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Booze from tap: Kerala town gets free-flowing alcohol, all thanks to excise department

Residents of Solomon’s Avenue apartment found that some excise department officers had thrown seized liquor into a pit near a well from which they draw water.

Duty-free liquor limit will save $50 mn or 0.01% of India’s total import bill of $500 bn

According to data with the Association of Private Airport Operators, liquor imports for duty-free sales amounted to around $97 million, or 0.02% of total imports in 2018-19.

Commerce ministry recommends sale of only one bottle of alcohol & ban on cigarettes at duty free

These recommendations come just before the upcoming Budget. Currently, a passenger can buy two litres of alcohol and a carton of cigarettes at airport duty-free.

How a decade of drinking changed the future of booze

Over the last decade, radical shifts in collective taste, work habits and America’s hyper-polarised politics have driven their drinking style.

Now, Delhi will sell seized liquor at 25% discount instead of destroying it

Seized liquor includes that smuggled from Haryana and neighbouring states, where it is cheaper, and from bars and restaurants serving alcohol without permit.

Consumers are forcing alcohol companies to produce ‘greener’ drinks

The alcohol industry has quite the carbon footprint given its reliance on water and wood. So companies are increasingly trying to show they are part of the solution and not the problem.

Urban India’s opposition to alcohol prohibition shows its ostrich-like & elitist attitude

When Andhra CM Jaganmohan Reddy announced liquor prohibition, India’s opinion shapers again called it an intrusion. But few know cost of liquor havoc.

Booze will hurt India’s bid to increase ethanol content in petrol

UP govt order to sugar mills to provide molasses to alcoholic drinks manufacturers at rates well below market levels means less is available to turn into ethanol.

Never asked makers of ‘Ford v Ferrari’ to blur alcohol, says CBFC chief Prasoon Joshi

The CBFC came under fire last week after reports claimed the censor board had asked Hollywood filmmakers to blur all alcohol in the film before its India release.

Censor board wants scenes showing alcohol to be blurred in new Hollywood film

For the first time, scenes from the upcoming film Ford v Ferrari have scenes with alcohol completely blurred.

On Camera

From Virat & Anushka selling sarias to dentist ads, Bihar walls tell a ‘rurbanisation’ story

Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.