Searched for
KURUGANTI
Delhi High Court turns down PepsiCo's appeal against revocation of potato patentThe U.S. snacks and drinks maker, which set up its first potato chip plant in India in 1989, supplies the FC5 seed variety to a group of fa...- Biotech regulator recommends environmental release of GM mustardThe move comes amid opposition from green groups which say commercial cultivation of GM mustard could have an adverse impact on human healt...
- FSSAI draft norms on GM food unacceptable: ActivistsFSSAI should explicitly say GM foods will not be allowed into India by way of production or imports, Coalition for GM-Free India, which Kur...
- PepsiCo's IPR on FL-2027 potato variety revokedPPV&FR is a statutory body set up under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Act, 2001. The authority ruling came over a p...
- Cabinet nod to bill to repeal agri laws mere formality, want govt to resolve other demands: FarmersThe Union Cabinet approved a bill to repeal the three farm laws which led to protests at various Delhi border points by thousands of farmer...
- Women farmers take centre stage at protest sitesNoting that women contribute significantly to the country's farming sector, the organisers have laid out elaborate plans to let women farme...
- Ghar Wapsi only after Law Wapsi, Farmers tell Centre; Keep national interest in mind, says GovtGovernment asserted the farm reform laws have been welcomed by a large section of farmers in various states and asked the unions to think a...
- India considers changing new farm laws after mass protests"The government is open to look into various amendments," a government official told Reuters, ahead of a meeting between farmers and minist...
- Government bans 12 pesticides with immediate effect, activists say not enoughActing on advice of an expert committee, the Centre has banned use of 12 pesticides with immediate effect and issued orders for banning six...
- Civil society groups flag loopholes in draft National Forest Policy; Oppose PPP model of afforestationOver 100 civil society organisations from 15 states have flagged several loopholes in the Centre’s draft National Forest Policy 2018 and qu...
- 10% drop in farm suicides, 11,000 cases in 2016: GovtActivists punch holes in the provisional figures shared by the government saying the dip in numbers was due to a tweak in the categories.
- Sangh farmers' outfit joins anti-GM groups against transgenic mustardThe Bhartiya Kisan Sangh, farmers' group linked to the RSS, on Wednesday joined hands with anti-GM groups in their protest against regulato...
- Farmers, activists demand immediate rollback of approval for GM MustardThe protesters believed that the GM crops will affect farmers in the long run and went to question the legitimacy of the approval given by ...
- GM mustard tests were rigged, activists urge Dave to scrap GEAC recommendationNew Delhi, May 12 (IANS) A day after the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) gave a positive recommendation to genetically modif...
- 120 organisations to protest at Jantar Mantar to oppose GM mustardKuruganti said more than 10 organisations from Gujarat are also expected to take part in the protest.
- CIC issues show cause notice to scientists in Environment MinistryHe said the public authority did not honour its own commitment to furnish the details and on June 28, 2016 they sought another extension, t...
- mGaadi raises funding from global impact investment firm Unitus Seed Fund“mGaadi is bringing Uber-like convenience to auto rickshaw riders, addressing a massive need in India’s growing metro areas,”
- Farmers groups seek livelihood security from political partiesThe Bhartiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) along with other NGOs today urged all political parties to include livelihood security for farm households i...
- Farmers seek ban on GM crops in IndiaFarmers today demanded a complete ban on genetically modified (GM) crops and food in India saying it would not only affect humans and lives...
- Activists cry foul trials of Bt brinjalIn allowing large-scale trials of Bt Brinjal, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the environment ministry may have violat...
Load More
