News 360° - Briefs

News 360° - Briefs

Test tube brinjal

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

In the wrong ministry?

Biotech Regulatory Authority will have too much power, no checks

Brief

France extends GM corn ban

Supreme Court criticized for giving clearance to Bt Brinjal

Science & Technology - Briefs

Test tube brinjal

Indian regulators are keen to clear Bt brinjal for commercial cultivation. This would be India’s first genetically modified food crop. If …

GM purple tomatoes to fight cardiovascular diseases

UK-based Cathie Martin to start clinical trials soon; green activists protest and call trials ‘violation of European Union norms’

Maize Mania

Maize has become the queen of cereals, courted by state governments, seed companies, farmers and the feedstock and starch industries as the crop …

MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops

Brazil gives go-ahead to GM corns

No labelling for GM food

New food safety regulation ignores it despite a four-year-old law

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

Moily bats for GM trials

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

A people’s festival to protest CBD conference

Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

Letter

Kerala says no to GM crop

News 360° - Briefs

Pro-GM farmers stage protest near Parliament

Farmers' organisations demand rejection of technical experts committee report recommending indefinite ban on field trials of GM crops

Agrarian crisis: farmers from 15 states protest at Delhi Jantar Mantar

They demand moratorium on land acquisition; farmers' suicides, falling incomes and GMOs on list of concerns

Scientists’ panel to add new member for report on GM field trials

Weeks after expert committee recommended moratorium Supreme Court agrees to agriculture ministry's request to add new member to panel