Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain's submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops

Parliament panel report on GM food highlights rift within government

Calls for wider discussions before allowing transgenic crops

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

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Submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops

Memorandum to the Committee on Agriculture with views on “Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops – Prospects and Effects&…

Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science

He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support

A pre-emptive strike against Monsanto

American organic farmers are trying to ensure the biotech giant cannot sue them

A sticky label

US biotech industry gears up to play dirty in Europe

Biotechnology Bill: deadline for public feedback extended

Parliamentary committee has extended date till August 25; activists demand public consultations across the country in regional languages

Biosafety issues get a push

Experts to study socio-economic aspects of GMO release

In the wrong ministry?

Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks

Diabetes on the rise in India

White paper at national summit emphasises capacity building, training of healthcare workers

The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India's burgeoning oil import bill. And …

Does Cry1Ac gene harm plants?

A new Indian study says yes, but scientists differ  

Should smallpox virus specimens be destroyed or retained?

World Health Assembly to take a call on two remaining specimens in upcoming meet even as some scientists urge against their destruction; two …

Letters

FARMERS CONCERN

Threatened industry

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

INDIA

MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops

Moily bats for GM trials

After he revives regulatory body for GM crops, industry demands removal of state clearances

GM or organic: The choice before African nations

An African Development Bank report pushes for GM technologies for achieving food security, while some African nations are showing the way with …

Parliamentary committee slams regulatory system on GM crops

Says the crops have an impact on health and the environment and that these aspects were overlooked while approving Bt Brinjal trials in India

‘Stem cells – more hype than hope’

Scientific community calls for more stringent regulation of basic stem cell research and clinical trials