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. …
Veteran agriculture minister Matia Chowdhury Wednesday said farmers will soon start producing Genetically Modified ‘Bt Cotton’ following field trials of bio-safety rules to boost cotton production in the country. ‘In Bangladesh about 0.5 million hectares of lands are under cotton production which can be brought under the GM, hybrid cotton …
The West Australian government is seeking to change guidelines for organic food certification to allow a certain amount of genetically modified material. An ABC Rural revealed the state's Department of Agriculture and Food has made its first submission on GM tolerance to the Organic Industry Standards and Certification Council. In …
On 12 June 2014, EU environment ministers reached agreement on a proposed directive on the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). The directive provides a legal framework to allow EU countries to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of GMOs for reasons other than health or environment considerations. The proposal was …
Mosquitoes that only gives birth to male off springs are the new weapon in the global fight against malaria. British scientists announced on Tuesday that in what will be a massive boost against the world's deadliest vector borne disease, they have successfully wiped out malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the lab. Scientists …
KARACHI: Research and commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops that included a commendable work of making an indigenous drought-resistant wheat variety has received a major blow with devolution of powers to provinces as there is absolute lack of official ownership of this important field and nobody knows whether it’s a …
ISLAMABAD: Federal Seed Certification Registration Department is ensuring availability of quality cotton seed and has so far certified 17,791.25 MT seed to enhance production. This certification was 44.48 per cent of total seed requirement of around 40,000 MT cotton seed. Sources at Ministry of Textile Industry on Sunday said during …
An Australian farmer who lost his organic produce license after his fields were contaminated by a neighbor’s genetically modified canola crop has failed to win his test case for losses. In a judgment that could influence how GM crops are grown in Australia, a judge also denied an injunction to …
After years of fractious talks, EU states have finally reached a compromise to allow cultivation of genetically modified (GM) food crops by giving their opponents an opt out, official sources said Wednesday. European Union member states will have the right to refuse GM crops on their territory, even if they …
Irrigation project a la Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana soon. In a reversal of the UPA regime policy, genetically modified crops will not be a priority for the new government, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said here on Wednesday. “Only if absolutely necessary can genetically modified crops be looked at,” …
India’s new government will allow genetically modified (GM) crops into the country only if they are “very essential”, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Wednesday, his first day in office. “I have spoken to government officials and feel GM technology is important. If it is very essential then we …
Genetically modified crops and foods are neither safe nor necessary to feed the world, a new report by genetic engineers shows. The second edition of GMO Myths and Truths, co-authored by genetic engineers Dr John Fagan and Dr Michael Antoniou and researcher Claire Robinson. Genetically modified (GM) crops and foods …
The Lahore High Court has ordered the federal government to stop issuing licences for genetically-modified (GM) varieties of cotton or corn until a legal framework is put into place to assess the new types of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) that are fast cropping up every day. The decision effectively halts …
The country is heading for commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops, in the absence of a strong regulatory system, trained staff and well-equipped laboratory to deal with the issues involved, according to an officer. “The government is handicapped, from field testing to approval and finally, commercialisation of GM crops,” an …
Vermont has become the first U.S. state to mandate labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms. The law is expected to be challenged in court by some food and agriculture companies. The law, set to take effect July 1, 2016, would for the first time align at least a …
Farmers in Gazipur who were given the controversial Bt brinjal saplings have said they would no more cultivate the genetically engineered crop as the cultivation has ruined them. During a spot visit on Monday at four Bt brinjal fields in Gazipur, New Age found that Bt brinjal plants faced several …
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.
A law that would make Vermont the first U.S. state to enact mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, received final approval from state lawmakers on Wednesday and now heads to the governor's desk. The Vermont House of Representative passed the bill 114-30. Last week, the …
An Oxford-based biotech firm is modifying the males of the species to be sterile, effectively making the killers kill themselves 627,000 deaths per year: that's a good figure. Malaria, the deadly illness caused by infected mosquitoes, is on the retreat, thanks to medical treatments that have reduced mortality rates by …
You can trace the genetic makeup of most corn grown in the U.S., and in many other places around the world, to Hawaii. The tiny island state 2,500 miles from the nearest continent is so critical to the nation's modern corn-growing business that the industry's leading companies all have farms …
The Vermont Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would make it the first U.S. state to enact mandatory labeling of foods made with genetically modified organisms, or GMOs. Unlike bills passed last year in Maine and Connecticut, which require other states to pass GMO labeling laws before they can …
