I-Beauty! After J, K and C, now it's India's turn in the big beautiful marketIndia's beauty industry is emerging as a global force, blending Ayurvedic heritage with modern science to create "I-beauty." With rising ex...
14 May, 2026, 12.20 PM IST
PM Modi pushes work-from-home revival, lower foreign travel & less gold purchases as West Asia conflict heightens concernsPrime Minister Narendra Modi called for a return to work-from-home and urged citizens to delay foreign travel for a year. This is to addres...
11 May, 2026, 08.20 AM IST
Supply setback sends saffron past Rs 5 lakh markThe closure of the Attari-Wagah border, following a terror attack, has disrupted saffron supplies from Afghanistan, causing retail prices o...
30 Apr, 2025, 01.29 AM IST
In rare form, saffron worth king’s ransom: ‘Kesar’ prices soar up to Rs 4.95 lakh/kg in retail as Iran tensions weaken its exports of the spiceAmidst geopolitical tensions in West Asia causing a sharp decline in saffron supplies from Iran, Indian saffron prices have surged by over ...
11 May, 2024, 05.00 AM IST
Kashmir Saffron's taking the shine off Silver VarqTop-quality, pure saffron is selling for INR4,950 per 10g this year, compared with INR800 for the same amount of silver varq. Prices for go...
27 Jul, 2023, 12.27 AM IST
Kashmir saffron story scripts a revival, prices see a spike of 75%Kashmir saffron's prices have risen to ₹3.25 lakh ($4387) per kg, five times the value of silver, after receiving the Geographical Indicati...
06 Jul, 2023, 09.31 PM 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
15 saffron exporters register for J&K Trade Promotion Organization's New York eventThe virtual promotional event is scheduled on November 18 at Consulate General of India in New York in association with JKTPO and US-India ...
12 Nov, 2020, 10.42 AM IST
Saffron prices down 15% on high imports, weak demandIt is currently being quoted at Rs 130-150 a gram in the wholesale market, and is expected to drop further as the new harvest is expected i...
27 Sep, 2020, 11.47 PM IST
Saffron grown in Kashmir gets Geographical Indication certificationSoon after taking over as lieutenant governor, Girish Chander Murmu took a personal interest in ensuring that Kashmir saffron gets GI certi...
25 Jul, 2020, 04.49 PM IST
Saffron surge has Kashmir farmers smilingOutput was hit in past two years but adequate moisture has ensured above-average crop this year.
27 Dec, 2019, 11.17 AM IST
Saffron prices rise 15% as snowfall damages crop in KashmirFarmers have requested the Jammu & Kashmir administration to start a crop insurance policy.
19 Nov, 2019, 02.46 PM IST
Output crunch pushes up of world's costliest spice saffronPrice of a kilogram of saffron, considered the costliest spice in the world, is now at Rs 1.65 lakh in Kashmir, which is already up 18% com...
02 Apr, 2015, 06.07 AM IST
Saffron - The costliest spice on earth is always in hot demandKashmir is India's only saffron producing state & due to floods, it is facing a possible 75% shortfall. It takes 1 lakh flowers to produce ...
24 Nov, 2014, 10.58 AM IST
- Farmers’ interest fall as cash crops fail to give high returns
Once trumpeted as highly profitable crops, vanilla, saffron, jatropha and safed musli seem to have failed to live up to their promise.
17 Oct, 2012, 10.47 AM IST
- IndiaPost gets into domestic and global marketing of Saffron, world's costliest spice
Indiapost begins its new initiative to market world's best saffron, believed to be the costliest spice, under own brand name 'Saffron post.'
25 Jul, 2012, 07.58 PM IST
- Sun spices up Kesar Mart’s saffron biz
The world’s most expensive spice has been breathing life into traders from the Kashmir valley, the hot bed of saffron for over 2,000 years.
13 Aug, 2007, 04.16 AM IST