Don’t Fear the Frankenfish
On Thursday, for the first time, the Food and Drug Administration approved a genetically engineered animal for human consumption. It’s a salmon that grows much faster than other salmon, thanks to an...
View ArticleGovt seeks political consensus over key climate issues ahead of Paris summit
NEW DELHI: Seeking political consensus over India's stand ahead of the Paris climate summit, the Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday met the CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and briefed...
View ArticleMost Americans believe GMOs food are unsafe. They need labels to avoid them
Health and food safety are hot-button issues for millions of Americans — and rightly so. Polls indicate alarm over the contamination of everyday foods by pesticides, antibiotics, hormones, synthetic...
View ArticleGovt planning $1 billion fund for renewable energy sector: Goyal
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Paris climate talks beginning on Monday, Union minister Piyush Goyal today said the government is planning a $1 billion private equity fund for the renewable energy sector. "We...
View ArticleGenetically engineered salmon OK’d by FDA
WASHINGTON – What’s for dinner? Before long, it may well be genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal cleared for human consumption in the United States. Critics call it “frankenfish,”...
View Article'Great Expectations,' Says PM Modi as He Reaches Out to Opposition
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today sought the support of all political parties to run Parliament ahead of the winter session, and, in a first of sorts, informed them that he has deputed environment...
View ArticleChina’s Hunger to Join GMO Club Revealed in Move to Buy Syngenta
To understand what could be the largest-ever takeover by a Chinese company, look no further than the changes in the nation’s diet. A successful bid by state-owned China National Chemical Corp., or...
View ArticleLinseed Omega-3 to fortify more products
Nagpur: Taking the Linseed omega-3 product chain forward through the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), the Bhartiya Vidyapeeth Deemed University (BVDU) at Pune has fortified many other...
View ArticleOpposition mounts to genetic modification of human embryos
By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day...
View ArticleOpposition Mounts to Genetic Modification of Embryos
Reuters CHICAGO— A group of U.S. scientists and activists on Monday called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued a day before a major...
View ArticleFarmers urged to conserve indigenous seed variety
An indigenous paddy seed savers meet that concluded at Begur in the district on Sunday stressed the need for conserving indigenous seed varieties by farming communities themselves. The two-day meet was...
View ArticleEPA nixes approval of new weed killer for engineered crops
The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn approval of a controversial new weed killer to be used on genetically...
View ArticleStop Bt Brinjal movement from Bangladesh to India: Activists
Kolkata, Dec 2 (IANS) Activists and scientists have urged the West Bengal government to intervene and take up with the central government the issue of trans-boundary movement of Bt Brinjal - a...
View ArticleGovt seeks political consensus over key climate issues ahead of Paris summit
NEW DELHI: Seeking political consensus over India's stand ahead of the Paris climate summit, the Union environment minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday met the CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and briefed...
View ArticleAlternative farming: Farmers of western districts show the wayVillagers in...
JAIPUR: As world leaders deliberate ways to mitigate adverse effects of climate change at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP21) in Paris, villagers in the parched areas of western Rajasthan...
View ArticleWhy Europe Will Let Member States Opt Out Of GM Crops
In the US, farmers have been cultivating crops with genetically engineered traits since the 1990s and their use – and consumption – is . That’s not the case in Europe. In fact, a directive passed by...
View ArticleSonowal made Assam BJP chief, to head election committee
NEW DELHI: Apparently learning quick lessons from the Bihar debacle, BJP on Saturday appointed Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal as its Assam unit President and also as the head of election management...
View ArticleGovt gears up to face debate on intolerance
First 2 days of session to focus on Constitution Day The Modi government is bracing to face flak from the Opposition over rising incidents of intolerance when Parliament meets for the winter session...
View ArticleThe DNA dilemma: Opposition mounts to genetic modification of human embryos
A group of scientists and activists have called for a global ban on the use of new tools to edit the genes of human embryos, in a report issued ahead of a major international meeting in Washington to...
View ArticleRP 2021 needs a thorough look-through, say activists
Panaji: Activists said any planning in the context of Regional Plan 2021 has to adopt a holistic approach, and that most of the 4,000 suggestions/objections to RP 2021 relate to changes in land use,...
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