Experts slam trial for new Bt brinjal variety, cite regulatory lapses

The Event 142 variety of genetically modified brinjal was quietly approved for field trials without any data in the public domain, claim experts

Stage set for GM crops

Centre hastily tables Bill on biotech regulation in Parliament

Scientists warn PM against GM contamination

Ask government to be cautious of Bangladesh's Bt Brinjal cultivation

Environment minister cornered over bio-piracy of brinjal

National Biodiversity Authority says decision on legal proceedings soon

Bt Brinjal – the war goes on

Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine

Indian scientists: missing in action

Scientifically invalid

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

Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy

Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

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

Bt brinjal: National Biodiversity Board to lodge complaint against Mahyco soon

It took two years to investigate bio-piracy allegations regarding use of  indigenous brinjal varieties to create India's first transgenic …

Scientists’ panel calls for 10-year moratorium on GM field trials

Supreme Court-mandated expert committee recommends new tests in thorough overhaul of India’s regulatory regime

Letter

European food regulatory body rejects French ban on GM maize

Scientific evidence found lacking in indicating risk to health, environment

Agriculture ministry bats for GM crops

Calls for a national policy on GM crops in its report to Parliament

Bt brinjal biopiracy case: court vacates stay

Karnataka High Court allows biodiversity boards to go ahead with criminal prosecution of seed company Mahyco and others, accused to using local …

Letters

Indefinite moratorium on GM field trials recommended

Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists for ban on herbicide tolerant crops for India

Indefinite ban on GM field trials recommended

Supreme Court’s expert panel of scientists also against herbicide-tolerant crops for India