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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicCraft beer

Topic: Craft beer

‘Can’t bottle or keg, sell to other businesses’ — what’s holding back Delhi’s microbrewery scene

5 yrs after they were allowed in Delhi, the city still has only 6 microbreweries. Owners say restrictive excise policy poses many challenges & leaves them with little room to experiment.

India’s craft beer craze could boost Australian barley farmers hit by Chinese tariffs

Microbrewery owners in India say there’s a lot of business interest in the beer industry. Any additional demand from brewers would mean a boon for Australian barley prices.

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Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

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