Bottled water

Bottled water

Avanti Mehta, 32, India's youngest water sommelier, talks about different brands of packaged water at "Sip and Sense", a water tasting event in Hyderabad, India, January 9, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Rishika Sadam

India's wealthy embrace a new luxury symbol: water

Participants use tiny shot glasses to check the minerality, carbonation and salinity in samples of Evian from the French Alps, Perrier from southern France, San Pellegrino from Italy and India'...

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Bottled water companies rake huge profits despite small cost increase

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CAB demands rollback on bottled water price

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Bottled mineral water, beverages become costlier

Infographic: Bottled Water Business in Bangladesh

Bottled water’s popularity rising for lack of safe sources

Bottled water sales dry up even in high summer

Bottled water sales dry up even in high summer