Cottonseeds to check malnourishment?

Grown on waste

24 deaths in 2 months

Back to the future

PM qualifies Bt brinjal moratorium

Genetic Engineering Approval Committee to decide moratorium period

Pesticide in China dumplings

No food in forests: Lack of food is driving Kerala’s wild animals into human settlements

Spread of invasive plants, habitat destruction destroying food for herbibores, which in turn is affecting carnivores

Maharshtra mulls making sale of gutkha non-bailable offence

Penal action proposed against consumers to ensure strict implementation of gutkha ban

‘Unhappy’ India might not block WTO protocol

But wants talks on food security to progress at the same pace as trade facilitation

On the wild side

Residents of Garhwal swear by the taste and health benefits of a lesser known vegetable

Nilam effect: heavy crop loss in coastal Andhra districts

Kharif season started with drought and ended with floods

Punjab fails to monitor GM trial

Departments express ignorance about field trials for potato

India becomes second largest producer of cotton

Rajasthan mine workers form cooperatives

The GM snare

How Bt brinjal was cleared

Anti-GM groups say expert panel acted under pressure

Let the genes cross borders

National sovereignty over genetic resources could undermine food security

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

Health and safety of crops draw concern from scientific community

To bring back bees, European commission to impose temporary ban on neonicotinoid pesticide use in farms

Move to be reviewed after two years

Science and Technology - Briefs

US Environmental Protection Agency allows organophosphates

Doomsday vault good and ready

Wild relatives of crops at risk in conflict-ridden West Asia

Violence and strife have affected their conservation, threatening global food security.

Food security Bill introduced in Lok Sabha

Tamil Nadu MP dubs it food “insecurity” Bill

Starving hens now an offence

Animal Welfare Board says practice a violation of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act