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wine pairing in a city known for bold spices, Suhring is the place to go. The restaurant, run by twin brothers Mathias and Thomas Suhring, has proudly held on to two Michelin stars since 2018.

Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Economic Survey 2024-2025 in Parliament on Friday. The survey indicated that India has diversified its export basket not only in terms of commodities but also in its export markets. Commodities such as optical items, medical-scientific instruments, lifts and cranes have been added to this new kitty of the export basket with new export markets, such as Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Jordan and Honduras.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian steel majors Tata Steel Ltd and JSW Steel Ltd experienced strong domestic demand in the December quarter (Q3FY25), which helped offset a 12-13% drop in realization for both companies. Tata Steel’s standalone Ebitda declined 8% year-on-year, but was 24% higher than analysts’ estimates, supported by lower other expenses and 8% growth in volumes.

Liquid IV is part of Hindustan Unilever's wider strategy to grow the share of its premium product portfolio by 9 percentage points in the beauty and wellbeing business-its biggest profit generator currently.

President Trump, an avid Diet Coke drinker, had the beverage served up at his inauguration luncheon.

Coca-Cola has recalled some of its soft drinks in Europe after higher-than-normal levels of a chemical called chlorate were detected in bottles and cans at a Belgian production plant

Three northern European countries announced the recall of many of their leading products, including the iconic Coca-Cola mainly due to alarming levels of a chemical by-product of water disinfection operations using chlorine dioxide. Amongst other beverages were Sprite, Fanta as well as Minute Maid. The tainted products were primarily produced at its bottling operation in Ghent, Belgium.

Wall Street is tumbling Monday on fears that the market’s winners who have feasted on the artificial-intelligence frenzy are under threat from a competitor in China that can do similar things for much cheaper.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DeepSeek said training one of its latest models cost $5.6 million, compared with the $100 million to $1 billion range cited last year by U.S. rival Anthropic.

JSW Paints, Berger and Indigo Paints submitted non-binding bids for the acquisition of Akzo Nobel India, the owner of Dulux Paints, earlier this week, said people aware of the matter. The industry is looking to consolidate following the entry of Aditya Birla Group into the estimated $9 billion paints sector last year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dutch pension fund APG, Japan’s Marubeni Corp., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and the UAE's Mubadala Investment Co. are among investors who have expressed interest in Macquarie Asset Management’s Indian fleet electrification platform Vertelo, two people aware of the development said.

Economic nationalism has its roots in policy makers ignoring citizens’ quest for stability, and it has even helped countries such as South Korea and China build their economies though resorting to tariffs by the Trump administration to address those issues may be a mistake, panellists at the World Economic Forum (WEF) debating ‘Rise of Economic Nationalism’ said.

A Dutch court has ordered the country’s government to meet its own goals to reduce overall nitrogen emissions by 2030

TikTok, accusing them of «unlawfully» sending Europeans' personal data to China.

e-commerce exports have seen a commendable rise. An EY-Assocham study put the country’s e-commerce exports at $4-5 billion in FY23, with a target of $200 billion by 2030. E-commerce has helped give small businesses a level playing platform to sell to a much bigger market. The business requires minimal investment and with enablers and push from global players like Amazon, eBay as well as cross-border payment platforms like Payoneer, e-commerce export is becoming a lucrative option for many MSMEs in India.

electric vehicle for their next purchase, although 60 per cent of them considered charging infrastructure as a major challenge, according to a study. The global study by Tata Consultancy Services surveyed over 1,300 anonymous respondents across USA, Canada, UK, Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, China, India, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, found that 56 per cent of them were ready to pay up to USD 40,000 (nearly Rs 35 lakh) for an electric vehicle (EV).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Is Thursday becoming the new Friday in Britain? Under Keir Starmer’s Labour government, UK workers can request a four-day compressed week. More than 90% of participating businesses in the UK decided to stick with a four-day workweek after a successful trial in 2022; some even made the change permanent.

human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in northern China is declining, a health official said Sunday, amid some international concern over a potential pandemic. HMPV, which belongs to the same family as the respiratory syncytial virus, causes flu or cold-like symptoms including fever, cough and nasal congestion. The symptoms often clear up by themselves, though they can cause lower respiratory tract infections among children, older adults and those immunocompromised. «The human metapneumovirus is not a new virus, and has been with humans for at least several decades,» said Wang Liping, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, during a press briefing by China's National Health Commission.

Kolkata has overtaken Bengaluru to become India's most congested city according to the 2024 TomTom Traffic Index. It is the world's second slowest moving city trailing only behind Barranquilla. Bengaluru and Pune follow at third and fourth spots, respectively. Dutch technology firm TomTom annually evaluates traffic conditions in major cities worldwide. Kolkata's average speed was 17.4 kmph, taking 34 minutes and 33 seconds to complete 10 kms. Bengaluru drivers took 34 minutes and 10 seconds to complete a similar journey. Commuters in Pune took 33 minutes and 22 seconds to travel 10 kms on an average.

Advanced Light Helicopter that led to the deaths of three coast guard personnel this week. The indigenous fleet of Helicopters — about 330 of them are currently in service — has been grounded for comprehensive checks while the crash is being probed. Sources said that the crash occurred after the crew reported a sudden loss of control second before the chopper hurtled to the ground. It is learnt that flight data being studied did not show any obvious reason for the loss of control and the probe team is now examining the transmission system for a possible failure. Earlier, the indigenous helicopter had undergone comprehensive design review by Netherlands based NLR and had been given a green signal. Recently some changes were made in the transmission system and control rods were changed after instances of material failure came to light.