| Experts urge for GM-free Karnataka | 12-NOV-09 |
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| “We do not want GM (genetically modified) crops which can prove apocalyptic for mankind. Let us say never to Bt-brinjal”. The declaration, along with the demand that state government declare Karnataka GM-free, was made at a state-level conference on genetic engineering, farming and food in Mysore on Saturday. |
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| Organic farmers to mobilise opinion against Bt brinjal | 04-NOV-09 |
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| Organic farmers from the Mysore region have launched a programme to create public awareness on the harmful effects of the bio-tech food and vegetables and mobilise their voice against the introduction of Bt (Bacillus thuringiensis) brinjal into the market. |
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| Chhattisgarh bans Bt brinjal cultivation | 26-OCT-09 |
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| The Chhattisgarh government has banned commercial cultivation of genetically modified Bt brinjal in the state. This is despite the recent in-principle nod by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the central government for commercial farming of the variery. |
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| 'GM food can cause the biggest health crisis' | 17-JUL-09 |
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| For a country that doesn’t take much interest in scientists, Gilles-Eric Seralini is probably as well known as a scientist can get in India. Seralini is professor of molecular biology at the University of Caen in France, and he hit the headlines here early in 2009 when his analysis of the research data on the country’s first transgenic vegetable, the Bt brinjal, was presented to the Supreme Court of India. That’s when all hell broke loose. |
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| Ready for Bt-brinjal | 25-MAY-09 |
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| Amidst unrelenting opposition from environmentalists and consumer activists, the gene-altered hybrid of a widely consumed vegetable, the brinjal or egg plant, developed by the Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco), seems set to get the government’s approval for commercial cultivation. |
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| Panel nod for GM soyoil import likely | 10-OCT-06 |
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| The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee is likely to give a one-time blanket clearance to genetically modified soyoil imports in its meeting Wednesday.
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| Breather on GM soyoil imports | 17-JUN-06 |
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| The government has decided to allow import of genetically modified food products beyond July 7 without the Genetic Engineering Approval Committees clearance, provided the importers obtain a bill of |
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| Shantha refutes GEAC charges | 29-NOV-03 |
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| Shantha Biotechnics today strongly refuted the statement made by the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), which is part of the union ministry of environment & forests, that the company |
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