Is your ‘organic’ coffee really clean? New study finds hidden chemicals in every sample, suggests safer alternativesA recent report reveals a surprising detail about organic coffee. It indicates that organic coffee samples contain AMPA, a glyphosate resid...
21 Aug, 2025, 10.01 PM IST
Bayer CEO: we will have to stop producing glyphosate if nothing changesBayer may halt U.S. production of glyphosate, a widely used weedkiller, due to ongoing litigation. CEO Bill Anderson stated that without re...
06 Aug, 2025, 02.29 PM IST
Banned cotton seeds carve out ₹600 cr parallel marketBanned HTBt cotton seeds are now popular in India. These seeds account for 15% of the market. Farmers use them to cut labour costs. Industr...
19 Jun, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
MAHA report highlights glyphosate dangers and ultra processed food impact on children's healthA new federal report warns of growing threats to children’s health from glyphosate exposure and ultra processed food. The MAHA Commission’s...
23 May, 2025, 10.29 AM IST
US state orders Bayer to pay $2 billion in Roundup cancer caseThe verdict, which Bayer said on Saturday it would appeal, is one of the largest legal settlements issued in a Roundup-related case and is ...
22 Mar, 2025, 10.51 PM IST
Govt weighs herbicide-tolerant BT cotton, glyphosate use as industry pushesThe government is evaluating complex policy decisions on Herbicide-tolerant BT cotton and the widespread application of glyphosate amidst i...
04 Oct, 2024, 05.40 PM IST
European stocks rise after two-day slideOn Wall Street, the tech-heavy Nasdaq touched an over eight-month high on Wednesday, boosted by a slightly lower-than-expected increase in ...
11 May, 2023, 01.40 PM IST
Can you identify which chemicals may be carcinogenic? Study says yesCarcinogens include asbestos, tobacco smoke, diesel engine exhaust etc.
31 Jan, 2023, 09.54 PM IST
Government plans to restrict use of glyphosate herbicide“No person shall use glyphosate except through Pest Control Operators,” the draft notification read. The ministry has given 30 days for obj...
09 Jul, 2020, 07.19 PM IST
Swadeshi Jagran Manch ticks off Agriculture ministry over 'misleading' reply in Parliament on herbicide GlyphosateThe Manch has reacted strongly to a reply given by the ministry to an unstarred question in Praliament on July 9.
23 Jul, 2019, 10.32 PM IST
Farmer unions demand that GM event developer be made legally liable for illegal GM crop cultivationA Delegation also met with the GEAC officials in MoEFCC on July 12th 2019 to put forward their demands for regulatory improvements.
15 Jul, 2019, 03.52 PM IST
Darjeeling planters claim tea imported from Nepal is not FSSAI-compliantTea from Nepal look similar to Darjeeling tea and even packet tea players and blenders find it difficult to tell them apart.
27 Nov, 2018, 11.45 AM IST
Common herbicide may be killing honeybees: Study25 Sep, 2018, 01.41 PM IST
US jury orders Monsanto to pay $290 million to cancer patient over weed killerFollowing eight weeks of trial proceedings, the San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay USD 250 million in punitive damages along with c...
11 Aug, 2018, 11.38 AM IST
Environmental impact of GM crops unveiledSoybean crops saw a significant increase in herbicide use, with adopters of genetically modified crops using 28% more herbicides than non-a...
19 Sep, 2016, 02.26 PM IST
Monsanto slumps as its popular herbicide Round Up faces class action suit in the USShares of Monsanto slumped 5 per cent in Monday's trade after four cancer-stricken Nebraskan patients sued the company over its popular her...
16 May, 2016, 04.40 PM IST
- Monsanto to launch weed-resistant cotton variant by 2011
US-based biotech major Monsanto is planning to launch a new hybrid version of cotton in India for commercial cultivation by 2011.
15 Nov, 2007, 11.45 AM IST