Biotechnology
Ramesh orders halt to Bt-maize field trials in Bihar
10 Mar 2011
The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee under the environment ministry had allowed biotech giant Monsanto Company to conduct field trials of genetically modified maize in Bihar
Govt backs programme to develop AIDS vaccine in India
04 Mar 2011
The government's Department of Biotechnology and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) will jointly operate and fund an HIV vaccine design programme in India.