Ancient Indian travelers visited Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Researchers found nearly 30 inscriptions in Tamil, Sanskrit, Prakrit, and Gan...

Suvendu Adhikari took oath as West Bengal's Chief Minister at Kolkata's Brigade Parade Ground. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other senio...

Geographical Indication tagged Gobindobhog rice prices have doubled due to a demand-supply mismatch, surging from Rs 90 to Rs 180 per kg. I...

Pakistan is looking for a possibility of having a joint GI tag recognition of its basmati rice, but this is contrary to the convention sinc...

India, the largest producer and exporter of Basmati rice, deserves to be granted the geographical indication (GI) tag for it, despite chall...

Marcha is a short indigenous cultivar of rice found in West Champaran district of Bihar. By its size and shape, its grain appears like blac...

A GI tag is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess origin-based qualities and reputation in the regio...

Punjab’s Chief Minister Amrinder Singh has opposed the MP government’s push for a GI tag for the long-grained rice cultivated in 13 distric...

Kalonunia and Randhunipagal are two indigenous varieties of aromatic fine rice available in the state.

This variety of rice is primarily cultivated in east Burdwan district - in the southern basin of the Damodar river in the Raina 1, Raina 2 ...

The GI label certifies not only the geographical origin of a product but also confirms adherence to some production standards.

Chouhan urged the PM to immediately intervene in the matter and direct APEDA to accept the GI Chennai's order dated December 31, 2013 in le...

The country’s Geographical Indications Registry on Dec 31 allowed a plea by MP for its basmati producers to be covered under the GI tag.

Basmati rice, grown exclusively in India and Pakistan, may soon have a protection against unscrupulous patenting of the grain.

The Union Cabinet approved amendments to the Agriculture Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Act for registration ...

The recent ban on export of non-basmati rice to cool down inflation seems to have contradicted the government’s own policy to help certain ...

King Khan’s date with Basmati will have to wait. More than a month after the Basmati Development Fund (BDF) cleared a Rs 20-crore promotion...