New Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee constituted

Bikaneri Narma fraud investigator Soporoy made co-chairperson

Bugged

Trial or error?

The Indian government grants permission for trials of transgenic cotton

Modified decision

Sri Lanka delays imposing a ban on GM foodstuffs

LISTING SITES

Report rubbished

Chinese scientists shoot down research on shortcomings of Bt cotton

Rice genome decoded

Will poor farmers benefit from rice progress?

On trial

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HapMap released

Makes for more effective cure of several diseases

Punjab fails to monitor GM trial

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato

KENYA

The newcomer

Transgenic cotton is poised to enter the Indian market

Bullying tactics

Sowing panic

Saying no to Monsanto

The Indian patent office has once again rejected the biotech seed giant’s claim for a method to produce stress-tolerant transgenic plants

GM Mustard: Doctors demand ban on crops, uprooting of trial plantations

Over 100 doctors across India submit letter to PM Modi warning of health concerns

Follow Up

Starved of substance

No headway made at World Food Summit in accelerating efforts to eliminate hunger

Even the mice won't eat

Tests on mice prove that GM food might be more suspect than lobbyists would have us believe

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Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

GM blues

Controversy dogs Bt cotton clearance as debate over transgenics continues

India launches diagnostic kit that detects celiac disease in 20 minutes

Most of the diagnostic kits which are used presently are all imported from Europe and America and expensive

Metal maniacs

Genetically-modified trees could be soaking up poisonous metals from the ground in the near future or even mine for precious ones