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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicSoft drinks

Topic: Soft drinks

Tango, raspberry, lemonade — Duke’s fizzy, sweet drinks that were part of Sunday family rituals

The soft drink company was established in 1889 by Dinshwaji Cooverji Pandole, who died last week. He came up with the idea of starting the firm during one of his tours to England.

Pepsi recreating Cindy Crawford’s ’92 campaign shows Indian cola ads have lost their fizz

It’s hard to imagine Pepsi's new ad in an Indian setting, where a woman drives up to a remote petrol pump station for a can of cola.

RimZim, popular desi jeera drink bought and relaunched by Coca-Cola before it lost all fizz

Launched by Parle, RimZim's unique jeera flavoured soda was popular in the 1980s. It was acquired by Coca-Cola in 1994 and relaunched in 2018, but the revamped drink failed to catch on.

Ronaldo’s Coke snub is a start. Over to Indian celebs to tell us ‘darr ke aage obesity hai’

There is now hope that Cristiano Ronaldo's Euro 2020 press conference act could mean that Ajay Devgn or Shah Rukh Khan won't be able to do a ‘Zubaan kesari' and sell us Vimal Elaichi.

Taxing soft drinks and booze can spark healthy spiral, experts say

When it comes to sweet drinks, more countries are willing to try taxes to tackle obesity along with budget deficits, potentially hurting companies such as Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo Inc.

On Camera

How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

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.