Many bee-keepers in danger of losing livelihood, warn industrialists The ban on export of Honey has led to a massive crash in the prices of Honey, which has hurt the bee-keepers of the state. Expressing concern about the state of affairs, Kashmir Apiaries Exports/ Little Bee Impex CMD Jagjit Singh Kapoor said, “As a result of this ban, Honey prices in the country are likely to crash further and the vulnerable...
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HIL workers at Kerala Endosulfan plant seek probe into NIOH study
Over 300 workers from the Hindustan Insecticides Limited plant manufacturing Endosulfan near Kochi at Kerala organised a rally today to oppose the unscientific approach adopted by environmental NGOs to seek ban on Endosulfan. The workers demanded that their own experience and the farmers’ experience be taken into consideration as they work with the pesticide Endosulfan. Endosulfan was manufactured and used for more than 50 years across the world and continues to...
More »Losing homes by Divya Gandhi
With the BRT Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka going to get a tiger reserve status, the Soligas living there face imminent eviction.NEVER before have the tigers of the Biligiri Rangaswamy Temple (BRT) Wildlife Sanctuary burned so bright, either in popular imagination or in administrative priority. With the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests approving “in principle” the status of a tiger reserve for the BRT sanctuary, the endangered cat has taken...
More »The message and the messenger by Shyam Ranganathan
The Assange saga may be as good for the jurisprudence of rape as the whole WikiLeaks issue may be for the strength of free speech and the Internet.Julian Paul Assange's life as a hacker and “rogue journalist” (as he is to some people) had the makings of a classic Hollywood potboiler, initially. Eventually, it appeared to have turned into high drama, with two women alleging rape and molestation, a Swedish...
More »EU stings Honey exports
The government today informed Parliament that the European Union (EU) has banned imports of Honey from India on account of the presence of heavy metals in the consignments. The EU is the second largest destination for Indian Honey exports after the US. India exports Honey to over 60 nations. India’s Honey exports totalled $32.39 million in 2008-09, a quarter of which went to the EU. “The EU has banned the export of...
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