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For Prelims: Vertical Farming, Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Aeroponics For Mains: Cropping Patterns, Agricultural Marketing Why in News? India is...
25 Apr 2022 Biotechnology
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes
For Prelims: Genetically Modified Mosquitoes, Dengue, Zika, Yellow Fever. For Mains: Health, Diseases. Why in News? Recently, the US conducted...
23 Apr 2022 Biotechnology
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For Prelims: Human Genome, Genome, Genome Vs Gene, Telomere-2-Telomere (T2T) project, Genome India Project For Mains: Human Genome and its...
04 Apr 2022 Biotechnology
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For Prelims: Site Directed Nuclease, Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee, Deoxy-Ribonucleic Acid, GMO, Genome Editing. For Mains: Genetic...
01 Apr 2022 Biotechnology
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For Prelims: Synthetic Biology, Applications of Synthetic Biology, Different National and International Laws and Conventions. For Mains:...
18 Feb 2022 Biotechnology
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Molnupiravir: A Drug for Covid-19
Why in News Recently, it is claimed that Molnupiravir, an oral drug, can cut the risk of hospitalisation in Covid-19 patients by half, in phase 3...
05 Nov 2021 Biotechnology
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Genetically Modified (GM) Crops
Why in News According to the Coalition for GM Free India, the discovery of 500 tonnes of Genetically Modified (GM) rice in a consignment that India...
25 Oct 2021 Biotechnology
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Why in News The proposal for Indian regulators to consider a new gene editing technique has been pending with the Genetic Engineering Appraisal...
22 Oct 2021 Biotechnology
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Why in News World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16th to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations (UN) Food and...
19 Oct 2021 Biotechnology
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Genes to Increase Grain Size of Sorghum
Why in News Recently, as per a report from the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia, genes that can increase the grain size of sorghum have been...
30 Sep 2021 Biotechnology
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Why in News The United States’ startup Colossal Biosciences has announced its plan to bring woolly mammoths, or animals like them, back from...
20 Sep 2021 Biotechnology
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Restraining Mosquito Populations with CRISPR
Why in News Recently, researchers have created a system that restrains populations of mosquitoes by leveraging advancements in Clustered Regularly...
13 Sep 2021 Biotechnology
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National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition
Why in News Recently, the Department of Biotechnology has launched the fifth edition of the National Bio Entrepreneurship Competition...
20 Aug 2021 Biotechnology
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Introduction Soilless Cultivation generally refers to any method of growing plants without soil as a rooting medium. Need of Soilless...
17 Aug 2021 Biotechnology
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Agriculture Through Agri-tech: GM Crops
This article is based on Driving a 2nd green revolution via agri-biotech which was published in The Hindu Business Line on 15/08/2021. It talks...
16 Aug 2021 Biotechnology
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Demand for Import of Genetically Modified Soy Seeds
Why in News The poultry industry is demanding a permit for the import of crushed genetically modified (GM) soy seeds for captive consumption of...
03 Aug 2021 Biotechnology
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‘Ashwagandha’ in Covid-19 Recovery
Why in News Recently, India and the UK have collaborated to conduct a study on ‘Ashwagandha (AG)’ for promoting recovery from...
02 Aug 2021 Biotechnology
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Why in News Recently, Biotech-PRIDE (Promotion of Research and Innovation through Data Exchange) Guidelines was released by the Department of...
31 Jul 2021 Biotechnology
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Why in News The Ministry of Science and Technology has issued a Special Call for the NorthEast Region as a part of its Mission Programme...
21 Jun 2021 Biotechnology
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Why in News Recently, the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO) introduced the world's first Nano Urea Liquid for farmers across the...
01 Jun 2021 Biotechnology
