Biotech regulator approves GM mustard, now Centre to take a call

Biosafety mechanisms ignored, conflict of interest over GEAC panel as well, say experts 

Seeds of decline

Frequent pest attacks, rising seed costs and declining returns are forcing farmers to abandon India's first genetically modified (GM) crop, Bt …

Pawar's daughter on panel that will examine biotechnology Bill

Supriya Sule joins Parliament panel on science and technology; panel to submit report on Bill that gives easy access to GM crops in three months

Cotton saga unravels

Flat yields for five years and rising insecticide use are jeopardising the success of Bt cotton technology

How Dolly was cloned

A HISTORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY·Michel Morange· translated by Matthew Cobb·Oxford University Press·pp336·Rs 495

Pest control

Facts modified

To help the biotech industry

Genomics could help cure cancer

Eugene W Myers , vice president for informatics research at Celera Genomics, usa , is the brain behind computer applications used to assemble …

Chhattisgarh will not allow GM crops

Chandrasekhar Sahu, agriculture minister of Chhattisgarh, is passionate about making farming a viable proposition for farmers. He has written …

Paint it safe

Genetically modified, and spreading

Biobusiness

China

Popular medicine

Farmers say 'no' to Ranbaxy expansion plans

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

Bacteria discovered in Chilika open door to new possibilities

Bio-products derived from these species could find uses in biotechnology sector and may help fishers find alternative source of living

A natural antidote

A new technique shall help do away with unwanted, polluting byproducts of certain manufacturing processes

Biodiversity & ethics

BIOTECHNOLOGY, BIOSAFETY AND BIODIVERSITY: SCIENTIFIC AND ETHICAL ISSUES FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT·editors Sivramiah Shantharam and Jane …

Will the boom last?

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector, globally, as well as in India has seen a bull run of sorts. In January this year, …

Golddiggers

Banning imports

Science meets fiction

Down To Earth invites sci-fi buffs and writers to take its readers on a guided tour of the world of science fiction that throws a mirror to the …

The Future is Now

In 1992, the world moved several steps towards globalisation. But little attention was paid to the sharp economic, social and cultural divides. …

A North-South conflict

BIORESOURCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY: POLICY CONCERNS FOR THE ASIAN REGION·Edited by Suman Sahai·Gene Campaign·New Delhi, 1999&…

Punjab fails to monitor GM trial

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato