Lawmakers and regulators are working to ban water beads as toys for children following reports of serious injuries and a 10-month-old baby who died after swallowing them. Water beads are gel balls ...

Beads are spilling across the country, into jewelry hobbyists' dens, artists' studios and craft store shelves. Jewelry artists, better known as beaders, are grabbing them up and creating works of art ...

The bead manufacturers of Varanasi have been a worried lot since US President Donald Trump decided to impose a 50 per cent tariff on Indian imports. The ancient city, which mainly derives its fame ...