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Centre To Provide Aid For Compensation To Endosulfan Victims: Kerala
- Thursday July 21, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Kerala government on Thursday said neither the Centre nor pesticide manufacturers have provided any assistance to disburse compensation to the victims of Endosulfan pesticide exposure in the southern state as directed by the Supreme Court and the
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Blinded, Deformed, Thousands Paying For Endosulfan In Karnataka Say ‘Enough’
- Tuesday May 23, 2017
Belathangady, Karnataka: As a child, Shridhar Gowda, now 40, was taken to a cashew nut farm in Karnataka’s Belathangady by his teacher to see a small chopper spraying insecticide. Little did he know that a few years later, the same deadly insecticide called Endosulfan will become the reason for the loss of his eye sight. Over two decades between ...
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India to Phase Out Use of Endosulfan by 2017: Government
- Friday August 8, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
India has agreed to phase out use of Endosulfan by 2017 and all existing stock of the pesticide in the country that is past its expiry date, government said today.
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Endosulfan victims issue: Ministers to visit Kasaragod
- Monday August 27, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
A team of Ministers would visit Kasaragod next week and hold discussions with peoples' representatives in the district on the demands of endosulfan victims, an official release here said. This was decided at a discussion held by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with Kasaragod MP P Karunakaran and District Panchayat President PP Shyamala Devi in the cap...
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Treat Kasargod endosulfan 'tragedy' as a national disaster: Workshop resolution
- Monday July 23, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
Emphasising the need to speed up rehabilitation of people affected by the spraying of endosulfan in the district, a workshop on the issue on Sunday decided to urge the Centre to treat the problem as a national disaster like tsunami or Bhopal gas tragedy.
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Rehabilitating endosulfan victims Government's aim: Oomen Chandy
- Saturday July 21, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
Government has drawn up a project to provide employment to endosulfan victims after giving them proper training, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said.
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Human Rights Body summons Kerala's Chief Secretary
- Tuesday May 1, 2012
- South | Indo-Asian News Service
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned Kerala's Chief Secretary over the state's failure to submit the compliance report of compensating people affected from the aerial spray of hazardous pesticide Endosulfan in Kasargod district.
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Dhanuka Agritech Ltd - No impact on Dhanuka Agritech Ltd's performance on account of Ban on Endosulfan
- Saturday November 26, 2011
- Business | NDTV Correspondent
Dhanuka Agritech Ltd has informed BSE regarding an announcement titled "No impact on Dhanuka Agritech Ltd's performance on account of Ban on Endosulfan".
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Excel Crop Care Ltd - Listing of Endosulfan in Annex A of Stockholm Convention
- Saturday November 26, 2011
- Business | NDTV Correspondent
Excel Crop Care Ltd has informed BSE that the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants, a Convention administered by a United Nations body, has decided to list endosultan, one of the major products of the company, in Annnex A of the Convention with specific exemptions. This decision, taken at the meeting of the conference of parties to...
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Will government succumb to uproar against Endosulfan?
- Saturday November 26, 2011
- Business | NDTV Correspondent
As pressure mounts on the Indian government to introduce a nationwide ban on Endosulfan - a widely used pestiside in India - the government is resisting the move internationally, by lobbying to postpone the global ban on Endosulfan at the Geneva Convention to 2013. The Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday said more studies need ...
- www.ndtv.com/business
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Supreme Court bans Endosulfan across country
- Friday May 13, 2011
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court has banned the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide Endosulfan in the country for the next eight weeks, holding that human life is more important than anything else."Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution and particularly keeping in mind the ...
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Supreme Court bans manufacture, use of endosulfan
- Friday May 13, 2011
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
The Supreme Court today banned the manufacture and use of pesticide Endosulfan across India. An expert panel headed by the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will examine the ill effects of the pesticide on human beings and the eco system and will submit a preliminary report to the apex court within eight weeks.The court ...
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End of Endosulfan saga in Kerala
- Tuesday May 10, 2011
- Cities | Press Trust of India
Kerala State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday ordered closure of public sector company Hindustan Insecticides Ltd, a major producer of the pesticide Endosulfan, for "violation" of pollution and environmental safety rules.The company at Elur, near Kochi, had persistently violated rules laid down to check air and water pollution and environmental h...
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Endosulfan victim dies due to alleged medical negligence
- Friday May 6, 2011
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, suspected to be a victim of the harmful effects of Endosulfan pesticide, died on Thursday allegedly after she failed to receive timely medical care in a government-run hospital in Kerala's Kasaragod district.Prajitha was taken to the Kasaragod General Hospital after she complained of breathlessness.As the child speci...
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Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea to ban Endosulfan
- Monday May 2, 2011
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a petition seeking ban on Endosulfan pesticide across the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Centre and asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to remain present on the next date of hearing on May 11...
