What some of our leaders were up to on Wednesday, October 19. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman worships Goddess Padmavati in Tirupati. Photograph: PTI Photo IMAGE: Prime Minister......
Five years after the Supreme Court directed Kerala to pay Rs 5 lakh compensation to each victim of toxic endosulfan pesticide, the state government on Tuesday said verification of beneficiaries was......
'My belief that I could protect the Himalayas was shattered.' IMAGE: Chamba Tunnel, a part of Char Dham Road project in Chamba. Photograph: ANI Photo When environmentalist and scientist Dr......
British photographer Peter Caton and Beatriz Lopez visit Kasargod district in north Kerala, whose residents have been plagued by the spraying of endosulfan pesticide, the use of which was recently......
The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Communist Party of India-Marxist-led Left Democratic Front to step up pressure on the Centre for imposing a nation-wide ban on endosulfan pesticide hit normal......
Amid demands for a total ban on endosulfan at home, India and a few developing nations on Friday managed to secure several exemptions, including a phase-out period of 11 years to implement the ban......
The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the export of unused stock of formulation of Endosulfan insecticide while retaining the complete ban imposed by it on its production, sale and use in the......
The Supreme Court on Friday allowed export of nearly 1100 metric tonne of unused Endosulfan from the country, while retaining its earlier order banning the use and production of the controversial......
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......
Noted Jurist V R Krishna Iyer criticised Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for his "unfeeling indifference" to Kerala's request for a country wide ban on endosulfan, even as Left MPs held a protest in......
Elated at his debut film Byari getting a National Award for Best Film, director K P Suveeran said the movie was about the conditioning of women in the Byari Muslim community based on sexuality.......