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Modi bets on Genetically Modified (GM) Crops for India – Threatening India’s & Pakistan’s Food Safety & Biodiversity

Modi bets on Genetically Modified (GM) Crops for India – Threatening India’s & Pakistan’s Food Safety & Biodiversity. Due to wind and rain patterns of the monsoon, Pakistan is vulnerable to contamination with untested and potentially hazardous GM foods planted in India. The Punjab plain is the largest and most fertile area in India and Pakistan, with little or no safety against cross contamination. Read more →

How fasting changed my body for the better

Many of the changes in my body when I took part in the clinical trial of an intermittent fasting diet, were no surprise. Eating very little for five days each month, I lost weight, and I felt hungry. I also felt more alert a lot of the time, though I tired easily. But there were other effects too that were possibly more important. via www.bbc.co.uk The benefits of fasting shown by a clinical trial proves some of the benefits well known to the Muslim Community. Read more →

Working Gun Made With 3D Printer

The world's first gun made with 3D printer technology has been successfully fired in the US. The controversial group which created the firearm, Defense Distributed, plans to make the blueprints available online. The group has spent a year trying to create the firearm, which was successfully tested on Saturday at a firing range south of Austin, Texas. Anti-gun campaigners have criticised the project. via www.bbc.co.uk Read more →

Bee deaths devastating honeybee hive population worldwide

Bee deaths are rising worldwide. In America some 40% of beehives have collapsed. A new pesticide, Neonicotinoids is suspected to be the causes of this bee collapse. Initial investigation seems to show that there is potential for a major bee disaster, if this new pesticide continues to used. Read more →

Is it Right that an American President Decides Drone Strike?

Senator Rand Paul states that there must be a review process before a president can authorise drone strikes on a United States citizen. “The president, a politician, Republican or Democrat, should never get to decide someone’s death by flipping through some flash cards and saying, ‘You want to kill him? Yeah, let’s go ahead and kill him,'" Paul said. This is a hot topic covered by an article in Politco Now by Reid J. Epstein. Read more →

Being More Relaxed Can Help You to Be More Productive.

Research carried out by a Stanford researcher Cheri D. Mah and others shows that having a short nap or rest in the afternoon improves ones performance. This topic is covered more extensively in an article by Tony Schwartz in The New York Times. Read more →

Genetically Modified (GM) - Fed Rat Study Triggers Furore

A row has broken out over a French study claiming to have found tumours and other problems in rats fed on GM Maize and exposed to a common associated herbicide. The rats ate the GM food over a 2 year period, a normal lifetime of these rats. The study’s results are far more reliable than previous research because of the longer period of observation, said team leader Gilles-Eric Seralini. The rodents were given a diet that included the engineered maize known as NK603, a product of the multi-national company, Monsanto. But independent scientists criticised the study for its statistical methods and for using the wrong umourstype of rat. Read more →