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AUPS, FRANCE In the foothills of the Alps, Aups is known as one of Provence’s truffle capitals. Every Thursday, from the end of November through February, the town hosts a black truffle market, which stocks everything from the “black diamond” itself to tr

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APEIRANTHOS, GREECE This mountainside community on the Cycladic island of Naxos, settled partially by Cretans and paved in marble, is still home to a group of women producing traditional textiles on handlooms. Their vividly striped tablecloths, rugs, andThe Rs 5,600-crore scam under which thousands of investors had been defrauded of their hard-earned savings in spot exchange of commodities had rung alarm bells in the country but the Punjab government is sitting on the request of the National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) for recovery of the amount from five Punjab based defaulter firms.

In a letter dated March 29, 2014, NSEL managing director Saji Cherian has written to the Punjab chief minister, Parkash Singh Badal, seeking the state’s intervention in recovery of Rs 1,524 crore from five companies — three subsidiary firms of Laxmi Overseas Industries Limited (LOIL), ARK Imports and White Water Foods.

Stating that these companies are refusing to settle dues of thousands of investors, the NSEL letter says, “This would also be good for the