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Monsanto Patent Victory Seen As A Boost For Biotech Investment In India
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Monsanto can claim patents on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds, a victory for the US company that is expected to encourage biotechnology firms to step up investment in India.
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US Chemical Company Monsanto To Pay $290 Million To Cancer Patient
A California jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million Friday for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer.
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Monsanto Appeals To Supreme Court Over Genetically Modified Cotton Patents
Monsanto Co has appealed to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi High Court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its genetically modified or GM cotton seeds, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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Government Cuts Monsanto's GM Cotton Seed Royalty By 20%
In 2016, the agriculture ministry had cut Monsanto's royalties by more than 70%.
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Andhra Investigates Planting Of Monsanto's Unapproved GM Cotton
One of India's biggest cotton-growing states has formed a panel to investigate how 15 percent of the state's cotton acreage has been planted with a non-approved genetically modified strain developed by Monsanto and may bring criminal charges.
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EU Parliament May Deny Access To Monsanto
The European Parliament has been asked by its political leaders to deny access to executives and lobbyists for US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto, a parliament spokesman said Friday. The leaders of the parliament's political groups issued the appeal after the firm turned down an invitation to a hearing over claims Monsanto influenced scientific resea...
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Donald Trump's CEO Meetings Raise Ethics Questions
President-elect Donald Trump's meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers concerned about the possible erosion of a firewall between the incoming White House and regulators reviewing those billion-dollar deals.
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Monsanto Plans to Make Operations Carbon-Neutral By 2021
Monsanto today announced plans to make its operations carbon-neutral by 2021 even as it acknowledged climate change as one of the biggest challenges facing humanity.
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France Bans Sale of Monsanto Herbicide Roundup in Nurseries
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced today a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carcinogenic.
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March Against Monsanto: Thousands Worldwide March to Protest Against GM Crops
Thousands of people hit the streets in cities across the world to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides.
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Thousands Worldwide March Against Monsanto and GM Crops
Thousands of people hit the streets in cities across the world Saturday to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides.
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BJP MPs Opt Out of US Junket by Seed-Giant Monsanto
Four law-makers of the ruling BJP have reportedly opted out of a junket to the US organised by seed giant Monsanto. The week-long study tour begins tomorrow; 15 MPs from various parties were invited.
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The hot debate about genetically modified foods
Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled. But in the first major victory for consumers who say they have the right...
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Fighting to Make Safe Food and Water a Fundamental Right
On the eve of World Food Day, a group working for safe food promotion has written an open letter to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar seeking his support to make safe food and drinking water a fundamental right of every citizen of India.World Food Day...
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Top French Court Lifts Ban on Growing Monsanto GM Corn
France's top administrative court on Thursday threw out a government ban on US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto from growing a type of genetically modified corn.A moratorium on MON810 corn -- one of just two types of genetically altered food crops whose...
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Monsanto Patent Victory Seen As A Boost For Biotech Investment In India
The Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that Monsanto can claim patents on its genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds, a victory for the US company that is expected to encourage biotechnology firms to step up investment in India.
-
US Chemical Company Monsanto To Pay $290 Million To Cancer Patient
A California jury ordered chemical giant Monsanto to pay nearly $290 million Friday for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that its weed killer Roundup might cause cancer.
-
Monsanto Appeals To Supreme Court Over Genetically Modified Cotton Patents
Monsanto Co has appealed to the Supreme Court against a ruling by the Delhi High Court which decreed last month that the world's biggest seed maker cannot claim patents on its genetically modified or GM cotton seeds, a company spokesman said on Friday.
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Government Cuts Monsanto's GM Cotton Seed Royalty By 20%
In 2016, the agriculture ministry had cut Monsanto's royalties by more than 70%.
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Andhra Investigates Planting Of Monsanto's Unapproved GM Cotton
One of India's biggest cotton-growing states has formed a panel to investigate how 15 percent of the state's cotton acreage has been planted with a non-approved genetically modified strain developed by Monsanto and may bring criminal charges.
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EU Parliament May Deny Access To Monsanto
The European Parliament has been asked by its political leaders to deny access to executives and lobbyists for US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto, a parliament spokesman said Friday. The leaders of the parliament's political groups issued the appeal after the firm turned down an invitation to a hearing over claims Monsanto influenced scientific resea...
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Donald Trump's CEO Meetings Raise Ethics Questions
President-elect Donald Trump's meetings with CEOs seeking federal approval for major mergers are raising red flags for ethics lawyers concerned about the possible erosion of a firewall between the incoming White House and regulators reviewing those billion-dollar deals.
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Monsanto Plans to Make Operations Carbon-Neutral By 2021
Monsanto today announced plans to make its operations carbon-neutral by 2021 even as it acknowledged climate change as one of the biggest challenges facing humanity.
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France Bans Sale of Monsanto Herbicide Roundup in Nurseries
French Ecology Minister Segolene Royal announced today a ban on the sale of popular weedkiller Roundup from garden centres, which the UN has warned may be carcinogenic.
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March Against Monsanto: Thousands Worldwide March to Protest Against GM Crops
Thousands of people hit the streets in cities across the world to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides.
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Thousands Worldwide March Against Monsanto and GM Crops
Thousands of people hit the streets in cities across the world Saturday to protest against the American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its genetically modified crops and pesticides.
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BJP MPs Opt Out of US Junket by Seed-Giant Monsanto
Four law-makers of the ruling BJP have reportedly opted out of a junket to the US organised by seed giant Monsanto. The week-long study tour begins tomorrow; 15 MPs from various parties were invited.
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The hot debate about genetically modified foods
Genetically modified foods have been around for years, but most Americans have no idea if they are eating them. The Food and Drug Administration says they don't need to be labeled. But in the first major victory for consumers who say they have the right...
-
Fighting to Make Safe Food and Water a Fundamental Right
On the eve of World Food Day, a group working for safe food promotion has written an open letter to Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar seeking his support to make safe food and drinking water a fundamental right of every citizen of India.World Food Day...
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Top French Court Lifts Ban on Growing Monsanto GM Corn
France's top administrative court on Thursday threw out a government ban on US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto from growing a type of genetically modified corn.A moratorium on MON810 corn -- one of just two types of genetically altered food crops whose...
