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Topic: Cotton

Bangladesh strikes trade deal with US, gets exemption on textile exports made with American cotton

Deal once notified will also see Dhaka commit to purchasing 25 Boeing aircraft, as well as increase its energy imports to roughly $1 billion annually for the next 15 years.

Bangladesh considers ending duty-free Indian yarn imports, impose tariffs amid textile sector unrest

Millers in Bangladesh say duty-free yarn imports threaten their businesses, warn of indefinite strike. But garment exporters say new duties could hurt their competitiveness.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

India does well on cotton, but global demand has moved on to human-made fibres, where it lags

Economic Survey 2024-25 says complex regulations & lack of vertical integration have hindered India's ability to capitalise on shift to human-made fibres, impacting textile exports.

Pink bollworm, boll rot wreak havoc again. Haryana sees lowest yield of cotton in north region

Not just yield, but even fibre quality affected adversely, say farmers, industry and agriculture experts. State agriculture minister J.P. Dalal says govt will compensate farmers.

Twin pest-fungus attack destroys Haryana cotton crop, farmers brace for 2nd season of poor harvest

Principal scientist at Central Institute for Cotton Research said infection range was 40-45% & widespread in state, where yield in 2022-2023 season hit 20-yr low due to pest attacks.

Did you know that India has a 7200-year-old history with cotton? Harappans took it to the world

A paper published in Israel in 2022 from the Tel Tsaf site shows cotton fibres originated in the Indian subcontinent around 5200 BCE.

Haryana cotton yield hits 20-yr low as ‘pest-resistant’ Bt variety falls prey to pests, untimely rain

Cotton, paddy are the main crops grown in Haryana during kharif season. Attacks by Pink Bollworm & Whitefly, diseases like leaf curl & parawilt contributing to drop in yield.

Different climates but same parameters? — why cotton ginners are protesting mandatory BIS certification

Cotton ginners from Haryana, Punjab & Rajasthan up the ante with certification on cotton bales to be mandatory from 1 Sept according to govt's 1 March notification, threaten to shut units.

What 7,200-yr-old fibres from Indus Valley found in Israel tell us about cotton domestication

Find predates evidence of cotton cultivation in Indus Valley, indicating either wild cotton products were created before domestication, or domestication occurred earlier than believed.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.