Signs are always easy communicators. It is more so with colours, as they carry their own connotations.

NEW DELHI: With the deadline of submitting comments of stakeholders on genetically modified mustard to the central biotech regulator coming to an end on Wednesday, both anti and pro-GM groups have

Nagpur: Activists, scientists and experts continue to oppose the ongoing process for clearance to GM mustard by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee (GEAC).

Opponents of food products with GMOs have recently elicited fatwas from top clerics, declaring commercial sale and cultivation of genetically-altered crops "not permitted."

More than 90 non-government outfits and some prominent citizens associated with civil society movements are among the signatories. Reuters file photo

GM Mustard will have "serious" health and environmental impact, a farmers body today claimed and demanded a ban on the mustard hybrid.

Amid speculation over the fate of genetically modified crops, India's Environment Ministry on Monday said that a regulatory framework supported by several guidlines is there to ensure biosafety of

NEW DELHI: Allaying concerns of environmentalists who alleged that the central biotech regulator's sub-committee that studied the bio-safety of GM (genetically modified) mustard did not have any 'h

Want full biosafety data on GM mustard in public domain

A day after the environment ministry released a "Safety assessment report of the sub-committee on GM mustard" which concluded that the transgenic crop has cleared all safety tests and is safe for h