NEERI made way for Sterlite to pollute Tuticorin

The research organization’s efforts to ensure that pollution was not directly attributed to the copper smelting plant led to the SC not …

Seed congress surreptitiously endorses transgenic varieties

did the World Seed Congress-2003 -- held under a cloak of secrecy in Bangalore from June 7 to 11 -- have a hidden agenda? It transpires that the …

Going nowhere

The biosafety protocol is still a chimera

Sao Paulo

Moral dilemma

Mixed reaction greets cloning of human embryo

Mark of distinction

Genetic marker for authenticating Darjeeling tea

A dash of mustard

After Bt cotton, it's now GM mustard; where is our scientific community?

Bit of trouble?

Indian scientists develop Bt cabbage as doubts remain over cotton

Going wild

Weeds become stronger after accidentally acquiring genes from genetically engineered crops

BRAZIL

GM debate rages

Seeds of trouble

Shady seeds

Illegal Bt cotton traders nabbed

Should we play weather god?

Debate continues despite consensus to ban geoengineering

Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology

In the Convention on Biological Diversity, a moratorium on biotechnology, like genetically engineered mosquitoes, takes centre stage

Kumbh brought Allahabad to verge of an epidemic, says NGT

The tribunal has asked UP chief secretary to immediately act on the mismanaged solid waste from the pilgrimage

Stage set for armageddon

Two wheat genes that confer absolute resistance to lethal Ug99 stem rust strain identified

If your city is sinking, why not make it float?

Floating cities are emerging as a possible solution for residents of many of the world's sinking megacities, if they can be built and operated …

NGT stays construction in college campus in Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary

Green tribunal says Sharda Group, which runs the Anand Engineering College, has violated conditions of environmental clearance

In limbo

Will a disaster take place before strong laws are adopted to protect the world against irresponsible introduction of gmos?

The turkey buzzards

Facing resistance to the introduction of gmos in the North, business houses are waiting to take advantage of the South, including India, where …

Causing a flutter

The safety of genetically-engineered crops comes under a cloud after the deaths of the monarch butterflies in the US

World Water Week 2023: We must invest in natural solutions like spring revival for water security

Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities  

Drug delivery pioneer Robert Langer receives engineering ‘Nobel’

Nearly two billion lives have been touched by his inventions

Hill heavy!

What happens when a rare geological site is squeezed for space