The U.S. Supreme Court is reviewing significant cases. These cases cover voting rights, presidential authority, immigration policies, and g...

Peruvian municipalities in Satipo and Nauta have granted legal rights to native stingless bees. These tiny pollinators are now recognized a...

New research reveals a disturbing aspect of ant colonies: worker ants can be manipulated to kill their own queen. Parasitic queens employ c...

Union Minister Paswan highlighted spices’ historic role in India’s trade and their vast untapped potential beyond culinary use.

US President Donald Trump's administration on Friday re-approved the use of pesticide dicamba for spraying on top of genetically-modified c...

The pesticide industry is calling for stricter government rules on online sales of crop protection products. They want mandatory authorizat...

Saudi Arabia is set to implement a stringent new law targeting counterfeit pesticides, proposing jail terms of up to five years and SR10 mi...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) stated that India maintains some of the strictest maximum residue limits (MRLs) fo...

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has clarified that it allows 10 times more pesticide residue levels in herbs and s...

India dilutes pesticide norms for herbs and spices, raising MRL to 0.1mg/kg. Activists fear harm to exports. Concerns include health risks,...

Releasing the SoP, the agriculture ministry said, in recent years, use of drones in agriculture has gained prominence and some states are a...

“Framing of rules is in final stages. As per the proposed guidelines, biostimulants will have to be first registered with government and ha...

The new law will be in line with the international norms being practised by global leaders.

Maximum Residual Levels of pesticides in fruits and vegetables and other food products have been fixed under the Food Safety and Standards.

While there is no dearth of government agencies to regulate use of pesticides in the country , what is absent is action on the ground.

The govt has proposed an increase in monopoly period enjoyed by pesticide manufacturers over test data, used to support claims for efficacy...

The goal is to set standards for usage of pesticides across the board, not banning Cola, says Narain.