MAHYCO refuses to share safety data on GM crops

Mark of protest

US biotech to plant GM rice with human genes

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

In short

Lychee, a probable reason for acute encephalitis syndrome

Viral agents of dengue and measles could also be responsible

THE MONEY MAKERS

YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

Poor regulators do not a rich country make

Letters

GM crops: Here to stay

The Indian government is dead keen on GM crops. But what about a policy first?

Indian rotavirus vaccine found effective during clinical trial

Rotovac costs fifty times less than brands sold by global pharma companies

Public health over profits

Can green mean free?

EC stops import of US long-grain rice

Reluctant funding

Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost

Labels must for GM food

Industry clueless about implementing labelling rule; FSSAI dithers over regulations

Letters

New Independence struggle

Technology needs stewardship

Keshav Raj Kranthi, an entomologist by training, is director of the Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur. He has developed an extensive …

"The North is driven by the industry"

Christine von Weizsaecker is a senior microbiologist based in Wuppertal, Germany and the vice-president of Ecoropa, the premier European …

Idea of farmer wisdom is relentlessly manipulated

As a visiting American academic, Glenn Davis Stone has put in over 60 weeks of field research on the impact of Bt cotton on farmers in Andhra …

Biotechnology for food security: hope over hype

A range of biotechnological approaches, including both traditional ones like selective breeding and fermentation techniques, and modern ones such …

Biomining and bacteria

Microorganisms are proving to be cheaper, more efficient and cleaner at ore extraction than conventional mining techniques

Kamikaze microbes

And now genetically-altered microorganisms that self-destruct once they've fulfilled their mission