Biotechnology

USDA says more review needed for new Monsanto, Dow GMO crops

The Department of Agriculture said Friday it will extend its scrutiny of controversial proposed biotech crops developed by Dow AgroSciences, a unit of Dow Chemical, and Monsanto Co.

Publication Date:

13/05/2013

Source: Planet Ark (Australia)

Tags:

United States Of America (US), Agriculture, GM Crops, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Biotechnology, Monsanto, Herbicide, Biosafety, Farmers

Agriculture

Maharashtra lifts ban on Mahyco’s Bt cotton seeds

The Maharashtra government has lifted the ban on sale of Bt Cotton seeds supplied by Mahyco Seeds for the coming Kharif season "in public interest".

Publication Date:

06/05/2013

Author(s): Vivek Deshpande

Source: Indian Express (New Delhi)

Tags:

Maharashtra, Bt Cotton, Seeds, Mahyco, High Court, Biotechnology, Agriculture

Agriculture

Madhya Pradesh wants Bill on biotech regulator withdrawn

Opposition is building up against the Biotech Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha recently.

Publication Date:

04/05/2013

Source: Business Line (New Delhi)

Tags:

Biosafety, Madhya Pradesh, Agriculture, Biotechnology, GM Crops, GMOs, Genetic Engineering, Health, Environment

Science And Technology

BRAI Bill introduced in Lok Sabha while protests rage on

The controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on April 22 amid vehement protests from opposition parties. The BRAI bill is contentious because it proposes to create a new regulatory body which will be a single-window clearance system for genetically modified crops in the country.

Publication Date:

24/04/2013

Source: Greenpeace India

Tags:

Biotechnology, GM Crops, India, GMOs, Food Crops, Biotechnology Industry, Greenpeace

Science And Technology

Discord over biotech authority Bill

BRAI will regulate research, transport, import, manufacture, use of organisms and products of modern biotechnology

Publication Date:

24/04/2013

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Biotechnology, GM Crops, Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, GMOs, Health, India, Legislation, Genetic Engineering

Science And Technology

Govt betrays the nation on Earth Day! Tables deeply flawed (Biotech Regulatory Authority of India) BRAI Bill

The Coalition for a GM-Free India expressed deep disappointment at the Government’s action of sneaking in the controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill 2013, in Parliament today (22nd April, 2013) despite strong opposition from parliamentarians, scientists, civil society groups and other analysts to this controversial

Publication Date:

23/04/2013

Source: Coalition for a GM-Free India

Tags:

Biotechnology, Biotechnology Industry, India, GMOs, GM Crops, Biosafety

Science And Technology

The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill, 2013

This controversial Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill has been introduced in the Lok Sabha amid huge protests by opposition parties. It has been in controversy due to its proposal of an easy single window approval mechanism for GM crops in India.

Publication Date:

22/04/2013

Source: Lok Sabha

Tags:

Biotechnology, India, Legislation, Biotechnology Industry, GMOs, GM Crops, Genetic Engineering, Food Safety and Standards Act 2006

Science And Technology

Lab-grown kidney delivers results

Experts Say Process A Success In Rats, Raises Hope For Renal Failure Patients

London: A kidney grown in a lab has been successfully transplanted following which it started to produce urine. Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) bioengineered rat kidneys which later successfully produced urine both in a laboratory apparatus and after being transplanted into living animals.

Publication Date:

16/04/2013

Author(s): Kounteya Sinha

Source: Times Of India (New Delhi)

Tags:

London, Scientists, Diseases, Biotechnology, Medical Research, Science And Technology

Agriculture

GM's success stories are overdone

The biotechnology industry's annual report "Global Status of Commercialised Biotech/GM Crops: 2012" by the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA), which hail

Publication Date:

05/04/2013

Source: Business Standard (New Delhi)

Tags:

Biotechnology, South Africa, Genetic Engineering, GM Crops, Maize, Soyabean, Bt Cotton

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