Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Biotechnology
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Agricultural biotechnology (a lot more than just GM crops)
The booklet explains and compares tools of agri-biotech including conventional breeding, tissue culture and micropropagation, molecular breeding and marker-assisted selection, and genetic engineering.
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IPCC chairman urges nations to look beyond politics to fight climate change
As a UN body - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - in its latest report has set an alarm bell ringing for the world to the looming threats of global warming, its chairman R K Pachauri wants
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India Environment Portal Newsletter 29 March 2014 - 04 April 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests,conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
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Indian, Aus scientists working on genetically improved rice
Melbourne : Scientists from India and Australia have found that a native Australian grass growing in Queensland state could hold the key to ensuring the long-term viability of rice, a crop critical to
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Experts want GM field trials without NoC from states
Thirty-five agricultural scientists, most of them associated with the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR), on Tuesday mooted the continuation of field trials of genetically modified (GM) crops under their guidance, without a no-objection certificate (NoC) from the respective state governments. “Agriculture is a state subject, and state agricultural universities and agriculture departments of respective states must involve themselves in field trials for GM crops without losing time.
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Food and climate: connecting the dots, choosing the way forward
This report published by the Centre for Food Safety, outlines the climate requirements for successful food production, and examines two competing food production methods – industrial and organic – to reveal how they contribute to the climate problem, how resilient they are in the face of escalating climate shocks, and how organic agriculture can actually help to solve the climate crisis.
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Govt gives green signal for field trials of GM crops
Reversing his predecessor Jayanti Natarajan’s stance, M Veerappa Moily, Minister for Petroleum, Natural Gas and Environment, has approved the biotech regulator – Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee
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Decks cleared for field trials of over 200 varieties of GM crops in India
Seed companies and agriculture research institutes in India can go ahead with scientific filed trials of different transgenic varieties of GM crops which had got clearance from the government's regulatory
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केंद्र ने कहा, खाद्य सुरक्षा के लिए जीएम फसलें जरूरी
देश की बढ़ती आबादी को खाद्य सुरक्षा मुहैया कराने को बड़ी चुनौती मानते हुए केंद्र सरकार ने कहा है कि अनुवांशिक तौर पर संशोधित फसलों (जीएम क्रॉप्स) समेत आधुनिक तकनीकों से अनाज और खाद्य उत्पादन बढ़ाना संभव
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Tamil Nadu biotechnology policy 2014
This new policy released by the Government of Tamil Nadu is designed to facilitate new biotech companies to come to the state by creating an enabling environment. Read the text.