
New Delhi: Jairam Ramesh defends his controversial decision to impose a moratorium on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal says, "on Bt Brinjal, I would not say, from my experience that foreign NGOs influenced the decision". His remarks came against the backdrop of Prime Minister's comments that some NGOs based in the United States and Scandinavian countries were not "fully appreciative" of the development challenges India faces and, were creating...

03:23 PM, Feb 25, 2012

The PM had said that NGOs funded from the US were funding protests against genetic engineering. ...

12:24 PM, Feb 25, 2012

Environment Minister loses temper at meeting with GM food opponents. ...

04:45 PM, Feb 06, 2010

BT brinjal has the same protein content as the regular version. ...

09:19 AM, Feb 01, 2010

Those for it and against genetically modified foods argue about the benefits and losses. ...

02:58 AM, Oct 15, 2009

India has approved commercialisation of genetically modified Bt brinjal. ...

01:43 AM, Oct 15, 2009