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Centre To Provide Aid For Compensation To Endosulfan Victims: Kerala
- Thursday July 21, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Kerala government on Thursday said neither the Centre nor pesticide manufacturers have provided any assistance to disburse compensation to the victims of Endosulfan pesticide exposure in the southern state as directed by the Supreme Court and the
- www.ndtv.com
-
Blinded, Deformed, Thousands Paying For Endosulfan In Karnataka Say ‘Enough’
- Tuesday May 23, 2017
Belathangady, Karnataka: As a child, Shridhar Gowda, now 40, was taken to a cashew nut farm in Karnataka’s Belathangady by his teacher to see a small chopper spraying insecticide. Little did he know that a few years later, the same deadly insecticide called Endosulfan will become the reason for the loss of his eye sight. Over two decades between ...
- everylifecounts.ndtv.com
-
India to Phase Out Use of Endosulfan by 2017: Government
- Friday August 8, 2014
- India News | Press Trust of India
India has agreed to phase out use of Endosulfan by 2017 and all existing stock of the pesticide in the country that is past its expiry date, government said today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Endosulfan victims issue: Ministers to visit Kasaragod
- Monday August 27, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
A team of Ministers would visit Kasaragod next week and hold discussions with peoples' representatives in the district on the demands of endosulfan victims, an official release here said. This was decided at a discussion held by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy with Kasaragod MP P Karunakaran and District Panchayat President PP Shyamala Devi in the cap...
- www.ndtv.com
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Treat Kasargod endosulfan 'tragedy' as a national disaster: Workshop resolution
- Monday July 23, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
Emphasising the need to speed up rehabilitation of people affected by the spraying of endosulfan in the district, a workshop on the issue on Sunday decided to urge the Centre to treat the problem as a national disaster like tsunami or Bhopal gas tragedy.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Rehabilitating endosulfan victims Government's aim: Oomen Chandy
- Saturday July 21, 2012
- South | Press Trust of India
Government has drawn up a project to provide employment to endosulfan victims after giving them proper training, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy today said.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Human Rights Body summons Kerala's Chief Secretary
- Tuesday May 1, 2012
- South | Indo-Asian News Service
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has summoned Kerala's Chief Secretary over the state's failure to submit the compliance report of compensating people affected from the aerial spray of hazardous pesticide Endosulfan in Kasargod district.
- www.ndtv.com
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Dhanuka Agritech Ltd - No impact on Dhanuka Agritech Ltd's performance on account of Ban on Endosulfan
- Saturday November 26, 2011
- Business | NDTV Correspondent
Dhanuka Agritech Ltd has informed BSE regarding an announcement titled "No impact on Dhanuka Agritech Ltd's performance on account of Ban on Endosulfan".
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Excel Crop Care Ltd - Listing of Endosulfan in Annex A of Stockholm Convention
- Saturday November 26, 2011
- Business | NDTV Correspondent
Excel Crop Care Ltd has informed BSE that the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants, a Convention administered by a United Nations body, has decided to list endosultan, one of the major products of the company, in Annnex A of the Convention with specific exemptions. This decision, taken at the meeting of the conference of parties to...
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Will government succumb to uproar against Endosulfan?
- Saturday November 26, 2011
- Business | NDTV Correspondent
As pressure mounts on the Indian government to introduce a nationwide ban on Endosulfan - a widely used pestiside in India - the government is resisting the move internationally, by lobbying to postpone the global ban on Endosulfan at the Geneva Convention to 2013. The Minister of Agriculture, Sharad Pawar, on Tuesday said more studies need ...
- www.ndtv.com/business
-
Supreme Court bans Endosulfan across country
- Friday May 13, 2011
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court has banned the production, sale and use of controversial pesticide Endosulfan in the country for the next eight weeks, holding that human life is more important than anything else."Keeping in mind various judgements of this court under Article 21 (right to life and liberty) of the Constitution and particularly keeping in mind the ...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Supreme Court bans manufacture, use of endosulfan
- Friday May 13, 2011
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
The Supreme Court today banned the manufacture and use of pesticide Endosulfan across India. An expert panel headed by the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) will examine the ill effects of the pesticide on human beings and the eco system and will submit a preliminary report to the apex court within eight weeks.The court ...
- www.ndtv.com
-
End of Endosulfan saga in Kerala
- Tuesday May 10, 2011
- Cities | Press Trust of India
Kerala State Pollution Control Board on Tuesday ordered closure of public sector company Hindustan Insecticides Ltd, a major producer of the pesticide Endosulfan, for "violation" of pollution and environmental safety rules.The company at Elur, near Kochi, had persistently violated rules laid down to check air and water pollution and environmental h...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Endosulfan victim dies due to alleged medical negligence
- Friday May 6, 2011
- India News | NDTV Correspondent
A two-and-a-half-year-old girl, suspected to be a victim of the harmful effects of Endosulfan pesticide, died on Thursday allegedly after she failed to receive timely medical care in a government-run hospital in Kerala's Kasaragod district.Prajitha was taken to the Kasaragod General Hospital after she complained of breathlessness.As the child speci...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Supreme Court issues notice to Centre on plea to ban Endosulfan
- Monday May 2, 2011
- India News | Press Trust of India
The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a petition seeking ban on Endosulfan pesticide across the country.A bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar issued notice to the Centre and asked Solicitor General Gopal Subramanium to remain present on the next date of hearing on May 11...
- www.ndtv.com