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Grand Challenges India meeting on 21st March to 24th March, 2017
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 22 (ANI-BusinessWireIndia): The Grand Challenges India (GCI) meeting was inaugurated at Ashok Hotel, New Delhi. The meeting is being hosted by Program Management Unit at BIRAC (PMU-BIRAC), jointly supported by Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India; Bil
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Government aims to make India a global biotech hub by 2020
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 21 (ANI-BusinessWire India): The Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) celebrated its fifth Foundation Day on Monday in New Delhi. The Foundation Day, aptly themed 'Impacting the Biotech Innovation Ecosystem' was presided over by the Min
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Gene editing can complement traditional food-animal improvements
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 19 (ANI): To boost sustainability of livestock production, a study finds that gene editing - one of the newest and most promising tools of biotechnology - enables animal breeders to make beneficial genetic changes, without bringing along unwanted genetic changes.
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Biotech traits patenting rules need to conform to 'Indian Patents Act
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 27 (ANI): Agriculture focused Group (ABLE- AG), a non-profit organization to promote research and development of agriculture biotechnology in India and committed to bringing the latest and most relevant technologies to Indian farmers, today opposed the recent views of
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Centre firmly behind each innovator, entrepeneur, says Harsh Vardhan at 5t
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept.23 (ANI): Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, presiding over the inaugural ceremony of the two-day Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), a public sector undertaking under the aegis of the Department of
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