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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicFood chain

Topic: food chain

The Chitale Bandhu story: How snack shop born in sleepy Pune went global, changed with the times

Chitale Bandhu, established in Pune in 1950 by two brothers, has completed 75 years. A look at its journey from small milk business to 150 stores across world & Tendulkar as ambassador.

Covid crisis has shown India’s food policy must have buffer stocks at community level too

Easing of lockdown restrictions to revive Indian economy may suggest end of Covid-19 ordeal for agriculture. But gaps in food value chains show fight is far from over.

The fragile system supplying food to the world is under strain

The unprecedented spike in demand and possible worker shortages are among the countless ways the food system will be tested because of the coronavirus in the coming months.

Supermarket supply chains come with hidden human cost—global poverty

Millions of those people behind the everyday items in our shopping baskets don't earn enough for a decent standard of living.

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

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

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.