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3:15 pmGhee, Milk To Cost More Ahead Of Diwali In Tamil Nadu As Aavin Raises Prices
3:13 pmNDA reaches seat-sharing consensus in Andhra, but Naidu and Pawan differ on significance of local polls
3:09 pmJ&K vs PoK: What Numbers Reveal About Spending, Infrastructure And Rights
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Science

In Kashmir’s traditional rice, clues to a journey from East Asia

Reported by The Hindu 27 Oct 2026, 2:27 pm IST 1 min read

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Kashmir’s traditional varieties carry cold-tolerance and other locally adapted genes that modern varieties have partly lost, making them potentially valuable as climate change increases stress on crops, new research has found. The analysis also indicated the varieties are more closely related to those from the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China

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Section: Science
Topics: Farmers & agriculture
Places: Jammu & Kashmir
First reported by: The Hindu
Published: Tuesday, 27 October 2026, 2:27 pm IST
Coverage: One outlet so far

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