Marcia Mikhael is carried out by police from the Lindt Cafe, Martin Place following a hostage standoff. Photograph: Joosep Martinson/Getty Images Marcia Mikhael, 42, was one of the 17 people......
Image: Police officers are seen at a corner near Lindt cafe in Martin Place, where hostages are being held, in central Sydney. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters A mother of a hostage at......
Grenades and gunfire gripped Sydney as the tense hostage situation at the Lindt Chocolate cafe ended after 17 long hours. Image: Police enter the Lindt Chocolate Cafe, Martin......
Staff members prepare chocolate at the Lindt Cafe in Martin Place. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images A Sydney cafe that was the scene of a deadly 16-hour siege reopened on Friday, over......
A woman is seen in a window of the Lindt cafe, where hostages are being held, at Martin Place in central Sydney. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Several people, including an Indian techie, were......
Unlike global majors like Lindt and Godiva no standalone Indian chocolate boutiques have expanded into a national chain yet. ITC plans to change that with its luxury chocolate brand Fabelle, says......
Higher disposable incomes and a taste for richer chocolates are ensuring a steady growth of the premium chocolate market in India. At 10 per cent of the overall Rs 2,000-crore (Rs 20-billion)......
Chocolate is among the most popular and widely consumed substances in today's world. According to Trasparency Market Research, the primary growth driver of the global chocolate market is the......
The festival of lights has come as a bright spark for fast moving consumer goods companies (FMCG), dependent on the period for a significant proportion of their sales.Chocolate makers such as......
Currently a ton of cocoa costs about $1,845 (€1,500) at the exchange, $25,610 (€20,821) at big chocolate producers like Barry Callebaut and $32,082 (€26,083) in the shop. Image: A......
Candid shots you will *not* see on the show! There are so many beautiful moments from the Golden Globes that do not get telecast on television. The 76th edition of the prestigious awards show saw......
IMAGE: India captain Virat Kohli shares a laugh with South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis and commentator Murali Kartik as 'proxy skipper' Temba Bavuma, right, looks on. Photograph: BCCI Desperate......
Indian women failed to capitalise on several openings and suffered a 0-1 loss to hosts Belgium in their opening match of the Hockey World League semi-finals in Antwerp. A goal-line save by......
It's too early to comment on the fate of the Sydney Test, which starts December 26; for us the tour is still on, says Board of Control for Cricket in India secretary Sanjay Patel. India's Virat......