India has to be very careful before its mega cotton seed sector crumbles because of pro-GM vigilantism of a few bad apples. All stakeholders must come together A very serious legal and environmental hazard is looming large over India. It is the illegal and hazardous planting...
The truth is finally out. US pesticide maker Monsanto, which had recently been acquired by German giant Bayer, gave Dewayne Lee Johnson cancer. A California Superior Court, San Francisco in a grand jury decision awarded Johnson $289 million dollars as damages from Bayer/Monsanto. This David and...
Thanks to Monsanto's reckless practices, Bt toxins in adulterant cottonseed oil may be seeping into your samosas. While the edible oil industry is about to crown Bt cottonseed oil as their next saviour, an RTI sent to the regulatory authority on food safety authority, FSSAI, states...
Shivraj Singh Chouhan's inept leadership led to farmers' crisis in Madhya Pradesh, says Congress' Ajay Singh. The Indian National Congress has launched a full offensive against the policies of the BJP-led Shivraj Singh Chouhan government in Madhya Pradesh following the current monsoon, which seems to have...
While a leisurely menage a trois is on between Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bill Gates and Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, India is in painful labour. Not knowing whether we together will birth a golden future or our own economic collapse, Indians are strapped into electric...
Dr Vanada Shiva, an internationally renowned activist, is an authority on organic farming and farmers’ movement. Here are the excerpts from her interview with Hindustan Times. Dr Vanada Shiva, an internationally renowned activist, is an authority on organic farming and farmers’ movement. Author of over 20...
A long queue of tractors parked alongside Tolstoy Marg in the heart of Delhi served as the first mark of a farmers’ meeting ahead on the way to Jantar Mantar. A long queue of tractors parked alongside Tolstoy Marg in the heart of Delhi served as...