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Humans, apes and monkeys: Parts of primate DNA have been stable over 65 million years of evolution
Scientists have found that 3% to 5% of the genes in the human genome, which descended from a common ancestor ...
How brainless jellyfish are capable of learning
Cnidarians -- the animal group which includes jellyfish, sea anemones and coral -- are brainless, instead getting by with a ...
Viewpoint: GMO mustard crops newly approved in India enable farmer self-reliance and provide food oil sorely needed for growing population
India faces a major deficit in edible oils, with 60% of its demand being met by imports. Mustard is one ...
India’s Supreme Court mulls impact of green lighting GM crops on peasant woman farm laborers, who will no longer need to hand-weed
The Supreme Court on November 30 expressed concern about the plight of thousands of women agricultural labourers in rural areas, ...
Here’s the background on India’s newly-approved high-yielding genetically modified mustard
The Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), India’s apex regulator of genetically modified plants and food products, has approved the environmental ...
New method that could help spot alien life: Tracking oxygen levels across the universe
Are we alone in the universe? This is a question that has intrigued humans for centuries and inspired countless studies ...
After planting illegal GMO herbicide-tolerant cotton, Indian farmers poised to grow biotech eggplant, soybean and corn
The member farmers belonging to the Shetkari Sanghatana in Maharashtra, who have already broken the law by planting genetically modified ...
Indian farmers’ union says illegal GMO herbicide-tolerant cotton cultivation continues, despite arrests
Under the new regulated cropping system, farmers in Telangana have grown cotton on 60 lakh acres, setting a new record ...
Viewpoint: Criticism of GMO crops in India is ‘deeply flawed’
A review article, “Modern technologies for sustainable food and nutrition security,” which appeared in the November 25 issue of the ...
Low yields, high costs stop India from embracing organic agriculture
Nearly 25 years ago, an event held at the American Center Auditorium in Chennai on the topic of the Green Revolution witnessed ...
India’s ‘great debate’: DNA unraveling story of settling of continent by ancient English-speaking ‘Aryans’
[Editor's note: Michel Danino is a professor at IIT Gandhinagar, where he assists the growth of its Archaeological Sciences Centre, and ...
Tackling hidden hunger: Biofortified genetically engineered foods increase iron, zinc and vitamin A
Back in the 60s, the Green Revolution changed the way we looked at food, both in terms of growing and ...
GMOs, nanotechnology losing ground in India because scientists not engaging public
Most reputed universities abroad have dos and don’ts for researchers on interacting with journalists when their papers are published. But ...
Is India flouting its own laws in GMO cotton intellectual property dispute?
Monsanto’s ... Bt cotton has spawned the mother of all intellectual property (IP) disputes in India... . . . . Using ...
Indian officials call on researchers to produce GMO chickpea within two years
Director-General of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Trilochan Mohapatra has asked agricultural scientists to double their work on ...
Indian regulators may consider socio-economic factors when assessing GMO crops
With the debate on genetically modified (GM) crops getting intense, the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is considering the ...
University of Michigan professor disputes Nobel Laureates on why Golden Rice not yet commercialized
The Nobel Laureates argue that the reason this innovation has not started saving lives yet is Greenpeace’s criminal opposition. This ...
India’s proposed GMO trait licensing rules ‘will hurt Indian seed industry, farmers’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. . . . . On ...
‘If field trials of GM crops were encouraged, we would have drought-resistant varieties by now’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Criticising the moratorium on ...
Nobel laureate Sir Richard John Roberts: ‘Opposition to GMOs by greens appalling’
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. Genetically modified food is ...
GMO Bt cotton can increase Indian farmer bankruptcy, suicide risk, claims study
The cultivation of Bt cotton, a genetically modified, insect-resistant cotton variety, is a risky affair for Indian farmers practising rain-fed ...
Pro-GMO campaign tours to bring golden rice to Asia
A campaign is set to be launched on March 16 in the country to allow golden rice for tackling Vitamin ...
Genomics holds potential for improving nutrition in crops
Renowned agriculture scientist M.S. Swaminathan said on Friday that making a hunger and malnutrition-free society should be the ultimate goal ...
Scientists say blaming Bt cotton for Indian farmer suicides is unreasonable
Farmer suicides in Maharashtra’s Vidarbha area and other parts of the country have nothing to do with Bt cotton, scientists ...
Indian panel advises caution on GMO crops
The government-appointed High Level Committee (HLC) to review environmental laws, while proposing a near complete overhaul of the regulatory system, ...
India should not rush to decide on GM crops without rational public debate
The public debates on GM began with the unannounced entry of Bt cotton in Gujarat, where the farmers had grown 21,000 acres ...
Guidelines needed for safe GM crop field trials in Indian
Agricultural scientist M.S. Swaminathan has stressed the need for revising the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill, which will lapse along with ...
Streamlined oversight could open the door to GM crops in India
M.S. Swaminathan, a geneticists known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India, outlines in his op-ed today for ...
