Economic Times
India environment minister to back more GM crops in January
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
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
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
The following is an excerpt. NEW DELHI: Agriculture Minister SharadPawar today said that agriculture scientists should be allowed to conduct field trials ...
If we are to save India from starving, we must embrace GM crops
The following is an excerpt. Each year nine million people die because of hunger and malnutrition. The task of feeding ...
Gene therapies target rare diseases
The Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease ...
Supreme Court refuses to ban open field trials of GM crops
Supreme Court refuses to ban open field trials of GM crops, next hearing on ...Economic TimesHearing a public interest litigation ...
India: Ban on GM crops’ field trials not the solution, adequate regulation needed
The interim report of the Technical Expert Committee appointed by the Supreme Court for help in hearing a petition to ...
A ban on the use of crops with transgenic traits is unscientific, says GM supporter
Science and technology hold the key to developing low-input, high-output agriculture. The challenge is to use new technologies creatively and ...
