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Genetically Modified Crops in India

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Genetically Modification is a technology that involves inserting DNA into genome of an organism. To Produce a GM Plant, new DNA is transferred into plants cells, giving it new or different characteristics. This could include changing the way the plant grows or making it resistant to a particular disease. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (Top Biotech Regular in India) has recently approved for further trials of genetically modified Mustard which has been developed by Delhi University. India is yet yet to approve commercial Cultivation of a GM food crop. The only genetically modified cash crop under commercial cultivation in India is Cotton. GM CROP                          STATUS IN INDIA           1.        Bt Cotton         Only genetically modified Crop...
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Gwadar Port and its strategic importance

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Gwadar Port is a warm-water, deep-sea port situated on the Arabian Sea at Gwadar in Baluchistan province of Pakistan. It is located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf just outside the strategically important Strait of Hormuz. It features as the southern Pakistan hub if the $57 billion China-Pakistan economic Corridor plans. It is considered as a vital link between the Chinese One Belt, One3 Road initiative and the Maritime Silk road Project. ·          Pakistan has leased the operations of its strategic Gwadar port to a State-run Chinese firm, the China Overseas Port Holding company (COPHC) for a period of 40 years. ·          COPHC is slated to carry out all the developmental work on the port situated in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. ·          COPHC took over the operations of the port in 2013. Previously, the control of the Gwadar port was with Singapo...
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Important event During Gandhi Era

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Swaraj Party(1923): Gandhi’s decision to call off the agitation caused frustration amoang masses. His decision came in for server criticism form his colleagues like Motilal Nehru, C.R.   Das and N.C Kelkar, who organized the Swaraj Party. The foundations of the Swaraj Party were laid on Jan. 1, 1923, as the Congress Khilafat Swaraj   Party. It proposed then and alternative programme of diverting the movement form widespread civil disobedience programme to restrictive one which would encourage its member to enter into legislative councils (established under Mont-ford Reforms of 1919) by contesting elections in order ot wreck the legislature form within and to use moral pressure to compel the authority to concede to the popular demand for self-government. In the election held in 1923 the Swaraj Party captured 45 of the 145 seats. In provincial elections they secured few seats but in the Central Province they secured a clear majority. In Bengal, the Swaraj Party was th...
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