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Bitter Seeds follows a season in a village in Vidharbha, Maharashtra, from sowing cotton seeds to harvest. Cotton-farmer Ram Krishna borrows heavily in the face of mounting costs of both modern farming and a daughter’s wedding. His story is too alike that of farmers who commit suicide in despair. Manjusha,......

The Maharashtra government has banned the sale and distribution of the genetically modified Bt cotton seeds of Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company (Mahyco), a partner of US multinational Monsanto, in the state with immediate effect for supplying inferior quality seeds.

"The government has banned the Mahyco company with immediate effect," agriculture commissioner......

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Trial No. 17352-2012-0523

Resp. DR. MANUELA SANCHEZ

Quito, Thursday, 26 July 2012

In Trial No. 17352-2012-0523 undertaken by SHIVA VANDANA, CHANCOSO BLANCA, CHERREZ CECILIA, BASSEY NNIMMO, TENESACA DELFIN, ACOSTA ALBERTO, GONGORA LIDER against BLOCK NATHAN, GILBERT JOHN, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMPANY BP, THE OIL COMPANY BRITISH PETROLEUM (BP), JOHN L.......

Indian environmental philosopher and activist Vandana Shiva has been chosen for this year’s Fukuoka Prize, a prestigious award being bestowed by Fukuoka city government in Japan on people who contribute to academia, arts, and culture in Asia.

Ms. Shiva is the seventh Indian to receive the award and was presented with......

From Voice of India

New Delhi, July 3: Dr. Vandana Shiva, an eminent Indian environmental philosopher and activist, was cornferred the prestigious FUKUOKA PRIZE 2012 today during a press conference held in New Delhi for her remarkable work in the field of science, technology and ecology. The......

It is our honor to inform you that Dr. Vandana Shiva, an environmental philosopher and activist, has been selected as the Grand Prize laureate for the FUKUOKA PRIZE 2012. The Fukuoka Prize Committee would like to hold the commemorative lecture & panel discussion, the press conference and the celebratory party......