The US consumers want more labelling and stricter regulation of genetically modified food, according to a survey. Almost 70 per cent of survey respondents said the US Government shoudl require

The Supreme Court has given respite to all the accused in the Himachal "apple scam" case holding that there was no evidence, direct or circumstantial, to support the charge of conspiracy to cheat the

There have been less damages to crops, property and human lives this year on account of natural calamities in the monsoon period. ON the other hand, in this monsoon season, the country received

India has chalked out a five-point strategy for talks on review of World Trade Organisation(WTO) agreement on agriculture, favouring continuation of subsidy to developing nations' farmers to achieve

A recent story in the Wall Street Journal related how, after receiving a Greenpeace fax, Novartis, the big Swiss drug and biochemicals company, instantly agreed to stop using genetically engineered

Gerber recently announced that henceforth its baby foods will be free from genetically modified crops-and will be organically grown to boot. Then the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced

Mrs Prem lata Sharma, president Gram Panchayat Lana Pallar in Sangrah tehsil has alleged that the government was totally ignoring Pallar valley, comprising of about 13 panchayats. In a statement Mrs

Monsanto Co. a leading agricultural bio-technology company, and Scotts Co., the biggest US garden-care products company said they formed an alliance to produce genetically enhanced turfgrass and

Cut flowers were missing from the Indian floriculture scene until a decade back. But now with about 150 hectares of land in the country under hi-tech floriculture, cut flowers constitute 17 per cent

The European Union Farm Commissioner, Mr. Franz Fischler, said on Tuesday that the EU would argue for greater caution in the marketing of 'novel' foods during the next round of World Trade