Indian minister of state for agriculture K V Thomas has expressed concern over reports that the world's longest basmati rice variety Pusa-1121, developed by Indian scientists, is being grown in Pakistan under a different name. Pusa-1121 ... [full story]
The ongoing tension between South Asian giants India and neighboring Pakistan have thwarted their plans to jointly own the term basmati for the aromatic rice grown exclusively in parts of Indian subcontinentIndia and Pakistan had planned ... [full story]
India's Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh has confirmed that India's Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) would soon be filing a case to contest the claim of Rice Growers’ ... [full story]