Does India really need GM Mustard?
Botanists say that pests and insects may grow resistant to the transgenic crop after a decade or so, triggering the need for newer versions of …
How Bt brinjal hurt the farmers of Bangladesh
New report says three-fourth of farmers who took up cultivation abandoned it in the next rounds
Damning allegations: India's fields still have Bt brinjal
Coalition for a GM-Free allege it found the banned genetically modified crop in Haryana
A brinjal that democratised science in India
Aniket Aga examines the interplay of science and India’s complex politics in genetically modified democracy
Letters
Bt brinjal: Bangladesh’s model not fit enough for adoption
India plans to study Bangladesh's cultivation method while the neighbouring country incurs losses
Activists cite violations of statutory regulations in GM mustard approval ahead of SC hearing
GM mustard did not undergo even the limited testing that Bt brinjal underwent
DTE Coverage: Does India really need GM mustard
GM Mustard’s approval could rather open the door for free use of the technology in other food crops
Biopiracy case turns intense
Biodiversity authority to challenge stay obtained in Bt brinjal case two days before hearing
Bangladesh's GM gamble
Anil Chandra Mahanta, one of the first 20 farmers to cultivate genetically modified brinjal in South Asia, does not understand the new technology.…
Government to take a decision on GM Mustard by September
The Supreme Court will hear petitions against the commercial release of the crop then
Bt Brinjal biopiracy case: Apex court restores PIL in Karnataka HC after nearly a decade
In this decade, 231 more crops have been removed from the protection of piracy provided in Section 3 of the Biodiversity Act, bringing the total …
Bt brinjal controversy hots up in Bangladesh
Bt Brinjal farmers divided between green activists opposing GM crops and government which claims the crop experiment was fairly suiccessful
Bt brinjal has no history of safe use
Jack A. Heinemann, professor of molecular biology and genetics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, has expertise in genetic …
The scientist as a babu
What's the fuss about Bt brinjal?
Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Mondal, director-general of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), is among the handful of people who have …
Brinjal blues
Amid countrywide protests against Bt brinjal, Bangladesh government announces plan to expand cultivation of the genetically modified crop
GM mustard: Need to address economic issues of using the crop
Some valuable lessons from Bt Cotton were who funds research and development and who will distribute the seeds
Bt Brinjal crop fails in Bangladesh's Gazipur district
Outcome in Gazipur not going to affect government’s plan to bring 20,000 ha under the GM crop in next five years
National Biodiversity Authority chairperson, Pisupati, resigns
The only chairperson with a background in biodiversity administration to have headed NBA, he was under extreme pressure to resign prematurely
PM qualifies Bt brinjal moratorium
Genetic Engineering Approval Committee to decide moratorium period
Karnataka Biodiversity Board washes hands of Bt brinjal biopiracy case
Activists say authority protecting Mahyco-Monsanto which used indigenous brinjal varieties to develop India's first genetically modified crop
GEAC, experts slip on basics?
As the biotech industry takes heart from the prime minister’s remark, a fresh report shows India’s regulation and expertise on GM …
'Biodiversity authority needs autonomy'
Balakrishna Pisupati was the first biodiversity expert to head India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and had more than six months to go …
Maya of Indian Science
Lies, denial and outright fraud have become the hallmark of Indian agricultural research because there is no accountability