Karex, the Malaysian company that makes roughly one in five of the world's condoms -- about five billion a year, supplying Durex and Trojan among others -- announced this week that it is raising prices by up to 30 percent. The reason is the Strait of Hormuz.
Bagel sandwiches are mix and match and can be filled with anything.
You'll be spoilt for choices with these varieties.
Why is the Big Apple welcoming our pachyderms? And how is India teaching the world about living with wildlife?
The gold-plated sarnie is essentially a cheese toastie.
It was truly heartening to see how the Sikh community had risen to the occasion during the Black Lives Matter peaceful protests and the coronavirus pandemic and selflessly served those looking for nourishment.
Bodies of eight persons were found on Friday in a marsh on the riverbank near Akwesasne, a community which straddles Quebec, Ontario and New York state.
Mother's Day reminded me of how my mom learned to cook Indian food.
The low fares will come with a discernible sea-change in service quality and minus the luxury which comes as an essential part of any long-haul travel
Haven't they heard about the 'Tale of Two Brothers'? asks Suveen Sinha.
In a career spanning nearly three decades, Floyd Cardoz has always drawn on food memories to create a new culinary language.
Canadian police have named two of the eight people, including four Indians, whose bodies were found in a marshland area along the United States-Canada border, amid an investigation into the circumstances of their deaths.
Kuttey's muddled momentum cannot cover up the trail of loopholes it leaves behind, observes Sukanya Verma.
'On the flight back to India, four full days after I had eaten at home, I had my first -- and very welcome -- meal, and recall asking the air hostess if there were more portions of dal than the helping she had served me,' says Kishore Singh.
Discover a hidden gem in Mumbai where you'll find the city's best brownies.
One look at his Instagram pics and you'll understand why he's called a food connoisseur.
Chhole bhaturas instead of cumcumber sandwiches -- diets take a tumble in the tough UP campaign; The star of the Congress Parivar and no it's not Rahul; UP fails to lure Didi; The Desi Boy who reads the The New York Times after campaigning... Gupshup from the Dilli Darbar.
Drop that sandwich and let this story (and your taste buds) lead you on a year-long tour of the world's best culinary festivals.
A burger joint in Tokyo is trying to cash-in on the big fight between Democratic Hilary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump.
The good folks at National Geographic list out the most popular dishes that are as popular as the cities where they were invented.
The 2017 edition of the Guinness World Records reveals a selection of the most jaw-dropping records and record holders.
'When I was leaving, my daughter gave me her extra suitcase and a hug and said: "This was so much fun, we must do it again".' 'When I reminded her that I'd hardly seen her at all during her vacation, she said, "But what's the point of that when we see each other every day at home?"' says Kishore Singh.
A company executive said a recently opened museum at Rashtrapati Bhawan was the trigger for getting a restaurant in the complex as visitors come from far-flung places
In a rare gesture accorded to few foreign dignitaries, United States President Barack Obama and his family received the Pope at the Andrews Air Force base outside Washington
'Employees may well be expected to be on call at almost all times -- much like the standard Indian approach to the workday,' points out Mihir S Sharma.
Suraj Sharma reveals how delivering a Subway sandwich landed him Life in Pi and other fun stories.
During his two-day stay in Silicon Valley, he would begin and conclude his engagements with the Indian-American community, the last one being an address to a crowd of over 18,500 Indian-Americans at the SAP Centre in San Jose.
It was the most searched word on Merriam-Webster in 2017.
A temporary museum dedicated to all things ice cream has opened up in New York.
'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
On a visit to India in 2013, writer Ved Mehta -- who passed into the ages on Sunday January 10, 2021 - gave Rediff.com's Vaihayasi Pande Daniel a rare glimpse into his state of mind and what he thinks of the changes he encounters in his motherland.
Shot in 2014, these images from across the globe will tell that it is a crazy world out there!
Director Shonali Basu and her actors on the making of what appears to be a memorable movie.
Ashish Narsale asks if you will be able to hold this bezel-less flagship phone on the road or juggle it in a train, like you do with other phones, or share memory-heavy 4k videos?
Romance died, came alive and lives on forever, off screen or on it, in Sukanya Verma's fabulously filmi week.
'Lots of Indians are not eating healthy.' 'They eat lot of carbs, eat late, and use sugar unnecessarily.'
Their pics will send you into a food coma!
At a farm? At a pop-up restaurant? Or at home? Harnoor Channi Tiwary explores the new-age dining options.
Two of the greatest modern exponents of yoga began their life in Mysore, under the tutelage of the legendary Krishnamacharya. For both of them, life was yoga. And yoga was life, says Sunaad Raghuram.
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