SC notice on lack of regulations
The Supreme Court has issued notice to the ministries of agriculture and science and technology on a PIL raising an alarm that absence of a law to regulate entry of genetically modified (GM) seeds
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Rasi can sell BT cotton seeds
Rasi Seeds has received the approval from Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) to produce three lakh packets of RCH2 BT variety of cotton seeds. Rasi is the second company in the country to
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Let them eat cake
For residents of developed countries, the campaign to demonize genetically modified food simply means higher prices at the supermarket. In the Third World, however, the scaremongering has a much more
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Chicken pox, measles leave Nerale worrisome
The entire Nerale village in H D Kote taluk of Mysore district of Karnataka is panic-stricken as hundreds of children are suffering from chicken pox and measles since the last 45 days. Though there
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Gram Swaraj
The tribak vilalge of Chandapur in Surat has decided it'll be free of the state government. Ar a gram sabha last week, Chandapurians resolved they owuld decide whent he sabha would be held and not
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The death metal soup
The Indian Institute for Environmental Medicine checked several branded and unbranded ayurvedic remedies for harmful metals. Several were present in dangerous
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Cowdung has medicinal value: Nagpur kendra
Dung of cows of Indian breed not only can be used as organic manure but also has medicinal properties, according to Govindyan Anusandhan Kendra, Nagpur, which is doing intensive research on the
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Sanguem asks mining companies to maintain roads
Residents cry hoarse when roads are covered with dust and ore spillage, prompting authorities to come up with temporary arrangements to address the problem. Now in a novel project: all mining
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Municipality to purchase 4.7 acres
A special municipal council meet has decided to purchase 4.7 acres of land near Konauthu River for dumping the waste collected from the 32 wards and other public places like hospitals, hotels and
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Scouting for third-generation benefits
Community forestry as a possible vehicle of sustainable development has come a long way since 1970s, in Nepal, a phase marked by senseless defoliation of nature and subsequent realization that area
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60 per cent Indians suffer from deafness gene mutations
Sixty per cent of Indians suffer from deafness gene mutation according to a research study conducted by Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for Hearing Handicapped in collaboration with Molecular
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80 percent Sindh flour mills closed
Pakistan Flour Mills Association (Sindh Zone) claimed that 80 percent flour mills had pulled down their shutters due to deep wheat crisis in the province. The Association has made an appeal to
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Erosion along Bhagirathi a key issue
The fate of the villages under Nasratpur panchayat in Katwa parliamentary constituency has become a major issue for all political parties this year. For the last decade, following the erosion of its
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Europe and Japan misread Kerry on Kyoto
Is Senator John Kerry the answer to European and Japanese prayers on global warming? Perhaps, but contrary to international expectations, President Kerry would not get the United States into the
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PUC certification a joke, we got one for the DCP
The only time one can breathe fresh air in Ahmedabad is early in the morning before vehicles swoop on the roads. But those not zealous enough to avail the privilege have no choice but to battle
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Vedic wisdom adds spice to organic pie
There's A global market worth $36.89 billion for organic food out there. And, at least in theory, the only hurdle blocking India's chances of demanding a slice of that pie is the fuzzy arithmetic
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Crocodile tears over missing gharials
The number of gharials in the Brahmaputra river is getting fewer by the day. Wildlife activists say the government had never taken any interest in conserving this particular reptile species and
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Transplanted tribals try to bury roots in new soil
As the Narmada dam grows taller and the debate on how the displaced tribals of the site, close to the town of Taloda, Maharashtra, will adapt to a mofussil setting becomes more muffled. Out here,
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Creating a zero-waste residential colony
If everything goes as planned, the Capital would soon have a sanctuary that it would love to flaunt. Sarita Vihar in South Delhi has been selected for being transformed into a zero-waste residential
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Alert over proposed catfish survey
Indian environmental activists have protested against a United States-based scientific mission to survey and possibly collect Catfish species in India. M.K. Prasad of the Kerala Sastra Sahitya