India throws up headlines that boggle the imagination. Here's The Telegraph Online's weekly compilation of the oddest news ...

Rice inventories in India surged to a record high at the start of December, reaching more than five times the government's target and potentially boosting overseas shipments from the world's ...

Did you know the dowry system in India originally started as a way to support daughters financially after marriage? Over centuries, this practice turned into a demand, placing immense pressure on ...

India has extended the import authorisation system for certain IT hardware products, including laptops, PCs and tablets, by another year. The system, which was last extended by three months till ...

This bartering system was simple and natural ... As communities grew and trade networks expanded, the limitations of barter became clear. The need for a common standard of value and the challenges of ...

In 2024, India faced a series of devastating disasters, highlighting the fragility of infrastructure, climate resilience, and public safety measures. From infrastructure collapses and severe ...

India's export curbs created price disparities, incentivizing illegal barter trade and impacting government revenues. Despite efforts to curb smuggling, the practice persists, driven by high food ...

Despite such efforts, illegal barter trade of gold for food items has surged since mid-2022, as India’s export curbs fuelled a vast disparity with prices in Bangladesh, causing combined government ...

Since mid-2022, smuggling of gold in exchange for food items has surged along the India-Bangladesh border ... The smuggling network uses gold to barter for goods, and cartels in Bangladesh ...

PETRAPOLE, India (Reuters) - Guards on either side of a border checkpoint between India and Bangladesh scour vehicles and frisk passengers in a hunt for illicit consignments of gold and drugs, as ...

Illegal barter trade has surged since mid-2022 India's export curbs fed vast price disparity with Bangladesh India is world's second-largest consumer of gold PETRAPOLE, India, Dec 4 (Reuters ...

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