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- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- Indian researchers decode function of non-coding part of human genome
- Sacred lotus may hold secret of longevity
- Gram sewaks protest NREGS pressure
- High court halts seizure of Ganesha idols by Nagpur civic agency 1
- Private desires, public fears
- In celebration of biodiversity 5
- Inheritance of loss
- Illegal GM cotton spreads across India 1
- Kovvada nuclear power plant will displace about 8,000 people 6
- Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve 52
- A green facade 45
- Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell 38
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- What’s good insulation? 30
- How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster 28
- Grand distraction called river interlinking 28
- Eat at your own risk 27
- Green energy takes toll on green cover 26
- Temporary solution, permanent jam 25
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PATENTING PLANTS
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Issue Date: Jan 31, 2002
The US Supreme Court has upheld the legality of patents for plants and seeds. The recent ruling will help the crop-biotechnology industry. But it has upset populist farm groups and anti-biotechnology groups. The 6-2 opinion has kept intact utility patents granted by the US Patent and Trademark Office in the last 16 years to many multinational companies. Large amounts have been spent by the US biotechnology industry to modify crops genetically.
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