Coral bleaching is the loss of intracellular endosymbionts through either expulsion or loss of algal pigmentation. When corals are stressed by changes in conditions such as temperature, light,...
Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) or Urban Solid Waste is a waste that includes predominantly household waste (domestic waste) with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes, construction and demolition...
In February 2016, the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GMEC) deferred the decision to allow the commercial production of another GM crop viz. Mustard DMH-11. The new variety was...
Bt Brinjal is a GM crop created by inserting Cry 1Ac gene from the soil bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis into Brinjal. The insertion of the gene gives Brinjal plant...
Bt cotton, a transgenic plant which produces an insect controlling protein Cry1A(c), the gene for which has been derived from the naturally occurring bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki...
Globally, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), particularly its Cartagena Protocol is related to GM crops. The basic focus of Cartagena protocol is Biosafety. This protocol is based...
The debate on safety and need for GM crops, particularly GM food has been lingering since 1990s. The Biotech firms as well as scientists have spent a lot...
Genes, as we know are unique set of instructions which decide how all the living things (including the non-living Virus) develop, grow and live. These instructions are found...
It is thought that agriculture involving domestication of plants and animals was developed around 12,000 years ago. Human ventures of altering the communities of plants and animals are...
There are several drawbacks with the EIA process in India from screening to environment clearance stages. During the initial stages such as screening, preliminary assessment or scoping, the...
