Down To Earth Editor Sunita Narain's submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops

Parliament panel report on GM food highlights rift within government

Calls for wider discussions before allowing transgenic crops

Quality of Research: Only a fig leaf

Basis of rating

Each scientists work was rated in accordance with the following criteria

Solution

Awardee 2001

Green Scientist Award

Peanuts for ecology

India spends very little on Science for Ecological Security. And then spends it poorly

South Asia

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Don’t make a mash of it

Wheat price war

Central ministries disagree on minimum support price for wheat

In Short - News

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How green is the budget?

Science & Technology - Briefs

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Test tube brinjal

Science and Technology - Briefs

Gareeb Kalyan Anna Yojana has been extended for five more months

Activists and experts welcome Prime Minister Modi’s announcement

Mandla Brimful of thirst

Average rainfall: 1,300 mm Irrigation: 2% of gross cropped area

Industry evades responsibility for heavy metals in cosmetics

Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL) has refused to accept that their products have toxins

Most cancer patients in India die without medical attention: study

'It is a myth that cancer is prevalent only in urban areas'

DANGER zone

If no action is taken soon, a major ecological disaster is waiting to strike Panipat