Rice is in trouble: A new generation of CRISPR varietals may be the only remedy as climate change escalates

Rice is in trouble: A new generation of CRISPR varietals may be the only remedy as climate change escalates

Rice is in trouble as Earth heats up, threatening the food and livelihood of billions of people. Sometimes there’s not ...
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India says it will take “appropriate action” to stop farmers from planting unapproved GMO insect resistant and herbicide tolerant crops

Economic Times | 
[India's] agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar reiterated that all genetically modified (GM) crops other than Bt. cotton [have] been banned ...
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India’s Supreme Court refuses to halt investigation into Monsanto’s alleged anti-competitive practices

Samanwaya Rautray | Economic Times | 
The Supreme Court on [February 18] refused to stay a Competition Commission of India (CCI) investigation into the alleged anti-competitive ...
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India to investigate Monsanto for allegedly inflating prices of GMO insecticide Bt cotton seeds

Economic Times | 
The Delhi High Court [October 12] dismissed biotechnology firm Mahyco Monsanto Biotech’s plea challenging the fair trade regulator’s order to ...
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Following pest infestation, will Indian farmers turn wary of GMO Bt cotton?

G Seetharaman | Economic Times | 
The loss caused by the pink bollworm infestation has raised questions about the sustainability of GM cotton, which accounts for ...
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India’s agriculture ministry has ‘no reservations about promoting GM mustard’

Economic Times | 
The agriculture ministry ... said it has no reservations about GM mustard, which has been cleared by an expert panel ...
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Stem cell therapy shows promise in toddler with Down syndrome

IANS | Economic Times | 
A three-year-old baby -- born with Down syndrome and having subnormal motor skills -- has shown improvement after undergoing stem ...
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Indian Supreme Court seeks public input on safety, benefit of GM mustard

Madhvi Sally | Economic Times | 
A locally developed variety of genetically modified (GM) mustard seed is not swadeshi enough for the Swadeshi Jagran Manch... saying ...
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India expected to unveil two government developed varieties of GMO cotton

Madhvi Sally | Economic Times | 
India is expected to unveil in November two . . . cotton varieties that will cost less than other hybrids but ...

Government interference between GMO providers, licensees weakens Indian agriculture

Channapatna Prakash | Economic Times | 
The agri-biotech industry takes risks by putting in huge money, effort and valuable human resource in conducting research over years ...

India clarifies some patent issues, pushes domestic development of GMO cotton varieties

Economic Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With US-based seed giant ...
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Indian researchers developing new insect resistant GMO cotton varieties

Madhvi Sally | Economic Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. The Central Institute of ...

Indian government deliberating on GMO mustard

Economic Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After a meeting of ...

India’s former Food Minister: ‘GMOs only way to feed growing population’

Economic Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. With the government deciding ...

Drought stricken Indian state of Maharashtra looks to GM sugar cane to preserve crop

Jayashree Bhosale | Economic Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Scientists of a sugar ...

After long delay, Indian government considers GMO field trial applications

Anubhuti Vishnoi | Economic Times | 
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. After more than a ...

‘Ribo-T’, first artificial ribosome, opens path to designer drugs

Economic Times | 
In a first, researchers have engineered a tethered ribosome - the protein-making "factory" within cells - that works nearly as ...

New CEO of Monsanto India says Bt cotton research to continue

Divya Rajagopal | Economic Times | 
Monsanto, the $15 billion agrochemical multinational, continues to conduct field trials of genetically modified cotton seeds in India, despite a ...

Indian ag minister: Biotech will play ‘significant role’ in second Green Revolution

Economic Times | 
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today pitched for biotech crops especially in eastern states for achieving second green revolution in the country. Opening a ...

Fight over GM crops to test will of Indian government

Economic Times | 
The Swadeshi Jagaran Manch (SJM) has scored wins since the Narendra Modi government assumed power on May 26. In the ...

Honor Norman Borlaug’s centenary, accept his position on GM crops

This year, 2014 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Norman Borlaug, founder of the Green Revolution. The world faced ...

Bt brinjal could enter India from Bangladesh illegally despite moratorium

Jayashree Bhosale | Economic Times | 
Despite India's moratorium on the release ofgenetically-modified (GM) Bt brinjal, there is a possibility of gene contamination of Indian brinjals ...

Indian PM says government should not succumb to “unscientific prejudices” against GM crops

Economic Times | 
JAMMU: Batting for Bt crops, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India should not succumb to unscientific prejudices against genetically ...

Bt cotton attracting young farmers in India

Economic Times | 
Contrary to the perception that youngsters are abandoning farming, Bt cotton technology has attracted young farmers to cotton farming in the country, ...

India environment minister to back more GM crops in January

Urmi A Goswami | Economic Times | 
India's new environment minister Veerappa Moily has indicated he will push to overturn the blockage on GMO crops instituted by ...

India’s Minister of Agriculture: Farmers prefer growing GM crops

Economic Times | 
NEW DELHI: Farmers tend to prefer growing genetically modified crops as they give a higher yield, are more disease resistant and provide ...

Lynas slams Indian official for blocking GM eggplant

ET Bureau, Urmi Goswami | Economic Times | 
NEW DELHI: British environmental activist Mark Lynas, who once "demonised" geneticially modified crops and now campaigns for their cause, blames Jairam Ramesh for ...

Indian Agriculture Minister favors strict GM field safety trials

Economic Times | 
The following is an excerpt. NEW DELHI: Agriculture Minister SharadPawar today said that agriculture scientists should be allowed to conduct field trials ...
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