The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
There are too many loose ends in the Union environment minister's decision to reject the apex Genetic Engineering Approval Committee's clearance after years of testing, to genetically modified (Bt) brinjal. One trusts the months ahead will see a process put in place that ensures such an outcome isn't repeated. There …
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday decided to put the commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal on hold, bowing to protests from activists, resistance from opposition as well as Congress governments and suspicions about the genetically modified crops. Union environment and forest minister Jairam Ramesh announced that genetically modified brinjal varieties …
In the context of the stiff opposition to the introduction of Bt brinjal in the market by activists in particular, although some scientists too have expressed their opposition to the move, one is reminded of the atmosphere prevailing at the time of the introduction of the high-yielding semi-dwarf varieties of …
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) will honour Dr MS Swaminathan, a renowned agricultural scientist of the country and the world, and will confer on him the degree of Doctor of Science (honoris causa) at its convocation on February 10 here. Dr Swaminathan will also deliver the convocation address while the …
BHUBANESWAR: The unique hilly floral and faunal diversity of Koraput, presumed as the origin of rice, will soon be designated a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS), on the lines of World Heritage Site, by Unesco. Koraput will be one of four such sites to get international recognition, the other …
As voices against contentious Bt Brinjal steadily grow louder, agricultural scientist MS Swaminathan has called for a thorough analysis of benefits and risks of genetically modified vegetable in a credible manner before introducing it in the country. Talking to The Tribune, Swaminathan said certain aspects about Bt Brinjal need to …
India witnessed unprecedented food production in the 1970s and the 1980s, and this phenomenon was dubbed as the Green Revolution. The country was transformed from a food-deficient nation to a food-sufficient nation. The seeds of the Green Revolution were sown when Dr M.S. Swaminathan invited Dr Norman E. Borlaug to …
Reema Narendran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Thiruvananthapuram Declaration made by the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation on agrobiodiversity conservation here on January 5 is conspicuously silent on the issue of genetically- modified (GM) food. The biosecurity of GM plants, with its pollen capable of contaminating native gene pool and thus totally destroying …
Agriculture scientist Dr M.S. Swaminathan, has warned that Kerala would need to brace itself for climate refugees from within. Addressing an invited audience hosted by the Trivandrum Management Association here, Dr Swaminathan said that food and water security could be at worst risk due to sea-level changes entailed by climate …
Food security has emerged as a common thread in discussions among space scientists, forestry experts, agriculturalists and zoologists participating in the 97th Indian Science Congress, currently underway here. The issue is being debated in several sessions against the backdrop of global warming, climatic changes, water scarcity and changed land utilisation. …
Priscilla Jebaraj COPENHAGEN: If India protects its food security from climate change impacts, it could negotiate with greater confidence at international climate talks, says eminent scientist M.S. Swaminathan, who is on the parliamentary delegation to the U.N. summit here.
Needed, a credible biotech regulatory regime FOR INDUSTRY & PEOPLE IN THE FACE-OFF BETWEEN PRO- AND ANTI-GM FOOD LOBBIES, THERE IS NO MIDDLE GROUND. BLAME THE LACK OF A CREDIBLE REGULATORY REGIME. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE A STATE OF-THE-ART LAB TO TEST BIOSAFETY AND OTHER PARAMETERS AND RELIES ON …
OBSERVING that people today wasted time and technology in small and ridiculous things, while ignoring certain important things, Theosophical Society president Radha Burnier asked people to see life in plants and animals that exist around them. This was at the launch of her book The World Around Us held in …
