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BRAI bill: A threat to our food and farming
The Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) bill, 2011, has been proposed by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. If cleared, this bill will ease the entry of genetically modified crops into our country.
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Witness 3.17 Vol. 60
GB Shaw once said, “There is no sincerer love than the love of food,” and indeed he was true. Our actions and intentions are governed by this basic instinct of…
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Witness 3.16 Vol. 56
It’s been two years that the farmers in Kedia have embraced the eco-farming model and practising completely natural methods of pest control. Today, 100% of Kedia farmers have switched to…
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Chandrapur MP visits Brikesh and offers his support to Junglistan
Brikesh Singh, who is living on a tree in Chandrapur, had a special visitor recently. Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, the Member of Parliament from the Chandrapur constituency came over to Brikesh’s tree house on September 22 and was all praise for his endeavour to save Central Indian forests from coal mining. Brikesh has been living in…
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Ex-CM Nitish Kumar visits the solar village of Dharnai, Jehanabad, Bihar
Patna, 4 August: In a thumbs-up to Greenpeace’s solar-powered micro-grid, former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday visited Dharnai village in Jehanabad district, where the micro grid has been setup. Elated to see homes, shops and streets lit up at night, Kumar praised Greenpeace and the unique energy model, upholding it as a crucial step…
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Climate summit comment: From Bihar, India, could distributed solar succeed where coal has failed?
India is a country where the centralised grid system for electricity has dominated the last 60 years and, largely, failed. In the cities blackouts are frequent, in the rural areas there is often no power at all. The grid doesn’t provide energy access to more than a third of the rural population. Despite a growing…
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Dharnai: story of one solar village
It’s been precisely one year now, since 2000 citizens of Dharnai, a small village near Bodhgaya in the eastern Indian state of Bihar achieved access to electricity for the first time in 30 years. To most us who are living in this digital era, even an hour of power outage can ruin the entire day.…
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8 problems with the GM Mustard commercialisation shown in GIF
1. India signed the Cartagena Protocol* aiming to protect biodiversity and provide biosafety in 2003, but now, is keen to give the go ahead to GM Mustard (straight road to monoculture)
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Solar street lights light up villages in Uttarakhand
Solar power is paving the way for sustainable development in Uttarakhand
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Kedia Naama: 24 volunteers, 51 hours of journey. 1 camp. So it begins!
Suno #KediakiKahaan, Volunteers ki Zubaani (Listen to Kedia's story through the volunteers)
