Pune June 29 The Ecological Society has commenced the admission process for the one-year postgraduate diploma in Natural Resource Management, Sustainable Development and Ecological Restoration. According to a press note sent by the Society, the objective of the course is to impart training in sustainable use of natural resources.

Pune June 29 The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has expressed concern over the poor response from the information technology (IT) companies to address the problem of electronic waste being generated in the city despite efforts made by the civic body. "The PMC has initiated steps to tackle the e-waste problem, but there is not much response from the IT companies," Ajay Ojha, PMC Environment Cell, in-charge, said at a meeting with representatives of 200 IT companies organised recently by city-based NGO Sarathi.

Mumbai, June 29 With the city topping the list in generating the highest amount of electronic waste in the country, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) along with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will soon be searching for a landfill site exclusive to treat and dump e-waste as a pilot project.

Ordinance allows govt to appoint controller, stop exploitation of farmers by traders IN a move aimed at preventing the exploitation of farmers by cotton seed traders who sell seeds including transgenic (BT) cotton'' seeds at high prices, the Maharashtra Government had issued an ordinance which seeks to regulate the supply, distribution and sale of cotton seed by fixing its maximum sale price.

WHILE the Mumbai civic administration is dealing with an increase in cases of rain-related ailments this monsoon, the state health administration has had to tackle fewer instances of disease outbreaks so far. Since April, there have been only 15 deaths in the other parts of the state due to water-borne and vector-borne diseases. Nine of these deaths are due to water-borne diseases like gastroenteritis and diarrhoea, and six due to vector-borne diseases like malaria and dengue.

on may 28, the Maharashtra government issued an order revoking a 47-year-old ban on the sale of Lathyrus sativus, a pulse variety grown widely in the state

In one season, land prices in Dhangharwadi shot up from Rs 6,000-10,000 per acre (0.4 hectare) to Rs 1 lakh per acre. But people in this little village in Maharashtra

Nutritionist Shantilal Kothari, whose efforts were instrumental in revocation of the ban on lathyrus speaks to Aparna Pallavi

How did you get interested in lathyrus?