Legendary horse, legendary brand

From BL archives:

An easy one! A Mewar ruler bought two horses from an Arab dealer. The first one, Natak, it is said, performed stunning feats during a test, but was subsequently fatally injured. The second one went on to attain legendary status in Indian history. Four centuries after its death, its name is still famous — now also as a company's brand. Which brand?

Unique country

Its currency is pegged to the India rupee. Sixty per cent of its budget expenditure is financed by India's Ministry of External Affairs. It's a secluded country which even still doesn't have a railway network. It's the only country to measure Gross National Happiness.

It overstated its population some decades back as there was a perception that only countries with over a million population are admitted to the UN. It's economy is entirely agrarian and what's non-agrarian is cottage industry. The country keeps making efforts to preserve its traditional way of life. Amid all this, it seems to be largely peaceful.

I read this piece on Wikipedia about Bhutan. It's surely one of its kind. A very fascinating read, actually. What kind of society will hold on to such a lifestyle without dissent?

Another interesting insight provided in that write-up was that cable TV was introduced only a few years back and since then crime rate is said to have increased! The article actually raises a lot of questions, interesting ones.

Business crossword

Just tried a small 9*9 business crossword.
Eager to know your views about it!


Across

1) Vedanta constituent, ‘Cu’ producer. (8)
6) Communication service or a thought. (4)
7) ‘Let’s Go’ is this car’s baseline. (4)
8) A local network. (3)
9) Sounds like a two-wheeler. It is. (3)
10) Element that is “an open source text-based
news client.” (3)
11) “Seller pays for transportation of the goods to the port of shipment,
plus loading costs.” Short term for the same. (3)
13) Lob was his first name. But this German-born American cloth
manufacturer, a pioneer, changed it to … (4)
14) An ExxonMobil tradename. (4)
15) Headless eerie clan made sense for trustful dependence. (8)

Down

2) Toy named after Roosevelt. (5, 4)
3) Money not imaginary. (4)
4) The land of Zam Zam Cola. (4)
5) — value, also referred to as the
time value of an option. (9)
11) Filling yarn, or —, as they say in
North America for weft or woof. (4)
12) It’s Greek, a first version. (4)