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Farmers in Yavatmal continue to suffer health effects from hazardous pesticide use: survey

February 04, 2026 10:12 pm

A PAN India field study finds near-universal pesticide use, unsafe handling and disposal practices, and widespread acute and chronic health problems among cotton farmers in Yavatmal.

Pest control expert shares how to get rid of wasps and bugs hovering over your plants

August 10, 2025 4:04 am

Plant bugs occur throughout the world and are soft-bodied and small, less than 10 mm (0.4 inch) long, and are easily identified by their four-segmented antennae and their beak.

India’s organised domestic crop protection chemicals market is valued at roughly Rs 24,500 crore.

How India’s pesticide market is changing

August 04, 2025 7:57 am

The growth is now coming not from insecticides or fungicides, but herbicides. And the driver for that is shortage of labour for manual weeding.

Here are 5 expert-approved ways to help you get rid of earthworms

July 11, 2025 4:30 pm

Leaving food or waste water near doorways or drains is another common mistake that ends up encouraging worm activity

22 chirps = 17°C?: How crickets became nature’s living thermometers

June 22, 2025 10:29 am

According to the Reconnect With Nature website, it is believed, however, that Dolbear was listening to a snowy tree cricket, a species that has earned itself the nickname "thermometer cricket."

An expert-approved step-by-step guide to get rid of bed bugs or khatmal

June 16, 2025 1:09 pm

An expert at hiding in small spaces, spotting bed bugs requires close inspection and a sharp eye — particularly when it comes to your sleeping areas.

The most definitive evidence of termites is the presence of mud tubes.

Ways to prevent and treat termite (deemak) infestation at your home this summer

April 07, 2025 2:28 pm

Before you can tackle a termite problem, you need to know what to look for.

Organophosphate, used in pesticides, likely behind 17 deaths that spread panic in J&K village: Doctors

January 28, 2025 8:08 am

The doctors said they came to this hypothesis after patients from the same village who presented with similar symptoms showed improvement after they were given “atropine injections”.

After floods, pest attack: For paddy farmers, struggle far from over

September 16, 2023 9:03 am

This year, Punjab has sown paddy on 32 lakh hectares, including approximately 5.96 lakh hectares of basmati varieties.

Scientists are engineering plants to produce ‘sex perfume’ to replace pesticides

April 27, 2023 1:52 pm

Researchers are engineering tobacco plants to produce moth pheromones that could potentially be used to create traps that can lure the insects as a replacement for harmful pesticides.