KAU study detects new-generation insecticides and fungicides in organic fruits and vegetables Here is an alert for health conscious people who go in search of organic fruits and vegetables. New generation insecticides and fungicides have been detected in fruits and vegetables labelled organic is the latest concern in food safety, according to a report published […]
Patna, (The Bihar Post/IBNS): Bihar chief minister Nitsh Kumar has announced to take care of unclaimed animals found loitering on the streets and has asked the authorities to take necessary steps in this direction. My government has now decided to take care of unclaimed animals and protect them, the chief minister told a function in […]
Bathinda: Yet to recover from the massive cotton crop loss they suffered in 2015, farmers in Malwa may be in for another jolt as they discover that many of them have already treated their fresh crop to a cocktail of spurious pesticides. The realisation is only dawning upon them now. As many as 24 out […]
Rajesh Krishnan is sowing seeds of change in a little village by a stream in Thrissilerry in the misty hills of Wayanad. The biotechnologist-turned-farmer is in a hurry when we meet up at the Thanal office in Jawahar Nagar. It is the paddy transplanting season and so I am returning to Wayanad tonight itself, says […]
VIJAYAWADA:Waterman of India Rajendra Singh has launched Krishna River Conservation Tour from Hamsaladeevi in Krishna district to Bijapur in Karnataka. The tour kick-started at Durga Ghat in the city here on Wednesday. Noted urban planning expert and professor Vikram Soni, former minister Vadde Sobhanadreeswara Rao and others also participated in the march and inspected the […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thanal, an environmental NGO, has launched a Zero-Waste Fellowship Programme. The ‘Green Fellows’ trained under the programme will work as volunteers in the green campaigns of the corporation. The fellowship is aimed at moulding resource persons to promote zero-waste initiatives in association with government agencies. In the technical session, the Green Fellows will be […]
Porvorim: Agriculture minister Vijai Sardesai told the house on Monday that the government will set up floriculture estates in Goa. “Floriculture estates are non-polluting and less power extensive,” said Sardesai during ‘Question Hour’. Floriculture, Sardesai said, is part of a comprehensive agriculture policy being prepared. Responding to a question tabled by Sanguem MLA Prasad Gaonkar, […]
The Chhattisgarh government will begin an ambulance service for cows, chief minister Raman Singh said, joining a number of BJP-ruled states to put a stronger focus on protection of the animal that is considered sacred by Hindus. The service will be started in ten districts in the next few months, Singh said, addressing a programme […]
When social entrepreneursAneel Kumar Ambavaram and Sarat Gidda from Andhra Pradesh came together, little did they know that theircollaboration would positively affect50 farmers from Warangal. Today, the duo stand tall in theirfully organic village Enabavi in Andhra Pradesh that has successfully sold 40,000 organic t-shirts. Aneel and Sarat have founded the Grameena Vikas Kendram Society […]
NAGAPATTINAM:While Facebook page creators are adept at coming up with memes for every occasion, V Santhosh (24) in Nagapattinam is using his pages to create memes on agriculture and organic farming. As his memes teach how to grow organic crops, thousands of youth and agriculture activists are now followers of the page. Santhoshs Learn Agriculture […]