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Radico Khaitan withdraws 'Trikal' whisky brand after outrage

Homegrown AlcoBev firm Radico Khaitan has withdrawn the brand name 'Trikal' for its new range of single malt whisky as the company faced criticism over the same. IMAGE: Radico Khaitan......

UK: Indian-origin shopkeeper fights off robber using vodka bottle, chair

A brave 40-year-old Indian-origin shopkeeper in the United Kingdom fought off a knife-wielding robber using very unusual 'weapons' -- a bottle of vodka and a chair. Anil Velji leaped into action......

Aristotle Would Have Envied Ivan

Ivan Menezes and Arvind Subramanian -- whose birthdays were separated by a month and 3 days in 1959 -- became close friends attending the economics course at St Stephen's.Ivan went on to be a......

Ukraine: So What Happens Now?

The Western world keeps talking, ratcheting up sanctions, the only thing it can do.The Russians march on to Kyiv and capture Zelensky and key members of his government as part of their......

Gerson Da Cunha: The Forever Man

'Gerson existed at the intersection of principle and conscience.'One of our conversations turned to his return to India from Brazil.'He spoke about the choices he made and the things he felt he had......

India's legacy liquor brands raise a toast to growth, reinvention

By 10 am, Rakshit N Jagdale is already deep into the rhythm of the day, which promises to be a carousel of meetings, calls, and strategic decisions. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Amrut As managing......

Pernod Ricard raises India bar on premium play

French wine and spirits maker Pernod Ricard expects to report low double-digit growth in India in the medium-term on the back of a strong premiumisation trend emerging in the country. Photograph:......

UB group to rejig whisky, vodka brands

Vijay Mallya-controlled UB Group is all set for a makeover of its vodka and whisky brands. In the wake of increasing vodka consumption in the country, the groupplans to launch flavoured vodka......

World's best vodkas now in India!

Next time you go to Delhi's happening lounge bars like Shalom, Laidbackwaters or Aura, how about trying new brands and flavours of premium vodka like Belvedere or Absolut's vanilla flavour.And if......

Spirits up: Vodka overtakes Scotch in UK

Believe it or not, Vodka has knocked Scotch off its perch to become Britain's favourite spirit for the first time. The popular Russian drink has become the country's number 1 drop of hard liquor,......

Review: Vodka Diaries: Too dreary to enjoy

And yet the sham drags on for a couple of hours, accusing and amplifying everything in sight, to shoehorn its identity as a thriller, says Sukanya Verma. Ever so often, Kay Kay Menon keeps dozing......

Box Office: Vodka Diaries, Birthday Song open badly

The hits and misses of the week. Last week saw as many as seven movie releases. All of them bombed at the box office. Films like Vodka Diaries, Nirdosh, My Birthday Song, Hamara Tiranga, Haq E......

Mrunal Mesmerises Cannes In White

Photograph: Mike Coppola/Getty Images Mrunal Thakur, who has been posting gorgeous pictures from Cannes, stole the show in her first red carpet walk at the film festival. Mrunal attended the Black......

Is He India's Finest Director Of Romcoms?

Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mamitha Baiju and Naslen in Premalu. I consider Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super......

Liger Review

Liger is a dead duck from the word go, declares Sukanya Verma. Bushy-haired, bearded caveman of contemporary era leaping in air to the sound of deafening drums and pummelling half a dozen ruffians......

Will RCB have a new owner ahead of IPL 2026?

IMAGE: Royal Challengers Sports Pvt Ltd "has been a valuable and strategic asset" but is "non-core" to United Spirits' alcobev business, Diageo CEO Praveen Someshwar said in an exchange filing.......

Sounds of silence greets players at US Open

IMAGE: Flushing Meadows fans are notoriously raucous -- by tennis standards, at least -- as thousands of them usually pack into the sprawling Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, sipping......

Shocking! More than 1,000 fans attend soccer match in Belarus

IMAGE: More than 1,000 attended the clash between FC Dynamo Brest and Isloch Minsk, one of three games played in the top-flight Vysshaya Liga at the OSK Brestsky Stadium in Brest, on Sunday.......

PHOTOS: Belarus club cheered on by virtual fans in stands

The Belarusian league is filling the void for foreign fans starved of football at home, by inviting fans from around the world to buy virtual tickets online. IMAGE: Fans' photos are pasted onto......

Covid-19: Belarus soccer continues amid empty stands

IMAGE: FC Neman Grodno players applaud to empty stands after their match against FC Shakhtyor Soligorsk last weeek. Photograph: Kind courtesy, FC Neman Grodno/Twitter Belarus is the only country......