Kazakhstan invites India to invest in Astana Hub technology parkMurat Nurtleu congratulated India for successfully concluding its presidency of the G20 this year. Emphasizing the strategic partnership be...
Kerala gets hi-tech lab to carry out research on viruses like COVID-19's SARS-CoV-2A new Bio-safety Level-3 Lab is being established near the Kerala capital by the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) to conduct re...
Indian Air Force airlifts medical equipment to Ladakh to augment COVID-19 testing capacity"The IAF's Chinook and AN-32 helicopters airlifted a payload of 850 kgs each, comprising a total of four bio-safety cabinets, two centrifug...
China to build more bio labs amidst questions over Wuhan lab's role in coronavirus originUnder the new Biosecurity Law, China will continue to build and approve more labs specialising in advanced pathogenic microbiology with a s...
Government, private medical colleges invited to set up testing labsThose applying to the ICMR should have infrastructure and expertise which include availability of a biosafety level-2 laboratory along with...
Coronavirus test should not cost more than Rs 4,500: Government to private labsAppropriate biosafety and biosecurity precautions need to be taken during the testing and while collecting the respiratory samples.
No health expert in panel to examine GM mustard biosafety dataGenetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC) had constituted a sub-committee of scientific experts to examine the biosafety data on GM mu...
Disclose bio-safety data of under-test GM mustard: CICThe Central Information Commission has directed the environment ministry to share a copy of the bio-safety document related to genetically-...
Have strong bio-safety systems for GM crop: SwaminathanEminent Agriculture Scientist M S Swaminathan today urged the government to put in place a strong bio-safety system for genetically modifie...
Centre will consider Rs 100 crore bio lab for Kerala: Harsh VardhanThe Centre will seriously take into consideration Kerala government's plea for setting up a bio-safety lab in the state at an estimated cos...
- Scientists panel recommends 10-year moratorium on field trials of Bt food crops
A panel of scientists set up on the orders of the Supreme Court has recommended a ten-year moratorium on field trials of all genetically mo...
- United Nations Conference on Biodiversity begins tomorrow in Hyderabad
The United Nations Conference on Biodiversity is set to begin here from Monday amidst tight security arrangements with the meeting of the p...
- China OKs controversial GM rice
China has given the green light to the controversial genetically modified rice after they are put through a process of production trials an...
- Experts cast doubts over GM crops' role in inflation control
Genetically modified (GM) crops do not help increase the production level and therefore are not an effective solution to check inflation th...
- GM crops not the solution for fighting inflation: Experts
Genetically modified crops do not help increase the production level and therefore are not an effective solution to check inflation that ha...
- Info on GM Crops be revealed in public interest, CIC to Centre
The Central Information Commission asked the Centre to disclose information about bio-safety data on genetically modified crops.
- Activists cry foul trials of Bt brinjal
In allowing large-scale trials of Bt Brinjal, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC) of the environment ministry may have violat...