How Budget 2025 can walk the tightrope of India's 'sins'Sin Tax Budget 2025: India’s plan to become a developed nation by 2047 requires a healthy workforce, but over 1% of GDP is lost to cigarett...
28 Jan, 2025, 02.58 PM IST
Women in India face a jobs crisis. Are factories the solution?As international brands limit their dependence on China by shifting some manufacturing to India, the trend holds the potential to generate ...
03 Jul, 2024, 08.17 AM IST
High times in Thailand: New weed laws draw tourists from across AsiaMost Asian nations have strict drug laws with harsh penalties, and Thailand’s de facto legalization of marijuana last year has brought a wa...
13 Jul, 2023, 09.18 AM IST
Why a growing number of comedians are turning to legal counsellingOver the last few years, there has been a growing number of comedians running their standup videos by lawyers associated with their agencie...
01 May, 2022, 12.18 AM IST
To trash or not to trash: Futility of the recycling symbol and plastic conundrumThe unhelpful symbol is just one aspect of a recycling system that is far too confusing to be broadly effective.
23 Apr, 2022, 02.45 PM IST
Travelling abroad? 7 typical ways you could get robbed of your moneyTourists are easy targets for scamsters in foreign countries. Find out how to sense danger and fortify yourself against cheating during an ...
03 Jun, 2019, 06.30 AM IST
How a few brewers are keeping the bubbles winking on craft beer in IndiaWhite Rhino is the first IPA attempting to find a foothold in the UK.
25 Feb, 2018, 10.00 AM IST
1997 Asian financial crisis still has five things to teach the worldAsia painfully learned, and adapted well, and what it taught us remains valid today for other countries.
17 Jul, 2017, 09.42 AM IST
When love finds you: These royals gave up coveted titles and listened to their heartAlthough royals often marry other royals, some princes and princesses have found love with commoners.
29 May, 2017, 11.35 AM IST
'RapeLay' banned for sexual content, 'Manhunt' for gore, 'Pokémon GO' could be nextRapeLay, a 3D video game released in Japan in 2006 centred on a male character who sexually assaults women was banned.
03 Aug, 2016, 11.16 AM IST
BJP fools people, Mahatma Gandhi opposed beef ban: Akhilesh YadavIf we keep seeing what people are eating for breakfast, lunch and dinner, what they are wearing, speaking, then we will never progress.
05 Oct, 2015, 03.48 AM IST
What the battle between Diageo & Vijay Mallya over United Spirits means for the companyA protracted boardroom battle looms and none of the parties are likely to emerge unscathed. Mallya said he was surprised by the allegations.
10 May, 2015, 09.26 AM IST
Mizoram gives up dry state status after 17 long years hoping to earn Rs 30 crore more revenuesWith this move, the state hopes to earn Rs 30 crore more revenues every year through taxes on the sale of liquor.
19 Jul, 2014, 03.10 AM IST
- H C Kothari group & NAPC float JV to tap infra business
The burgeoning business opportunities in the infrastructure sector has prompted two corporates in Chennai to come together to float a joint...
24 Aug, 2009, 08.26 PM IST
- Myanmar says cyclone death toll tops 22,000
More than 22,000 people were killed in Myanmar's devastating cyclone and 41,000 are still missing four days after the storm slammed into th...
07 May, 2008, 01.38 AM IST
- Acquisition will help Mallya fend off competition
The final valuation is expected to leave Whyte & Mackay chairman Vivian Immerman and his brother-in-law Robert Tchenguiz significantly rich...
14 May, 2007, 04.59 AM IST
- Mallya to slake thirst with W&M buyout
Vijay Mallya is set to snap up one of the world’s largest bulk Scotch suppliers, Whyte & Mackay.
14 May, 2007, 12.41 AM IST