De Beers' will now have 82 sightholders; half are Indian entities.
A cocktail of heatwave and upcoming cricketing events is expected to usher in the peak season for the country's largest beer maker, United Breweries. The beer maker, which has gained share in some key markets, will be a major beneficiary as April to July is an important period contributing to 40-45 per cent of its annual beer volumes. Going ahead, the T20 Cricket World Cup in June and the ongoing IPL will have a positive impact on volumes and should be able to offset the negative impact of elections on sales, experts believe.
De Beers, the world's biggest diamond producer, has appointed its first black managing director who will head its South African operations.
The film Control is about Ravindra Kantole, aka Beer Man.
Growing a beer belly? Blaming it on beer is fine but how long will you sit and do nothing about it.
Kingfisher to be lager partner at ICC Champions Trophy to be played in UK.
PET bottles can be recycled and so reduce the amount of waste going into landfills.
Let's take a look at some beers that are struggling to retain customers.
Test marketing of bio beer was done some two years ago and there was tremendous response in several places, Dr B Srinivas Amarnath of Advaith Biotech Bangalore, who produced it after several years of research, said in Puducherry on Saturday launching the beverage in the burgeoning beer market of Puducherry.
Locals disdain suds, but foreign brewers are betting they'll switch to the stuff.
Cost-conscious fans for whom budgets are tight but Euro 2024 is unmissable are parking for free in German forests, lugging crates of supermarket beer to drink outside the fan zones
On Twitter, people used #GirlsWhoDrinkBeer hashtag to say cheers to Parrikar.
'He is one of the most down-to-earth and hardworking guys I know, and that's true of all superstars, including Bachchan sahab.'
Beer is gaining more popularity in some of the non-traditional beer markets in North India like Rajasthan, Punjab, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.
Arnab Dutta traces how Bira 91 is already among the top two in the premium segment in all the cities that it is present in today and how it is giving larger brands Kingfisher and Budweiser a run for their market share.
Offended by the depiction of Hindu god Ganesha on a bottle of beer in the US, an Indian-American law student is suing the beer company for 'hurting the sentiments of Hindus worldwide'.
Alastair Cook backs Joe Root to surpass Sachin Tendulkar as leading run-getter in Test cricket
A sightholder is a company on the Diamond Trading Company's list of authorised bulk purchasers of rough diamonds.
Cobra beer, produced by Karan Bilimoria - a leading non-resident Indian based in the United Kingdom - has won Brussels' prestigious Monde Selection award for the third successive year for its superior quality.
200 years on, fun, frolic and beer continues to flow in Bavarian capital Munich.
How three international brands plan to compete with UB and SAB Miller.
FSSAI is the central body which lays down science-based standards.
Beer market in India is expanding with new brands like Carlsberg or Budweiser making their way to retail counters across the country.
Vijay Mallya's United Breweries has held a vice-like grip over the Indian beer market with the Kingfisher, Kalyani and Sandpiper brands. With 137 million cases (12 bottles each), it has a 45 per cent market share. But now multinationals are closing in on UB.
Started in 1990 with a loan of 20,000 pounds, the Cobra Beer today has markets in 45 countries and is worth 110 million pounds.
As the buzz about UK-based SABMiller making an estimated $12-billion bid for Australia's leading premium branded drinks company Foster's beer business continues, India, say analysts, holds the key to the bid.
Continuing its global acquisition drive to become the numero uno liquor player, Vijay Mallya's United Breweries is believed to have made a bid for a part of Australian giant Foster's presumably valued at $234 million.
Coach Fabio Capello, who is often accused of being too strict, has eased his rules to allow players to relax with beer. This is said to have been behind England's success against Slovenia in the World Cup.
While Australia will hope to use local knowledge to their advantage in the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) next week, debutant Michael Beer has admitted that his contribution will be zero.
Another trend: A preference for coloured diamonds among brides, who are pairing them with their groom's birthstone. So, along with yellow or white diamonds, they are choosing pink, green, blue sapphires, emeralds or red rubies.
Diamond Trading Corporation, the marketing arm of the world's largest diamond producer De Beers, is planning to increase its intake by 25 per cent from its last year's sale of $3.5 billion.
Deccan Gold Mines on Monday said it has signed an agreement with diamond mining firm De Beers India, which will allow De Beers to mine diamonds in Deccan.
Blokes with beer bellies can relax. A new survey has revealed that women find manly men complete with hairy chests, messy hair and a beer belly attractive and prefer them to so-called metrosexuals.
Indian and Chinese troops had a face-off in Sikkim earlier this week which, however, ended in a friendly exchange of beer and rasgullas.
