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Himachal Pradesh's highly prized foraged fungi crop known worldwide for its meaty texture, robust flavor and to ward off free radicals that cause ageing, a large proportion of which are shipped to Europe, is bountiful this year in nature owing ...
Morel mushroom (Guchhi/ morchella esculenta) SHIMLA — Himachal Pradesh’s highly prized foraged fungi crop known worldwide for its meaty texture, robust flavor and to ward off free radicals that cause ageing, a large proportion of which are shipped to Europe, is bountiful this year in nature owing to plentiful post-winter precipitation, experts and traders said on Monday. Guchhi, or morchella esculenta, a mushroom variety which grows naturally in snowy slopes, is reaching markets across north Indian towns. A kg of dried guchhi is selling from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000 in the wholesale domes...
Binapani Devi Thakur, Matua community matriarch who was popularly known as ‘Boro Ma’ (elder mother), died on Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 100. Matuas are a religious refugee community from Bangladesh. Binapani suffered a multi-organ failure and breathed her last at 8.52 pm at the SSKM hospital in Kolkata. She had been shifted to the hospital on Sunday due to an acute lung infection and high fever.
Updated: April 23, 2021 16:26 IST The Matuas became a significant political entity after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, came into being Share Article AAA The Baruni fair procession in Thakurnagar, the holy site of Matuas in North 24 Parganas. | Photo Credit: Debasish Bhaduri The Matuas became a significant political entity after the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2003, came into being On a sultry April day, Thakurnagar, the holy site of Matuas in the Bongaon sub-division of West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district bordering Bangladesh, sizzles with banners of rival political parti...