The Supreme Court-appointed expert committee has proposed exhausting the roughly 1,090 tonne of endosulfan stock lying unused in the country. The time-frame set is two years, and states have been give

The Supreme Court on Tuesday permitted the export of over 2,500 kl of endosulfan formulation, used for the manufacture of the pesticide, lying with different companies.

An apex court bench headed by

After an initial spurt of enthusiasm, the United Democratic Front government of Kerala has slackened in its efforts to rehabilitate endosulfan victims of Kasargod.

The first step the UDF government t

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has decided to move the Supreme Court against the State government for not paying the compensation amount recommended by it to the victims of the banned pes

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 pest

In view of the plea for permitting export of endosulfan, the production and sale of which has been banned, the Supreme Court (SC) sought clarification on Friday from the monitoring panel on aspects, i

The Centre on Tuesday stunned Kerala by submitting before the Supreme Court that the health problems in Kasargod villages were not caused by endosulfan.

The ministry of agriculture said this in a cou

The Supreme Court (SC) asked the Centre on Friday to submit an interim report on the ill effects of the commonly used pesticide endosulfan within three weeks.

SC had banned manufacturing and sale of

Kerala Chief Minister, Mr Oommen Chandy, has reached out to endosulfan victims again by enhancing the relief amount for pesticide-affected school students of Kasargod.

While students in the UP classe

In a major setback to Kerala, which has been campaigning to evict the hazardous pesticide from the country, as many as 20 states opposed the ban on endosulfan on Friday.

The states conveyed their dec