Pesticides
- Telangana
Telangana HC sends notices to state, centre on spurious pesticides
Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court has directed agriculture and food safety officials from both the central and state governments to provide explanations regarding the measures taken to safeguard farmers and consumers from…
- Telangana
Unable to bear harassment, Telangana policeman ends life
Hyderabad: A Police Sub-Inspector, who had consumed pesticides due to alleged harassment at the workplace a week ago, died at a hospital on Sunday. Sriramula Srinivas (38) was serving as Sub-Inspector at…
- Telangana
Telangana: Warangal task force nab 13 for sale of fake, expired pesticides
Hyderabad: The Warangal police task force on Tuesday nabbed 13 persons involved in the sale of counterfeit and prohibited pesticides. Out of the 13 arrested, 11 were linked to three different gangs,…
- Telangana
Telangana: Huge quantity of spurious seeds, pesticides seized in Siddipet
Hyderabad: The Sidipet Task Force along with agriculture department officials on Friday raided seed shops in Doulthabad Mandal and seized a large number of spurious and unpacked seeds, as well as expired…
- Telangana
Telangana: 23 farm workers fall ill due to suspected water contamination in Mulugu
Hyderabad: Nearly 23 farm workers fell ill after they drank water contaminated with suspected phosphorous-based pesticide, from a drip irrigation pipeline in Mulugu on Wednesday. The workers were hired by a farmer…
- India
Global target for pesticide reduction unnecessary: India’s environment minister
Montreal: A numerical global target for pesticide reduction in the agriculture sector is unnecessary and must be left for countries to decide, India has said at the UN biodiversity conference here in…
- Telangana
Telangana: Hanamkonda youth kills self after loss in online betting
Hyderabad: Online betting claimed another life as a youth in Telangana committed suicide after suffering huge loss. Ramakrishna Reddy ended his life by consuming pesticides at Malakapalli in Dharmasagar mandal of Hanamkonda…
- Telangana
Telangana: Tribal couple tries to end life for their inability to pay bribe
Hyderabad: A tribal couple staged a protest on Tuesday and attempted to commit suicide by consuming pesticides due to the pressure of paying the bribe allegedly asked by the staff of Mandal…
