The Chhattisgarh Cooperative That Pays Adivasi Farmers 3X Market Rate for Mahua and Tendu Leaves

The Chhattisgarh Cooperative That Pays Adivasi Farmers 3X Market Rate for Mahua and Tendu Leaves

In the dense sal forests outside Ambikapur, Surguja district, a 42-year-old Oraon tribal woman named Kamla Kerketta earned ₹38,000 last season selling dried mahua flowers — roughly three times what the local trader at the weekly haat would have offered her. The difference wasn’t luck. It was structure. A cooperative structure, built over years, that … Read more

Oman Design & Build Week 2026 Targets $8.5 Billion Property Market With Bold Growth Plans

Oman Design & Build Week 2026 Targets $8.5 Billion Property Market With Bold Growth Plans

Property transactions worth 3.3 billion Omani rials in a single year tell you something concrete about where capital is flowing in the Gulf. Starting May 10, the industry gathering that wants to channel that momentum into the next decade of Omani development opens its doors in Muscat. Oman Design & Build Week 2026 brings together … Read more

Emirates NBD Prices $750M AT1 Bond at 6.15% Yield as GCC Debt Market Reopens in 2026

Emirates NBD Prices $750M AT1 Bond at 6.15% Yield as GCC Debt Market Reopens in 2026

Three times oversubscribed and priced 50 basis points tighter than initial guidance, a fresh $750 million bond from the UAE’s largest bank just broke a two-month drought in GCC debt capital markets. For investors tracking regional credit appetite, the signal is hard to ignore. Emirates NBD priced an Additional Tier 1 capital issuance at a … Read more

UDL Double Crush Makes Bold Move Into the High-Strength RTD Beverage Market in 2026

UDL Double Crush Makes Bold Move Into the High-Strength RTD Beverage Market in 2026

Moving into the high-strength ready-to-drink segment is a deliberate signal, not a line extension — and for a heritage brand that only recently changed hands, UDL’s timing says something about where Vok Beverages intends to take it. The 8 per cent ABV bracket has been one of the fastest-moving spaces in Australian RTD, and UDL … Read more