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Silk fibres could pave way for edible optics in future	30.7.2010	Hindu: Home
Silk, spun by spiders and silk worms, could some day find use in degradable and flexible electronic displays for sensors and implantable optical systems for diagnosis and treatment, according to sc...
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Silk fibres could pave way for 'edible optics' in future (Cached)	30.7.2010	DNA: Top News
Silk, spun by spiders and silk worms, could some day find use in degradable and flexible electronic displays for sensors and implantable optical systems for diagnosis and treatment, according to scientists.
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Silk fibres could pave way for 'edible optics' in future (Cached)	30.7.2010	New Kerala: India News

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SAGE demands withdrawal of biotech Bill	30.7.2010	Business Standard: Economy & Policy
South Against Genetic Engineering (SAGE) on Thursday demanded that the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill (BRAI), which was essentially designed to facilitate the entry of modern biotechnology, including genetic engineering (GE) into India, be withdrawn. Legislations like BRAI have been designed more to promote GE than to regulate it.
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No pause in Punjabs toxic harvest (Cached)	30.7.2010	IE: From the fields
Even as recent media reports caution that most fruits and vegetables are largely unfit for human consumption due to their high chemical content, pesticides continue to be used recklessly in the fields of Punjab....
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Bulk buyers make beeline for Erode cotton (Cached)	30.7.2010	HBL: Agri-Biz & Commodities
Intense competition among over 15 bulk buyers was witnessed for the cotton that came up for sale at the Anthiyur and Bhoodapady regulated markets on Monday and WednesdayPrices increased by Re 1 a kg in Bhoodapady despite buyers quoting last
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‘Biotech regulation Bill could damage agriculture, ecology' (Cached)	30.7.2010	HBL: Agri-Biz & Commodities
A group of legal experts, academicians and non-governmental organisations has demanded that the Union Government should withdraw the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority Bill (BRAI) as it attempts more to promote modern biotechnology rather than
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The fastest Internet in the world! (Cached)	29.7.2010	Rediff: Business
The fastest broadband city in the world is Masan in South Korea, according to an analysis.
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Bt cotton farming revolutionizes women's employment in India: Study (Cached)	29.7.2010	New Kerala: India News

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Group urges Centre to lift moratorium on Bt brinjal (Cached)	29.7.2010	Financial Express: Front Page
Bangalore-based Foundation of Biotechnology Awareness and Education has asked the government to lift the indefinite moratorium imposed on commercial introduction of Bt brinjal in the country by the ministry of environment and forest.
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FBAE seeks removal of moratorium on BT brinjal! (Cached)	29.7.2010	Zee News : Science and Technology
Bangalore-based FBAE today said that it will submit a memorandum to the government, seeking the removal of a moratorium imposed by the environment ministry on commercialisation of the BT Brinjal crop.
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No agreement on price regulation and penalty clause in the Seeds Bill	29.7.2010	Hindu: National
The government failed to reach an agreement with the Members of Parliament, who moved for amendments to the Seeds Bill on the issue of price regulation and penalty for failure of seeds in a meetin...
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Protests & freedoms (Cached)	28.7.2010	Frontline
Does the protester while asserting his right to dissent from the state respect the right of others to dissent from him?
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Pawar convenes meeting for consensus on Seeds Bill	28.7.2010	Hindu: States
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has convened a meeting of “concerned MPs and VIPs'' to evolve a consensus on the controversial Seeds Bill, 2004, which is coming up for consideration a...
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Technology infusion needed to sustain cotton output growth (Cached)	26.7.2010	Financial Express: Front Page
After a huge jump in cotton production during the last eight years mainly after introduction BT cotton seeds in country..
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Cotton farmers opt for double-gene Bt technology (Cached)	26.7.2010	HBL: Agri-Biz & Commodities
The widespread acceptability of Bt technology among India's cotton farmers is a recognised reality
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Watch Tower: 25 years too late (Cached)	23.7.2010	Central Chronicle
Watch Tower: 25 years too late
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Stalin to inaugurate buildings at BU	23.7.2010	Hindu: Coimbatore
Deputy Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will inaugurate two new buildings and lay foundation for five others at the Bharathiar University on August 2, Vice-Chancellor of the university C. Swaminat...
Cotton rises on millers' demand (Cached)	23.7.2010	HBL: Agri-Biz & Commodities
MCU-5 and Surabi fine variety cotton fetched higher prices at the Bhoodapady regulated market in Erode district at the weekly sale on Wednesday and
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Expedite setting up of Biotech Regulatory Board: Plan panel (Cached)	22.7.2010	ET: Policy
The Centre should speed up the establishment of a Biotechnology Regulatory Board, which will ensure that strict scientific procedures are followed while testing biotech crops, the Planning Commission said.
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