the cause at the Stockholm Convention on the ground that no cheap alternatives to Endosulfan are available to farmers. But the Centre …
KASARAGOD: Mothers cried recounting the plight of their children affected by Endosulfan in parts of the district at a protest meeting here on Tuesday seeking a ban on the pesticide. The meeting, held ahead of the conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants scheduled from April …
The world will be watching India as the conference of parties to the Stockholm Convention meet in Geneva from April 25 to 29 to discuss, among other things, a global ban on the pesticide endosulfan. India was the only member country to take a stand against the ban at the …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Union Minister of State for Agriculture K. V. Thomas' statement that studies had not shown any links between Endosulfan and health problems affecting the population of 11 villages of Kasaragod district had drawn criticism from several quarters. Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan said that it was unbecoming of the …
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 …
Silver Jubilee year will mark a series of programmes Institute's graduation day will be held on September 30 Health Minister to inaugurate the Silver Jubilee Medical Exhibition
The introduction of Gas Chromatograph-Mass Spectrometer (GC-MS) system will now help the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to monitor the concentration level of organic pollutants in the environment in better way. The GC-MS system funded by the State government (Rs 44.57 lakh) was inaugurated on Monday at the hands …
A new focus on the impact of farming on climate change could both curb carbon emissions and prod efforts to boost yields and rural incomes in developing countries, delegates told a U.N. climate conference. But curbing greenhouse gases from farms also means confronting complex tradeoffs, especially to try and feed …
Chemicals producers and governments agreed on Friday to step up efforts to push for greater safety in chemicals from lead in paint to microscopic substances. But non-governmental organisations (NGOs) said unless the industry and governments come up with more money, agreed targets for cleaning up chemicals by 2020 were unlikely …
A thaw of the Arctic linked to global warming may slow a drive to get rid of industrial chemicals that are harming indigenous people and wildlife, an expert said on Monday. About 150 nations are meeting in Geneva this week to consider adding nine chemicals, including pesticides and flame retardants, …
Experts and officials from some 150 countries started talks on Monday on banning production of nine chemicals considered potentially dangerous but still used in farming and for other commercial purposes. If agreement is reached at the week-long meeting, under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the nine …
New York: Women exposed to high levels of certain kinds of pollutants are less likely to give birth to male children. That's the startling finding of a new study that reviewed data on pregnant women in San Francisco who were exposed to high levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), a group …
In an effort to reduce the production and use of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) pesticides from polluting the atmosphere and harming human lives, India has initiated a National Implementation Plan. Being a signatory to the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, a national plan sensitising different stakeholders about the obligations …
