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A Biotech company called Oxitec, which is funded by Bill Gates, released "hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes" in Florida. They did this to try out a new way to control the mosquito population. The first group of these mosquitoes was released in May 2021, as the company announced in a press release. The Oxitec company confirmed that they are funded and supported by the Bill Gates Foundation. Three months after the release of the GM Mosquitoes by the Gates Foundation, residents in the impacted area have begun experiencing paralysis. Residents from florida is just furious that they have not been taken into consent before the project implementation. Also, they have to take the burn of this project. They also told that nobody knows what will happen to them and they feel violated for being treated as a lab rats. On that day, news from around the world said that the CDC found mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus in at least six states, and people have gotten...

​ ICAR is an autonomous body public body under Ministry of Agriculture. It is the largest network of agriculture research and educational institutions in the world. The Council is the apex body for coordinating, guiding and managing research and education in agriculture including horticulture, fisheries and animal sciences in the entire country. With 113 ICAR institutes and 74 agricultural universities spread across the country this is one of the largest national agricultural systems in the world. Every year, around crores of Public taxed money is being allocated to ICAR by Union Government of India for its functioning. In June 2024, Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) launched for commercial cultivation two herbicide-tolerant (HT) rice varieties that are tolerant to herbicide Imazethapyr. ICAR says these new rice varieties are tolerant to the application of Imazethapyr herbicide to eradicate weeds in the Directly Seeded Rice system....

In Traditional paddy farming, harvest is a big celebration particularly in Tamil culture. In Pre-colonial era i.e before British left India, majority of India's people dwelled in villages and their major occupation was agriculture. Whole village functioned as a community. When the harvest is over, the people carry paddy to a common place. Its called "kaalathu medu". There everyone from farmer, to carpernter, to farm labour to people who work on maintaining water bodies and other farm labourers of the village get their share of paddy. The exchanged paddy grains in the place of money. This was the barter system which they were practising for centuaries. No central banks. This was prevalent in our village until 2000s. Paddy grains were their currency. So, harvest marks of importance in India villages particularly in Tamil nadu. Whole village comes to celebration mode during this festival. In Tamil calender, Thai month(in mid January) is celebrated as New year which marks th...

Cervical cancer ranks second among women's cancers next to breast cancers in India, with over 1,23,000 new cases. It is one of the leading cause of death in women. The primary cause of cervical cancer is the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is a group of more than 200 related viruses with more than 20+ subtypes that causes cervical cancer in people with Cervix. While many types of HPV are harmless and do not cause any symptoms, others can lead to health problems such as genital warts and various forms of cancer some leading to death. Union health Minister of India announced in Parliment that Indian Government is planning to introduce HPV Vaccine to National immunisation program. This means, HPV vaccine will be given to all girls in India betwen 9-12. This will cost hundreds of crores of public taxed money. Union Government of India is planning to introduce Serum Institute developed Cervavac HPV vaccine to Universal vaccination schedule. Usually, Cervical cancer is caused due to 50+ ...