Bt brinjal has no history of safe use
Jack A. Heinemann, professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, has expertise in genetic …
What's the fuss about Bt brinjal?
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Mondal, director-general of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is among the handful of people who have …
GEAC has power only to withdraw permission
Arjula R Reddy, a plant geneticist, was appointed co-chairperson of the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) in 2009. At present, he …
Who is watching GM crops?
As India gets ready to unleash a vast number of genetically modified (GM) food crops, politicians have joined activists in opposing engineered …
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 …
Bt brinjal: Bangladesh’s model not fit enough for adoption
India plans to study Bangladesh's cultivation method while the neighbouring country incurs losses
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
Biopiracy case turns intense
Biodiversity authority to challenge stay obtained in Bt brinjal case two days before hearing
Illegal GM cotton spreads across India
In a replay of Bt cotton saga, Monsanto's Roundup Ready Flex is being grown in at least three states without clearance
Cotton saga unravels
Flat yields for five years and rising insecticide use are jeopardising the success of Bt cotton technology
Pink bollworm resistant to Bt: Monsanto
Commercial interest behind claim, says Centre’s research institute
Bt Brinjal crop fails in Bangladesh's Gazipur district
Outcome in Gazipur not going to affect government’s plan to bring 20,000 ha under the GM crop in next five years
Karnataka bans Bt cotton seeds following large-scale crop failures
Seed company, Mahyco, offered Rs 10 crore compensation to farmers when losses were to the tune of Rs 230 crore
Karnataka Biodiversity Board washes hands of Bt brinjal biopiracy case
Activists say authority protecting Mahyco-Monsanto which used indigenous brinjal varieties to develop India's first genetically modified crop
GEAC, experts slip on basics?
As the biotech industry takes heart from the prime minister’s remark, a fresh report shows India’s regulation and expertise on GM …
GM food debate hots up again
Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the first scientists to warn the world about the dangers of genetically modified food, counters pro-GM scientists in …
Maharashtra bans Bt cotton seeds of Mahyco Monsanto Biotech
Move follows complaints against the company of providing inferior seeds, cheating and creating shortages
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
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 …
Biotech industry has a new patron
Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture
How competent is Indian science?
A shoddy inter-academy report on GM crops casts a shadow on the integrity and competence of Indian science, while a US expert finds approval for …
'Bt cotton has improved farmers' lives'
At the same time genetically modified cotton has increased fertilizer and water usage, resulting in high input costs, says study funded by farmers'…
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 …
Bangladesh's GM gamble
Anil Chandra Mahanta, one of the first 20 farmers to cultivate genetically modified brinjal in South Asia, does not understand the new technology.…
Odisha’s corn push
State rolls out scheme to reimburse fertiliser cost of maize farmers