Brinjal vs brinjal
A unique festival that celebrated the diversity of brinjal was held in the heritage city of Mysore on 13 December, 2009. Called the
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Bt Brinjal - Scientists speak out
<p>Recent approval of Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India for commercial cultivation of Bt Brinjal led to an expression of a variety of opinions in the popular media. Biotech News asked some of India’s most respected scientific personalities to comment on the issue of Bt Brinjal and the controversy
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Bt brinjal in bio-piracy row
The controversy surrounding Bt brinjal, the first genetically modified food crop developed in India, has turned murkier with the National Biodiversity Authority planning to launch prosecution against a
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How Bt brinjal was cleared
A coalition of organizations opposed to genetically modified food in India has written to the minister of state for environment and forests seeking withdrawal of clearance given to Bt brinjal. The Coalition for GM-free India alleged the expert committee that cleared the genetically modified brinjal for commercial cultivation in the country was neither impartial nor thorough.
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‘GM Isn’t Only Route To Food Security’
The morning after announcing the moratorium on Bt brinjal, a visibly relaxed environment minister spoke to Outlook Outlook Interviews Jairam Ramesh The morning after announcing the moratorium on Bt
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Bt Brinjal poses a risk to health, environment: Greenpeace report
‘Spread of the Bt gene could make brinjal a problematic weed' An independent enquiry has revealed that the cultivation of genetically engineered (GE, also called genetically modified, or GM) Bt brinjal poses risks to the environment and possibly to human health. The occurrence of wild, weedy and also cultivated relatives presents a likelihood that the GE Bt gene will spread to these relatives but, so far, this has largely been overlooked in the risk assessments for GE Bt brinjal, it says.
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The pesticide on the brinjal plate
Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh
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Report of the expert committee (EC-II) on Bt brinjal event EE-1
Report of the Expert Committee (EC-II) to review findings of large scale trials and the related biosafety studies on Bt brinjal submitted to GEAC on Oct 8, 2009. Concludes that that development and safety assessment of Bt brinjal is fully compliant with the conditions stipulated by GEAC.
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Monsanto let off the hook on Bt Brinjal
AFTER GUNNING for American seed major Monsanto and its Indian subsidiary Mahyco for violating the Biological Diversity Act in the Bt Brinjal case, the Karnataka State Bio-diversity Board has decided not
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Bt brinjal - A pioneering push
<p>Brinjal commonly known as eggplant, aubergine or guinea squash, is an important vegetable crop of tropical and temperate parts of the world. It is a good source of vitamins and minerals, especially iron. Besides being used as an important vegetable, eggplant has been exploited extensively in traditional medicine. </p>
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Green signal for Bt brinjal
Bt brinjal is a step away from becoming India
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Brinjal debacle still raw, Bt rice on course
Mahyco confident of regulatory approvals, plans launch within a year. Bt brinjal may have gone into the deep freezer, but that has hardly dampened the enthusiasm of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co (Mahyco) from coming up with new genetically modified (GM) crops.
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The development and regulation of Bt Brinjal in India
This comprehensive review of all aspects of cultivation of brinjal in India summarises the development and regulatory status in India of biotech Bt brinjal hybrids. Bt brinjal was approved in India for experimental seed production in 2008-2009 and is under consideration for commercial release.
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Committee may complicate Bt brinjal issue
Saubhadro Chatterji / New Delhi March 11, 2010, 1:08 IST The tussle over the genetically-modified brinjal, also known as Bt brinjal, between the various lobbies in the government may turn more complicated, as a Parliament Standing Committee representing various political parties is likely to disapprove of the introduction of Bt brinjal in India in its suo motu report on the issue.
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Bt brinjal may be released commercially by year-end
Bt brinjal, the country
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Why safety assessment of GM mustard doesn't cut the mustard with activists
Want full biosafety data on GM mustard in public domain Activists have claimed that the environment safety assessment of the genetically modified (GM) variety of mustard, recently cleared as safe by
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AAP to ask states to oppose GM crops
Aam Aadmi Party, which has expressed its opposition to genetically modified (GM) crops, on Thursday said that it would make a coalition of likeminded states to build pressure on the Centre to withdraw
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Bt brinjal to be tested for ayurvedic qualities
<p> New Delhi More than a year after former environment minister Jairam Ramesh put an indefinite moratorium on commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal
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No credible reports to prove GM crops harmful: Pawar
The government has allowed commercial cultivation of Bt cotton, while moratorium has been put on Bt brinjal There are no "credible scientific reports" to prove that genetically modified (GM) crops have
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Central regulator poised to give its nod to GM mustard; Activists raise objections
The central regulator on genetically modified crops, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC), is poised to give its nod for commercial release of GM mustard. It examined the issue on Monday in