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Thursday, December 4, 2025
TopicPink Bollworm

Topic: Pink Bollworm

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.

Pink Bollworm-resistant GM cotton gets green light for field trials in Haryana’s Hisar

India’s biotech regulator GEAC gave Bioseed Research India approval to conduct BRL-1 trial for resistance against Pink Bollworm during the Kharif season.

On Camera

This is how cash transfers are being discussed by global scholars

Dismissing unconditional cash transfers through the parochial logic of ‘unearned assistance is undeserving’ narrows the space for policy innovation and restricts possibilities for social mobility.

India’s Russian oil imports are showing up in cryptic new places. The crude map stands redrawn

December oil imports from Russia may drop nearly 50%, but Indian buyers already shifting to non-designated Russian entities and opaque trading channels to keep Russian oil flowing.

India to commission new squadron of submarine-hunting Romeo choppers in Goa later this month

The helicopters produced by Lockheed Martin are known as ‘submarine hunters’. India ordered 24 of these aircraft in 2020 to replace the Sea King helicopters. 15 have been delivered till date.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.