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Friday, July 25, 2025
TopicGenetic Modification

Topic: Genetic Modification

Commercial sale of GM mustard will have to wait as SC gives split verdict

Matter set for larger bench. The judges, however, have asked the Centre to consider a national policy for seamless approach to GM crops.

Can plant traits be modified without modifying their DNA? Netherlands study says yes

The study led by ecologist Dr Alexandre Jousset says plants can be improved without modifying their DNA. This approach involves making changes to the plant microbiome.

Why farmers are still having to protest for their right to sow GM seeds, even in a pandemic

This month marks the third year of farmers' ‘civil disobedience movement' demanding the right to sow Genetically Modified (GM) seeds.

GM mosquito experiment to reduce dengue-causing species in Brazil fails

A British company had released genetically-modified mosquitoes to cut the population of Aedes aegypti, but Yale researchers say they've bounced back.

Taslima Nasreen’s views echo eugenicists who favour genetic cleansing for racial supremacy

Taslima Nasreen’s tweet exposes her profoundly conservative worldview, which is a far cry from women’s or human rights.

Reviewer raises serious questions over how Kesavan-Swaminathan anti-GMO paper was published

Dr Pushpendra Gupta, expert on plant genetics, had been sent the paper for review before its publication in Current Science, and said he had rejected it.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.