Why in news?  Seven products from across India were given GI tag by the Geographical Indications Registry in Chennai.

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• Bebinca is a traditional Indo-Portuguese dessert, known as the Queen of Goan desserts.
• Jalesar in Etah district in Uttar Pradesh, the capital of Magadha King Jarasandha. This place is known for making decorative metal craft as well as brassware.
• The ancient art of Koftgari used in making ornamental weaponry with design, heating and then cooling intertwined process of embedding gold and silver wire into the metal
• Kashidakari work is done majorly on objects associated with marriage, especially gift items, and makes use of mirror work
• Jodhpur bandhej craft is the Rajasthani art of tying and dyeing by printing varied patterns on fabrics.
• Bikaner Usta Kala craft is also known as gold nakashi work or gold manauti work, due to the prominence of golden colour, but previously it was actually developed by gold