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Basmati prices may fall 5–10% as Strait of Hormuz closure hits exports"After the interim (US-Iran) peace deal was announced, exporters started buying basmati rice in good quantities for shipment to the Middle ...
Bulgarian proverb of the day: 'If marriage were a good thing, the priests would have married long ago...' A centuries old saying on why love alone is not enough to sustain a happy marriageThe Bulgarian proverb, “If marriage were a good thing, the priests would have married long ago,” uses humor and irony to comment on the rea...
Eleven killed, historic monastery on fire as Ukraine faces major Russian attacksZelenskyy offered to meet Putin with Trump and European leaders at the G7 gathering in France but the Kremlin didn’t reply, a Ukrainian off...
Ukraine, Russia renew drone strikes after Easter truceThe Ukrainian air force said Russia had launched 98 drones, adding that its air defence units had downed 87 of them. An infrastructure faci...
Iran war hits tea export; Assam releases ₹94.7 crore supportAssam government has released Rs 94.70 crores to 486 tea gardens under the ATISIS scheme. This initiative aims to boost orthodox and specia...
Strait of Hormuz tensions threaten 41% of India's tea exports: TAIAmidst reports of closure of Straits of Harmouz, the assurance from United States on insurance coverage and keeping the straits open notwit...
What is Orthodox Christmas? Why do 250 million people celebrate Christmas on January 7, is it a holidayEvery year, for millions of Christians worldwide, Christmas falls on January 7 rather than December 25. The difference exists because these...
Russia does not see Vatican as a serious arena for peace talks, sources sayRussia does not consider the Vatican a serious venue for peace talks on Ukraine due to its position as the seat of Catholicism, its locatio...
Greece just legalized same-sex marriage. Will other Orthodox countries join them any time soon?Greece has become the first majority-Orthodox Christian nation to legalize same-sex marriage under civil law. However, most majority-Orthod...
On Orthodox Christmas, Putin vows to back soldiers who 'defend' RussiaAmid Orthodox Christmas, President Putin pledges support to soldiers defending Russia, emphasizing their courage. The ongoing conflict in U...
Moscow ends self-proclaimed ceasefire, vows to press ahead in UkraineUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Russia is planning a major new offensive. The Pentagon said on Friday that P...
Moscow ends self-proclaimed ceasefire, vows to press ahead in UkrainePresident Vladimir Putin ordered on Friday a 36-hour ceasefire along the line of contact to observe Russia and Ukraine's Orthodox Christmas...
India's October tea output drops 16.7%, prices riseProduction in the north-eastern state of Assam, which accounts for more than half the country's production, dropped 20% year on year to 89....
Ukraine says 'everything' being done to defend Donbas from Russian onslaughtRussia is waging all-out war for the eastern Donetsk and Lugansk regions that make up Donbas -- the country's industrial heartland -- where...
Russian Orthodox Church scolds Pope Francis after 'Putin's altar boy' remarkFrancis told Italy's Corriere Della Sera newspaper that Kirill, who has given the Ukraine war his backing, "cannot become [President Vladim...
Ukraine: How citizenship and race play out in refugees' movements in EuropeCriticisms imply that the European Union treats refugees from the Global South differently, and that such treatment is based on race. Criti...
India's October tea output drops 3.7%Production in Assam fell 7.6 per cent to 96.21 million kg in October, the board said.
Assam tea planters to move Centre against ASEAN Free Trade AgreementPlanters in Assam fear that cheap tea will flood the Indian market and Indian tea will not be able to withstand the competition owing to in...
Indian tea industry eyes Russian market; delegation to visit Moscow in SeptemberIndia's tea industry is eyeing Russia with renewed interest after a gap of 10 years as exports to two key markets of Egypt and Pakistan are...
- Tea export dips 15 per cent in June
Tea exports fell by around 15 per cent to 12.7 million kg in June this year.