Pesticides
- 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…
- Top Stories
Eluru mystery illness: Govt says pesticide residues in water caused outbreak
Eluru: The outbreak of the mysterious disease in West Godavari district’s Eluru was caused by the pesticide residues in drinking water, the Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday. The town has returned to…
- Kashmir
Fake pesticides cause huge losses to apple industry in kashmir
Srinagar: In the backdrop of ‘substandard’ pesticides being sold, the apple industry in Kashmir has suffered major losses this year. Fruit growers in the state peg the loss to as high as 80 per…
- Crime and Accident
Rajasthan: Farmer commits suicide due to debt, bank denies sending notice
Sri Ganganagar (Rajasthan): A farmer committed suicide by consuming pesticides in his farmland in Raghunathpura village, Sri Ganganagar. He allegedly took this step as he was undergoing a major financial strain, said…
