Discovery of Bt brinjal in a Haryana farmer’s field underlines lax regulation of India’s GM crops

The apex regulatory body, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, seems to have turned a blind eye to the illegal cultivation of GM food.

Meena Menon

· May 26, 2019 · 01:30 pm

In drought-hit Marathwada, villagers depend on tankers for water, farmers cut down fruit trees

Ahead of polls, despite the dire situation, there is neither work under employment guarantee scheme nor any cattle camps, fodder depots for livestock.

Meena Menon

· Apr 08, 2019 · 01:30 pm

In a Telangana village, protests against an irrigation project have thwarted poll campaign plans

The protest in Vemulaghat village that began in June 2016 continues today, barring parties from campaigning here for the December 7 Assembly elections.

Meena Menon

· Dec 02, 2018 · 01:30 pm

In poll-bound Telangana, clean water is still a pipe dream in many villages despite grand projects

The Rs 437.91-billion Mission Bhagiratha aims to provide safe drinking water to all but is dogged by gaps in implementation, murmurs of corruption.

Meena Menon

· Nov 26, 2018 · 01:30 pm

Illegal variants of Bt cotton are growing popular in India, further threatening indigenous crops

Experts say government backing is a must for a large-scale shift from hybrid cotton to desi varieties.

Meena Menon

· Sep 27, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Pink bollworm pests reach Maharashtra’s Yavatmal early this year, adding to farmers’ distress

Multiple measures like pheromone and light traps, multi-cropping and changing cropping seasons have been initiated.

Meena Menon

· Aug 31, 2018 · 09:30 pm

Meet the Mumbai heroes who helped families of 225 people missing during 1992-’93 riots find closure

When the police failed to help, NGO workers conducted their own investigations to prove that many people who had mysteriously vanished were actually dead.

Meena Menon

· Dec 08, 2017 · 08:00 am

A litany of miseries: After crop failure and debt, pesticides are killing farmers in Vidarbha

At least 40 people have died from pesticide poisoning since August and hundreds have taken ill.

Meena Menon

· Nov 12, 2017 · 06:30 am

How to be an Indian journalist in Pakistan (especially when you’re tailed by the police constantly)

Meena Menon’s ‘Reporting Pakistan’ examines life on the street and in the corridors of power.

Meena Menon

· Jun 20, 2017 · 08:30 am