India is projected to lead global growth in alcoholic drinks, according to a new Euromonitor report. But it’s not immune to the rising sober movement either.
India’s nightlife still echoes with the sound of cocktail shakers, only now, the buzz comes without the alcohol. Brands like Sober, Catwalk Botanics and Sobriety Sips are cashing it out.
Review by American Heart Association suggests relationship between alcohol & cardiac health is more complicated than previously thought. But what’s certain is heavy drinking harms.
IV drips are now offered at clinics and 'drip bars' for hangovers. But unless you’re severely dehydrated, there’s little evidence they work any better than water, food, and rest.
Even moderate drinking of one-two drinks per day raises cancer risk, say oncologists. New data suggests link of alcohol with cancers of skin, endometrium, ovary, prostate & blood.
Nine-judge bench of Supreme Court’, including Justice Nagarathna, is delving into complexities of industrial alcohol regulation — a matter her father, then CJI, ruled on in 1989.
In India, largely a brown spirits market, availability of quality spirits by Indian makers, rise of cocktail culture & freedom to experiment with flavours, is pushing demand for gin.
Bumble’s latest study conducted across 2,000 single adults, comprising GenZ and millennials, finds a growing trend among participants who are moving away from consuming alcohol on dates.
After dominating India’s crude imports since 2023, Russian supplies slowed amid US sanctions, but a 30-day ‘waiver’ amid West Asia tensions could now push flows back towards 2 mbpd.
Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.
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