Gas crunch hits Indian glassmakers on ground

At Bengaluru-based Mossant Craft Kombucha, co-founder Shishir Sathyan has been scrambling to source glass flasks for their premium fermented drinks over the past month. “There's nothing out there for us to buy right now,” he said, as India's glass-making industries, built on gas-fired furnaces, are struggling to sustain production in the wake of the Middle East conflict. “It’s the worst time of the year to have this problem,” Sathyan said, noting demand for beverages typically surges during the...