Red hot chillies spice up poll battle in Guntur

‘It is a fiercely fought battle, like our fiery chillies in Guntur.’ IMAGE: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy holds a fan, the election symbol of YSR Congress Party,......

Modi gifts green diamond to Jill Biden

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in the United States for a three-day state visit, has gifted an eco-friendly lab-grown 7.5 carat diamond, placed in Kashmir's exquisite Papier mache box, to......

India's murky stories that refuse to go away

The public prefers thrillers that carry the threat of knocking down governments, derailing election campaigns and seeing ministers and officials go to jail, says Sunil Sethi.Out, damn'd spot! out,......

Congress-BJP spar over 'rice bowl'

Chhattisgarh, popularly known as the rice bowl of central India, is witnessing politics over the foodgrain with ruling the Bharatiya Janata Party and main opposition the Congress trying to attract......

Rice exporters seek nod for SRK ad

Upset over objections raised by the government on their Rs 21-crore (Rs 210 million) proposal to launch a global Basmati promotion campaign featuring Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan, rice exporters......

India's rice exports to fall as rivals sell cheap

India's rice exports look likely to fall about a quarter this year as it faces one-off cost spikes and rivals such as Vietnam, Pakistan and Myanmar sell at a discount of $35 to $50 a tonne, traders......

Non-basmati rice bore the brunt of export curbs imposed in 2023

As a panel of senior ministers deliberates on the need to review curbs on exports of some rice varieties, data shows that since outbound shipments saw restrictions in July-August last year, the......

Global rice markets in turmoil as India bans export of non-basmati

India’s decision to ban the export of non-basmati white rice has pushed up global prices, prompting multilateral lending agencies, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), to call for a......