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

Odisha’s corn push

State rolls out scheme to reimburse fertiliser cost of maize farmers

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.…

Monsanto pulled up

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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 …

India launches its first genetically modified crop

Bt brinjal set for field trial, experts warn of health risks

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 …

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

How Bt brinjal was cleared

Anti-GM groups say expert panel acted under pressure

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 …

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 …

Bt Brinjal: NBA may prosecute Mahyco, collaborators

Mahyco claims innocence, alleges violation by Dharwad University

Green signal for Bt brinjal

Final nod from environment ministry in February 2010

GM and the superhero

Environment minister cornered over bio-piracy of brinjal

National Biodiversity Authority says decision on legal proceedings soon

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

Scientifically invalid

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