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West Bengal celebrates ‘Rasogolla Day’
West Bengal celebrated ‘Rasogolla Dibas’ to mark second anniversary of granting of GI tag for Banglar Rasogolla. On November 14, 2017, West Bengal received the GI tag for Rosogolla. A GI tag identifies a product as originating from a particular region. West Bengal and Odisha were involved in a tug-of-war to stake a claim to ..
Topics: Bangladeshi cuisine • Bengali cuisine • Cuisine by country • Food and drink • Indian cuisine • Muhajir cuisine • Nobin Chandra Das • Odisha • Pakistani cuisine • Rasgulla • States and union territories of India • West Bengal
Sashi Cheliah clinchs title of MasterChef Australia 2018
Sashi Cheliah, an Indian origin prison guard from Adelaide, has clinched the title of MasterChef Australia 2018 after scoring 93 out of 100 points. He defeated fellow contestant Ben Borsht, who scored 77 out of 100. For the first round, Cheliah made a sambal prawns starter, which got him a perfect 30 while his second ..
Topics: Asian cuisine • Asian culture • Cuisine by country • Curry • MasterChef • MasterChef Australia • Sashi Cheliah
Sudheesh Guruvayoor sets Guinness World Record
Sudheesh Guruvayoor, an Indian farmer from Kerala, has set a Guinness World Record by distributing the largest number of curry tree saplings in Sharjah on 5th June 2018. He distributed 4,914 saplings of the organic curry tree and broke the record set by the Guru Nanak Darbar Gurudwara in Dubai who had distributed 2,083 saplings ..
Topics: Asian cuisine • Asian culture • Chinese cuisine • Cuisine by country • Curry • Fijian cuisine • Guru Nanak • Karnataka cuisine • Limca • Mongolian cuisine • Tree
Gobindobhog Rice
The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has granted geographical indication (GI) status to Gobindobhog rice, a speciality from Burdwan district of West Bengal. It is a short grain, white, aromatic, sticky rice having a sweet buttery flavor. It derives its name from its usage as the principal ingredient in the preparation of the offerings to Govindajiu, the family deity of the Setts of ..
Topics: Cuisine by country • Economy of West Bengal • Food and drink • Gobindobhog • Indian cuisine • Rice Production in India • West Bengal
Current Affairs: November 18, 2011
6th International Film Festival begins in Kerala The sixth International Film Festival, (TIFF-2011) began in Kerala. 68 films from 18 countries would be screened. In the World Film Cateogry films from the US, China, Germany, France and Palestine would be screened. Besides this, films from various Indian languages would also be screened in the Indian ..
Month: Current Affairs - November, 2011
Topics: Andhra Pradesh • Cuisine by country • Current Affairs 2011 • Dibrugarh • Food and drink • Laddu • States and union territories of India • Tejas Express • Vivek Express