Dosa. Coke. Bacardi. No, we're not talking about food, beverage or alcohol.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has asked field officers to augment tax collections by ensuring that sectors growing at faster rates compensate for those growing slower.

UK-based Diageo paid Rs 3,030 for a share of United Spirits Ltd, more than double of Rs 1,440 it offered in the previous bid last year.

He manages to get back a majority of pledged shares.

This comes in the wake of allegations of financial irregularities by the erstwhile management led by Harish Moolchandani.

'I don't touch alcohol, cigarettes and colas,' he reasons.

While the two high-profile exits in pharmaceutical and telecom have raised concerns over regulatory hassles in the country, Japanese investors are still keen to tap into India's consumer growth story and many more merger and acquisition deals are in the offing in this space.

Soon after acquiring strategic management control of Vijay Mallya's crown jewel, United Spirits, Diageo has swung into action, making up for years of lost time in trying to figure out the Indian market.

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With Ju-C, the beverage maker launches a price war in the fruit juice space.

Let's take a look at some of the biggest wine-producing countries.

Let's take a look at some countries that consume most beer.

The CCI in an order dated February 26 approved Diageo's proposed majority stake purchase in Mallya-led United Spirits, saying the deal would not have adverse impact on competition.

Aseem Chhabra is sure that Argo will win the Best Picture at Oscars but he still doesn't like the film. Here's why.

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Golden Eagle was first launched 12 years ago, but the Ghaziabad-headquartered company stopped marketing the product a few years ago, to focus totally on its alcoholic division.

Interview with Joint President & CFO, United Spirits Limited.

Interview with The Insead chaired professor of 'Marketing and Innovation'.

Coca-Cola has received clearance from the government to manufacture energy drinks in the country.

Retail inflation declined marginally to 9.86 per cent in July due to lower prices of spices, cereals and its products although prices of vegetables remained high during the month.

Retail inflation, based on Consumer Price Index, was at 10.36 per cent in May.

Retail inflation moved up marginally to 10.36 per cent in May on account of increase in prices of vegetables, edible oils and milk.

Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage.

Retail inflation, based on the Consumer Price Index, was 8.83 per cent in February, as per the government data release in New Delhi on Wednesday.

Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage.

Overall retail inflation in rural and urban areas stood at 7.38 per cent and 8.25 per cent in January, respectively.

Do you often skip breakfast because you wake up late? Do you stay back after work to meet deadlines and frequently complain of lack of sleep? Is your sedentary lifestyle pushing you to lose/gain weight? If the answer to all these questions is affirmative, it's high time you took a reality check, else you could be headed for chronic health disorders like bone problems, obesity, cancer, cardiac arrest and PCOS, warn medical experts.

In automobiles or retail, engineering or even the regulated insurance sector, the traction for foreign investors seems to be rising.

Imports of sensitive items, including pulses and edible oils, went up by 42.2 per cent to Rs 40,281 crore (Rs 402.81 billion) in the April-August period this year.

The World Wildlife Federation is organising a series of nature walks and nature camps through the first three months of next year. Here is a list of places you can visit with the group.

In a historic meeting on non-communicable diseases, the international community called on the food and beverages industry as well as the tobacco and pharmaceutical industry to be held accountable for putting profit ahead of public health.

Rediff reader and a communications professional with a telecom company, Manisha Singh visited Manali with her girl friends recently and discovered a charming little cafe. Read on to find out more:

While clarifying the provisions of service tax to be levied on services provided by air conditioned restaurants with licence to serve liquor, the CBEC said the value added tax excluded from the taxable value.

Company has been test marketing the whey-based drink across the country since 2006, but this year the beverage will sport a new look and packaging.

India's import of sensitive items, including foodgrains and milk products, has gone up by 8.1 per cent to Rs 52,492 crore (Rs 524.92 billion) during the April-December period of the current fiscal, from Rs 48,548 crore (Rs 485.48 billion) a year-ago.

The effects of excessive intake of alcohol on health remain the same -- it can affect male fertility. Men tend to show a greater liking for drinking, but they need to pay a price for that -- their potency!

With most of our meals laced with artificial ingredients, preservatives, hormones and other chemical additives, indigestion is a word used very commonly nowadays. Here are some foods that can help fight it.

A new study has indicated that a strict diet for two days a week consisting solely of vegetables, fruit, milk and a mug of Bovril could prevent breast cancer.

Despite the recent hooch tragedy that claimed 26 lives in the Mulappuram district this month, the liquor consumption in Kerala continues to be on a rise.

The value of India's foodgrain imports increased by over 28 times to Rs 17.66 crore (Rs 176.6 million) in April, vis-a-vis the corresponding period a year ago, as per the latest data from the commerce ministry.