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Cotton crisis in Punjab: How regulatory hurdles might be making things worse

March 03, 2025 7:04 pm

Ahead of the cotton sowing season in Punjab, there has been an increasing demand for Bollgard-3, a pest-resistant cotton variety which is yet to become available in India

Chinese man pleads guilty to stealing Monsanto trade secret

January 07, 2022 10:50 pm

Haitao Xiang worked as an imaging scientist for Monsanto and one of its subsidiaries, The Climate Corporation, from 2008 to 2017.

Jury: Monsanto to pay $2 billion in weed killer cancer case

May 14, 2019 7:35 am

The jury's verdict is third such courtroom loss for Monsanto in California since August

US jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

March 28, 2019 11:16 am

"This verdict does not change the weight of over four decades of extensive science and the conclusions of regulators worldwide that support the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides and that they are not carcinogenic," Bayer said.

Jury says Monsanto's weed killer was ‘substantial factor’ in causing man’s cancer

March 20, 2019 2:12 pm

Tuesday’s verdict concluded the first of two phases in the federal case about the possible health risks of Roundup and whether Monsanto misled the man, Edwin Hardeman, about those risks.

Bayer's Monsanto wins arbitration ruling over royalties from Indian seed company

February 12, 2019 2:03 pm

Monsanto had insisted it has patent protection in India and it therefore could collect royalties through bilateral contracts with the Indian seed companies.

Will send ex-Ranbaxy promoters to jail if there is order violation: SC on arbitral award

Supreme Court sets aside Delhi HC order invalidating Monsanto’s patent on BT cotton seeds

January 09, 2019 1:17 am

The court said “the suit involved complicated mixed questions of law and facts with regard to patentability and exclusion of patent which could be examined in the suit on basis of evidence”.

Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in world's first Roundup cancer trial

August 11, 2018 9:30 am

The jury at San Francisco's Superior Court of California deliberated for three days before finding that Monsanto had failed to warn Johnson and other consumers of the cancer risks posed by its weed killers.

India cuts Monsanto's genetically modified cotton seed royalty

March 13, 2018 1:26 pm

The government also lowered the prices of GM cotton seeds by 7.5 per cent to 740 rupees ($11.39) for a packet of 450 grams to help farmers who are struggling with pest infestations.

Andhra Pradesh investigates planting of Monsanto's unapproved GM cotton

October 17, 2017 6:22 pm

The new committee, composed of agricultural experts, has been asked to submit a report within 15 days, according to the order. The new directive asks the "investigating committee to look into the illegalities and risks of such seed sales and cultivation."