Varanasi's iconic Pahalwan Lassi and 100-year-old Chachi Ki Kachori shops demolished; Owner Manoj Yadav watched silentlyIn Varanasi, authorities demolished 30 shops near Lanka crossing for a road widening project. Iconic food outlets like Pehelwan Lassi and C...
18 Jun, 2025, 01.15 PM IST
10 more commodities added to e-NAM platform for trading: GovtThe Agriculture Ministry has approved an additional 10 commodities for trading on the e-NAM platform, bringing the total to 231. This move,...
06 Feb, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
Back to basics: How traditional Indian recipes can help beat soaring vegetable pricesThe recent rise in vegetable prices in India has led to questions regarding the traditional Indian cookbooks that do not rely on expensive ...
13 Aug, 2023, 10.22 AM IST
Budget Recap: Here's what had became costlier and cheaper after Budget announcements in 2022With the prices of raw materials and fuel going up, the common man is now shelling out more for everyday items like food, dairy products, f...
26 Dec, 2022, 09.53 AM IST
Retail inflation rises to 6.49 pc, food inflation at 7.76 pc for industrial workers in SeptemberThe All-India CPI-IW (Consumer Price Index-Industrial Workers) for September, 2022 increased by 1.1 points and stood at 131.3. On 1-month p...
31 Oct, 2022, 06.51 PM IST
India’s great love for poppy seed and how it shaped public finance from the time of East India CompanyOpium trade was one reason why the East India Company came to India.
06 Feb, 2022, 04.19 PM IST
Union Budget 2022: 10 things consumers should knowWearing imported imitation jewellery will get more expensive with increase in customs duty to 20% or Rs 400/kg, whichever is higher. Import...
02 Feb, 2022, 09.12 AM IST
Flipkart, Amazon set to intensify battle in festive seasonThe intense competition between the two firms, culminating in the rapid response to make back-to-back changes in their sales dates is remin...
28 Sep, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Indian saffron's international prices skyrocket after Afghan supply hit by Taliban takeoverSaffron is grown in four districts in Jammu and Kashmir– Pulwama, Budgam, Srinagar and Kishtwar. Among them, Pulwama district’s Pampore has...
16 Sep, 2021, 06.59 PM IST
Consignments of dry fruits and spices from Afghanistan arrive in the Indian marketAfghanistan has witnessed bumper dry fruit production this year and exporters are in constant touch with Indian buyers despite the current ...
01 Sep, 2021, 10.02 AM IST
The Big Kabul Question: How to secure Indian interests in Taliban-ruled AfghanistanSince 2011 when India inked a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan, New Delhi had stepped up its investments in the conflict-ri...
23 Aug, 2021, 02.23 PM IST
Squeeze on Afghan spices, dry fruit imports to pinch India; prices likely to soarA geo-political crisis in the western neighbourhood could turn the heat on in the Indian kitchen as supply of aromatic asafoetida, a partic...
23 Aug, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
India sees record spices exports in FY18Chilli continued to lead Indian spice shipments with export of 4,43,900 tonnes.
02 Jul, 2018, 11.21 AM IST
Meet the hing kings, who brought the spice to India over a century agoOne of India’s oldest food ingredient manufacturers, LG & Co has seen five generations dominate hing trade. The family has travelled far to...
27 Mar, 2018, 04.57 PM IST
How Amazon made healing crystals and indigo hot selling itemsAmazon India added the highest number of sellers from Coimbatore, followed by Kolkata, Kochi, Madurai and Pune.
23 Dec, 2016, 10.59 AM IST