The committee had asked seed companies concerned to submit validated protocol for detection of 0.01 per cent level of genetic contamination, subject to which the field trials of GM food crops would be considered. It also approved strip trials of Bt Cotton hybrids expressing genes and events approved earlier. June 25, 200711:53 IST At a crucial meeting in New Delhi, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee discussed various genetically modified seeds, including cotton. However, GEAC said...

He lists climate change, terrorism, GM crops and health care as areas that the key subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics will be employed in. This would recognise the critical importance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics to the UK economy and the fact that it underpins so much of public policy," he added. He envisages the department being a central resource and policy centre, rather than being a centre for the management of large-scale public...

Winery -- changed the name earlier this year to better reflect the personality being constructed at the 32-acre park adjacent to Interstate 82 in Prosser. The high-profile location is gaining momentum as a one-stop shop for wine enthusiasts looking to taste a number of Mid-Columbia wines without traveling for miles. His son, Marcus, has a firm grasp on the throttle and has been working to get the winery up to a comfortable cruising altitude. The Millers started growing grapes on the land...

Rapid change is creating new interactions between people, environment and technology, but also new problems, such as novel strains of avian flu and HIV drug resistances. We live in an era of unprecedented environmental and technological flux; apocalyptic predictions of climate change-induced drought and floods, avian flu and HIV/AIDS pandemics, unsafe food and scarce water supplies hit the headlines daily. Out-of-date policies are undermining unprecedented opportunities for recent aid...

and geopolitical tremors prompted by the London and Glasgow terror attacks, the decision to go long gold in the short-term was made much easier for market participants," said Jon Nadler, an analyst at Kitco Bullion Dealers, in a note to clients. over the weekend and near record oil prices seem to be the primary factors in gold's strength today," said Mark O'Byrne, director at Gold & Silver Investments ltd., in a research report. Two more men were arrested on Monday by Scottish police,...