USTR Report Intensifies Trade Tensions With India

The US Trade Representative noted that India's average applied tariff rate stood at 17% per cent, the highest of any major world economy. Kindly note the image has been posted only for......

Thiruvananthapuram's New Political Reality

Even as the dust settles on one election, glory in Thiruvananthapuram has come with a new question on the horizon: Who will be UDF's candidate in the next Lok Sabha election given Shashi Tharoor......

Shortages hit Chennai still under water, volunteers step up

Volunteers waded through knee-deep water in Mudichur and distributed food packets and water bottles, even as several parts of Chennai continued to struggle with scanty supplies of milk and curd for......

'Rajputs Will Abandon The BJP'

'We want to send a notice to the BJP that Rajputs are no longer their slaves.' IMAGE: Parshottam Rupala, second from left, during the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation's golden jubilee......

Why Are Milk Prices On The Boil?

Milk supplies could improve with the monsoon, provided the rains are not excessive. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.Women arrive at a milk......

Cola, beverage, ice cream makers expect surge in sales as temp soars

With a gradual rise in temperature and the start of heatwave, FMCG and dairy firms selling cola-based fizz drinks, juices, mineral water, ice creams and milk-based beverages expect a spike in sales......

Naturals Ice Cream: Amazing Start-Up Story

When its founder Raghunandan Kamath took a calculated risk, his Bollywood customers backed him all the way, Rohith Potti and Pooja Bhula says in this excerpt from Intelligent Fanatics Of......

Amul sacks R S Sodhi as managing director; Jayenbhai Mehta gets interim charge

In a sudden development, the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF), which markets its products under the brand name 'Amul', on Monday ousted its long-serving Managing Director......

Why Manthan Is A Must Watch

Shyam Benegal's Manthan will be showcased in restored print at this year's Cannes Film Festival.It still serves as a much-needed reminder of setting aside differences in the favour of combined......

Cannes' Movers & Shakers

Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds got a rousing welcome at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday. Cheering for the film was Sharon Stone, who looked svelte in a sexy black number with......

When supermodels rocked!

So there's a worldwide recession? Apparently, America's uber-elite glitterati crowd hasn't noticed yet. On Monday night, in New York City, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual Costume......

Kolkata turns pink for day-night Test

Kolkata sheds its white-blue nocturnal hue with pink ball day-night Test.Avishek Rakshit reports from Kolkata.   Kolkata has discarded the white-blue colours it had come to be identified......

Is the BCCI milking the game?

From an administration dragging its feet over every issue to an over-enthusiastic one, the Board of Control for Cricket in India seems to have undergone a massive change.Since the Sharad Pawar-led......