{"id":111567,"date":"2026-07-06T13:35:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=111567"},"modified":"2026-07-06T15:08:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:38:51","slug":"sirsa-kinnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/sirsa-kinnow\/","title":{"rendered":"Sirsa Kinnow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Sirsa Kinnow Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sirsa\u2019s kinnow recently received its Geographical Indication (GI) tag, with the Registry in Chennai sealing the certificate of registration.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Sirsa Kinnow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kinnow-farming\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kinnow<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grown in the <\/span><b>Sirsa district of Haryana.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>Haryana&#8217;s first fruit to receive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a Geographical Indication <\/span><b>(GI) tag.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What is Kinnow?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinnow is a<\/span><b> hybrid citrus fruit.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a hybrid between two citrus cultivars, namely \u2018King\u2019 (Citrus nobilis) and \u2018Willow Leaf\u2019 mandarin (Citrus deliciosa).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hybrid was developed in 1915 by HB Frost at the University of California Citrus Experimentation Station.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>round, large, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and has <\/span><b>golden-orange skin similar to an orange.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>sweet and sour taste.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises a <\/span><b>high amount of juice content<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it <\/span><b>ideal for extracting juice and pulp.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> rich source of Vitamin C <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and minerals like <\/span><b>calcium and potassium,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are beneficial for health.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains 0.2 to <\/span><b>0.3% pectin,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is <\/span><b>anti-cancerous<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also helps in lowering cholesterol.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>The peel<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the Kinnow fruit <\/span><b>contains oil <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is <\/span><b>used in cosmetics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>largely cultivated fruit of North India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Punjab <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">holds the <\/span><b>major share of the <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinnow-producing area of the country, with <\/span><b>other states including Rajasthan,<\/b> <b>Haryana, Madhya Pradesh,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Himachal Pradesh, Jammu, and Kashmir.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is popularly known as the <\/span><b>\u201cking of fruits\u201d in Punjab.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the <\/span><b>ability to withstand soaring temperatures <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as high as 40\u00b0C during summer <\/span><b>and 0\u00b0C during winter.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/theprint.in\/india\/sirsa-kinnow-gets-a-gi-tag-how-a-california-hybrid-became-haryanas-signature-fruit\/2976142\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sirsa Kinnow is a variety of Kinnow grown in the Sirsa district of Haryana. 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