IN his column of April 30, Manila Times columnist Orlando Mercado hailed the April 17 decision of the Court of Appeals halting the commercial propagation, field trials and other work on two GMO (genetically modified organisms) crops, Golden Rice and Bt Talong (eggplant). Included in Mercado s summary of the decision is this rather frightening result: The CA has also halted all other GMO applications. This is a crucial step.
Hubballi: BJP Raitha Morcha of Dharwad district and Mahanagar Zilla will organise a protest to condemn the anti-farmer policy of the state government .
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) national general secretary, Nara Lokesh on Wednesday accused the ruling YSRCP of not working for the development of the state and said that CM Reddy s policies are anti-farmer.
Chief Minister Shinde, however, ridiculed Patole’s demand, saying that farmers would not be left in the lurch. Meanwhile, BJP Minister Chandrakant Patil said that in a democracy, everyone has a right to meet the Governor
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday accused the Telangana government of betraying the trust of the people of the state, while also calling the K Chandrashekar Rao government anti-farmer.