Political leaders cutting across party lines have joined hands with the civil society to launch a nationwide campaign against GM crops and the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India Bill.
India's Arjun Erigaisi defeated top-seed Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran with black pieces in the sixth round of the Chennai Grandmasters Chess Championship in Chennai on Wednesday to move into joint second spot in the standings.
A few days back, Atul Ganatra, president of the Cotton Association of India, presented a grim scenario of the crop's prospects in the 2024-25 season that starts in October. Addressing the association's annual general meeting, Ganatra said the area under the crop could go down by at least 10 per cent in the coming season due to falling yields and realisation, leading to farmers losing interest. The fear of a decline in acreage comes against the backdrop of India's cotton production probably falling to its lowest in a decade, according to estimates.
A Mumbai girl, who has grown up eating dabeli all her life, the dish is her absolute favourite.
Not only is illegal herbicide-tolerant cotton spreading across the country, biosafety regulations are being openly flouted by private crop developers acting in collusion with public research institutions.
The India No.1 D Gukesh scored his first win of the event, beating GM Rinat Jumabayev.
Shivashankarappa made the controversial remark while addressing Congress party workers at Bunts Bhavan in the district recently.
They said there was "genuine concern" that if the present ruling dispensation loses people's mandate, the transition of power may not be smooth and there could be a constitutional crisis.
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Vinesh has now appealed to the CAS, the apex body to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration, who will return with a verdict tomorrow
Congress leader Kumari Selja ruled out the possibility of an alliance with the AAP for the Haryana assembly polls.
Apples when stuffed, baked, and gussied up with a rum salted caramel syrup and ice cream, taste sublime.
The future of the GM tech in India is still uncertain.
Nissan and Renault say they will compete with new models, especially small cars, and by growing their dealer network.
'What's sad today is that there are so many people who cannot find work, not because the country is devoid of that opportunity, but because we are not doing enough in the country.'
India is capable of developing GM crops, Randy Hautea, global coordinator for International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications, tells Kanika Datta.
The 18-year-old also created history as he surpassed the legendary Viswanathan Anand to take the No 1 spot among Indian chess players in the live ratings.
If you buy a Chevrolet from the General Motors (GM) stable in 2012, the chances are that it will have a good amount of design input from Bangalore. The world's largest automobile manufacturer on Thursday opened its India Design Lab in the city, which will comprise 100 professionals involved in styling cars.
D Gukesh admires the way charismatic former India skipper MS Dhoni and iconic tennis player Novak Djokovic
Gukesh follows in the footsteps of Anand, the only other Indian to win the Candidates
An independent scientific analysis released by Greenpeace India has revealed major flaws in the Genetically Modified corn's biosafety assessment process.
Modi government is pushing GM food crops without adequate safety assessment and transparency, claim activists.
There are 50-odd auto component manufacturers from India who supply to Detroit's Big-3 (including Ford).
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Senior officials with the multinational car manufacturer say there is a need to improve the brand perception and are revising an earlier after-sales package to spruce it up.
Megha Engineering had emerged as the second-biggest buyer of electoral bonds and donated the highest amount of about Rs 586 crore to the Bharatiya Janata Party, according to the data released by the Election Commission on March 21.
At the end of the fifth round India's Aravindh Chithambaram is now followed by four players -- the Iranian duo of Amin Tabatabaei and Bardiya Daneshvar and Americans Hans Moke Niemann and Sam Shankland -- who all have four points each.
You don't prep for 2028 but for 2040, or even 2044. Sustained sporting excellence is based on mass support, grassroots development, and funding - and it is this trifecta India needs to work on, systematically, asserts Prem Panicker.
India might not have started growing genetically modified food crops, but it does import food products that contain GM ingredients. Consumers who buy them have no way of knowing what they contain. The government has come up with guidelines to let you know if the item purchased is genetically modified.
His semifinal match against Giri went up to 2am and a few hours later, he had to be at his school to take his 11th-class board examination.
'The lack of a majority isn't the issue. He has enough in 240, especially as none of his allies can pull down his coalition.' 'That's why he's started as if this were just another, normal term. That pretence is vital for him.' 'The change for Modi 3.0 comes not from numbers, but from the new environment of contestation,' points out Shekhar Gupta.
Following is India's schedule at the Asian Games on Tuesday, October 3.
Anti-GM voices have inadvertently spurred farm scientists to support the use of gene manipulation for producing stress-resistant crops.
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A survey conducted by Business Standard reveals that a majority of the country's states are still firmly against the move, while a few are open to considering only conditionally.
It is past time for India to revisit the question of cultivating Bt brinjal hybrids that have been field-tested in the country.
Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has charted his own path to glory and is closer to greatness than ever.
This recipe has a wonderful royal touch.
R Praggnanandhaa's ability to defend seamlessly in pressure situations and the deductive mind to quickly gauge his opponent's weakness is the hallmark of a world class player, national coach GM M Shyam Sundar said on Tuesday.
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