Odisha biotechnology policy, 2024
The government of Odisha has approved the Biotechnology Policy 2024 to create a flourishing ecosystem for the biotech industry. This will further promote higher education, research & infrastructure development
Biotechnology
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Brazil
A Brazilian judge has asked the Monsanto Com pany to shelve plans to launch sales of genetically modified (gm) soybeans this year. He further ruled that the biotechnology giant's local unit must
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Indian firm finds new way to create GM hybrids
Rice the staple food of 65 per cent of India s population is in for a revolution. An Indian firm has developed a technique to develop genetically modified GM hybrids of the crop. If the method is given a green signal by the officials, then rice may
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Europeans and Biotechnology in 2002 Eurobarometer 58.0 2nd Edition: March 21st 2003
The Eurobarometer Survey measures the awareness and concerns of Europeans on important environmental issues. The fifth edition of the survey, conducted last year, focused on a few key questions, including what people think are the chief causes of pollutio
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Fruitful talks
Between NGOs, expert body on GM crops issue
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EC stops import of US long grain rice
Following the us government's announcement that an illegal and untested genetically modified strain had contaminated its conventional long-grain rice, the European Commission has stopped its
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Sri Lanka regulates GM food import
the Sri Lankan government gazetted regulations for the import of genetically modified (gm) food on August 3, 2006, making labelling and pre-import approvals mandatory. The rules will be enforced
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The new Money plant
The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India s burgeoning oil import bill. And there s lots of money to be made. But who will earn? What land will be used for this? <font class='UCASE'>down t
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Chhattisgarh proactive in checking illegal BT rice trials
chhattisgarh became the first state to actively initiate action against biosafety violations in trials of genetically modified Bt rice in India. Besides ordering an enquiry into the matter, the
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Biotech for all
Can information sharing make
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Poor regulators do not a rich country make
IN this past month, farmer associations in Haryana and Tamil Nadu have located and burnt field trials for genetically modified Bt rice. In Chhattisgarh the state government has stopped similar trials