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Solving poverty

Gurdev S Khush is the principal plant breeder in the Plant breeding, genetics and biochemistry division of the International Rice Research …

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

The loss of our breeds

Buy an Indian breed from Australia

Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary

Reunion dengue study claims climate data can help predict disease outbreaks

Sub-seasonal climate forecasts from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts model were incorporated into a vector model that …

A plant breeder comes into his own

Awards are finally coming to K Vinod Prabhu, 54, a plant breeder, for his work on building resistance in wheat, mustard and rice through the …

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

Everything about desert locusts — and how to control them amid COVID-19 crisis

From Yemen to Indo-Pakistan border, how the swarms made way into India — and how the situation should be monitored 

Science & Technology - Briefs

Science and Technology - Briefs

Fruitful deliberations

Two global meetings chart a course for weeding out biopiracy

Say cheese to Brussels

Locally transmitted malaria in the US could be a harbinger of rising disease risk in a warming climate — 5 questions answered

These are first locally transmitted malaria cases in the US since 2003

Supa dam displaced lease out lands to paper mill

US biotech to plant GM rice with human genes

News 360° - Briefs

News 360° - Briefs

Saving rice

Rice is at the heart of a fierce strategy debate as the country prepares to launch the second Green Revolution in the eastern states. …

South Asia

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South Asian nations will now cooperate to save the vulture

Most rapid decline in vulture populations recorded in Asia

Moneymakers