Supreme Court’s Decision in Allowing GM Mustard
Context: India’s challenging journey with genetically modified (GM) food crops reached another milestone last week. A two-judge Bench of Justices B.V. Nagarathna and Sanjay Karol from the Supreme Court of India delivered a split decision on whether to allow GM mustard in farmers’ fields. Relevance: GS3- Biotechnology Mains Question: GM crops might not be perfect, but […]
STOP VILLAINIZING BATS: SCIENTISTS, CONSERVATIONISTS
Why in news? There have been increasing incidents of the public destroying bat roosts and smoking them out. This is due to unverified news and social media posts linking bats to the COVID-19 outbreak. To raise awareness, 64 CHIROPTEROLOGISTS (THOSE WHO STUDY BATS) from six South Asian countries have released a document clarifying myths about bats and […]