India's strategies for rice congress

Flawed, but accepted

Pollution board report blames LPG for particulate matter, spares vehicles

INDIA

Andhra Pradesh to cancel controversial Polavaram tender

The lowest bidder is found not qualified for participating in bidding

US biotech to plant GM rice with human genes

Billed to confuse

A new bill leaves little scope for dissent on GMOs

Australian farm specialist loses job for speaking against GM crops

Kerala says no to GM crop

Poor regulators do not a rich country make

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

Kathmandu valley losing its ancient water wisdom

Restoring traditional water structures hold key to making the region water secure

In Short

Science & Technology - Briefs

GM crops: Here to stay

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

Scientists write to PM against ICAR ‘gag order’ on GM mustard

Health and safety of crops draw concern from scientific community

Monsanto conducted trials of GM maize without approval, reveals RTI reply

Biotech regulatory panel overlooked violation

EC stops import of US long-grain rice

Falling silicon prices shakes up solar manufacturing industry

What will prevail? Crystalline PV or thin-film

EU concerned over imports of GM protein used in animal feed by China

Questions over EU plan to label organic food 'GM free'

Letters

Basic Instinct

In a simultaneous press release issued on Monday, 26 June 2000, the Human Genome Project, an international government-funded project, and Celera …

How to make sure Biden’s infrastructure plan can hold up to climate change — and save money

Several US cities are now considering hurricane defense systems, and the future protection they will actually need to prevent flooding is unknown …

Report on GM crops unfortunate: industry

The parliamentary committee on agriculture has strongly criticised the regulatory system on genetically modified (GM) crops in the country, …

The world gets a note of caution on gene drives introduction

The Convention on Biological Diversity meeting wants countries to seek “free, prior and informed consent” before introducing new …