09.02.2010 | permalink
US diplomat Nina Fedoroff, science and technology adviser to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arrived in the national capital late Monday. She is here on an official visit. Fedoroff made it to New Delhi just in time for the much-awaited decision on the commercial release of Bt Brinjal, expected Tuesday evening. In the past, she has often urged Indian industry to boost research and development for transgenic crops like Bt Brinjal.