Food for thought in a mid-day meal tragedy

The tragedy involving the death of children in a Bihar school should reinforce recent efforts to improve the programme, notes Amarjeet Sinha. The sad loss of 23 innocent lives after consuming hot......

Forensics confirm pesticide in Chhapra mid-day meal

A forensic report on Saturday confirmed the presence of poisonous pesticide in the midday meal served to the students of the school in Chhapra where 23 children died after taking the contaminated......

Punjab: High pesticide level in blood samples

A study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment found 'very high' levels of pesticide residues in human blood samples that were taken from Punjab villagers.Blood samples collected from......

Packaged water firms yet to clean process

Even after the Bureau of Indian Standards' decision to upgrade the norms for packaged water, large players are showing no signs of improving their production facilities.Packaged water manufacturers......