Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
Do GM crops increase yield? The answer is No, and the claim is outrageous as the modified crops were developed as being herbicide tolerant and insect repellent-------- Lies, damn lies, and the Monsanto website. Tell a lie a hundred times, and the chances are that it will eventually appear to …
Genetic engineering has been promoted as an important means for dramatically improving the yields of staple food crops, but there is little evidence to support such a claim. In Failure to Yield, the Union of Concerned Scientists provides the most comprehensive evaluation to date of more than two decades of …
Consumer groups fret over impact of genetically modified crop Ananth Krishnan MUMBAI: Consumer groups are concerned about exposing Indian consumers to genetically modified Bt brinjal, even as the government is considering grant of approval to Mahyco to commercially launch the GM food this year. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), …
Efforts by Monsanto to introduce genetically modified maize into the European Union hit a fresh roadblock yesterday when member states upheld bans imposed by Austria and Hungary. The European Commission had pushed them to drop the ban on MON810, a variety of genetically modified (GMO) maize produced by Monsanto, the …
Genetically modified crops are continuing to spread across the world, according to the leading annual survey of GM in agriculture, published yesterday. The International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) said the global area of GM crops rose from 114m hectares in 2007 to 125m hectares in 2008, …
This comprehensive review of all aspects of cultivation of brinjal in India summarises the development and regulatory status in India of biotech Bt brinjal hybrids. Bt brinjal was approved in India for experimental seed production in 2008-2009 and is under consideration for commercial release. This Brief is a comprehensive review …
The ICMR guidelines to establish the safety assessment procedures for foods derived from GE plants taking into consideration the international Guideline for the Conduct of Food Safety Assessment of Foods Derived from Recombinant- DNA Plants (CAC 2003b). 2 CONCEPT OF SAFETY ASSESSMENT Modern biotechnology, involving the use of recombinant DNA …
percy and louise schmeiser dragged biotech giant Monsanto to court in 2005 for contaminating their organic rapeseed farm in Canada. The couple was in Delhi recently to attend a conference on genetically modified organism or GMO. savvy soumya misra spoke to the couple, who are also the recipient of Right …
STUDENTS of IIT Madras, who have developed a method to change the behaviour of DNA cells by conditioned heat process, will apply for patents soon. Their discovery fetched the second prize at the International Genetically Engineered Machines (iGEM) Competition. It also bagged the awards for
Mumbai, November 20 If you thought bio-engineering experiments are confined strictly to grains, fruits and vegetable crops, here's a piece of news. Two new genetically modified species of bougainvillea
GM herbs knock on the doors of Ayurveda. Can Ayurveda really be compatible with genetic modification? With traditional medicine herbs being genetically engineered, custodians of this ancient system will soon have to decide if they want to assimilate this new technology or insulate Ayurveda from it. While purists are not …
Adoption of the Bollgard-II version of the genetically modified (GM) cotton has increased four-fold since its commercial launch in 2006. Improved yield and better control of pests have resulted in the cotton area under the variety rising to 45 lakh acres. Of the total 172 lakh acres under Bt cotton …
We see several Pucca houses being constructed in place of dilapidated and tiled structures on both sides of the road as our car speeds past Siruvachhur, Sirkanpur, Nathakadu and Illupaikudi villages in the Perambalur district of Tamil Nadu. To describe the construction activity as feverish would be an understatement. On …
Since the last decade crop improvement using genetic engineering tools is one of the alternative approaches to increase and stabilise agricultural production in the world. However, producing a transgenic plant is a long and expensive process. Even after it led to the successful development of a plant with a desired …
biological sciences Water bears in space Life for a certain kind of tiny invertebrates is possible in space. About 1.5 mm long water bears were found to survive there, a European Space Agency (esa) experiment showed. This makes the eight-legged invertebrates, also called tardigrade, the first animals known to survive …
By Terry Wade LIMA (Reuters) - Scientists around the world have teamed up to sequence the genome of the potato, hoping to crack the genetic code of one of the world's most important crops at a time of surging population growth and high food prices. Solanum tuberosum, the scientific name …
Dilip Kumar Jha / Mumbai September 11, 2008, 3:24 IST After an overwhelming success of Bacillus thurengiensis (Bt) cotton, Bt brinjal is all set to go commercial from the next sowing season, with the completion of its trial runs. After the launch, Bt brinjal will become the first edible product …
Joe C Mathew / New Delhi September 06, 2008, 3:59 IST Data on clinical trials of genetically-modified (GM) brinjal have been made public by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the environment ministry. The development comes even as Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco) had filed a petition before the …
Going by the text of the National Biotechnology Regulatory Bill 2008, the government of India and specifically, the department of biotechnology (DBT), have a clear disdain for the need to conserve biodiversity, or allow state governments to exercise their constitutional rights over their agriculture. (Letter)
