State-owned beverages corporation to oversee regulated sale of alcohol in Manipur

State-owned beverages corporation to oversee regulated sale of alcohol in Manipur

Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh. File The Manipur Cabinet on December 15 approved the establishment of the Manipur State Beverages Corporation Limited (MSBCL), signalling a significant shift in the State’s alcohol policy. The creation of the corporation paves the way for legalising the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in specific regions of Manipur, marking … Read more

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Data | Parsing the inflation story of the past year

Inflation: Pulses put on display for sale at wholesale grocery market Khari Baoli, Delhi | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The latest annual report released by the RBI highlights the factors and disruptors that heightened inflation levels worldwide. It also identifies the specific commodities that affected inflation across different components, like food, fuel and core … Read more

Coca-Cola is getting into Christmas movies | CNN Business

Coca-Cola is getting into Christmas movies | CNN Business

New York CNN Business  —  Coca-Cola is hoping that this holiday season, families will crack open some Cokes, settle into a comfy spot and watch its first Christmas Anthology film series. The beverage company partnered with production firm Imagine Entertainment to create three short films, which are available to watch on Amazon Prime across the … Read more

Margot Robbie says tequila shots helped her film nude ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ scenes | CNN

Margot Robbie says tequila shots helped her film nude ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ scenes | CNN

CNN  —  According to Margot Robbie, she needed a little bit of liquid courage to film a now-famous scene in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” The Daily Mirror reported that during remarks at a BAFTA: A Life In Pictures recording, the Australian actress shared some of what happened behind the scenes when she starred as … Read more

A heckler threw a beer can at her. But comedian Ariel Elias got the last laugh — and sip | CNN

A heckler threw a beer can at her. But comedian Ariel Elias got the last laugh — and sip | CNN

CNN  —  In her 11 years of doing standup, this was by far the worst heckler Ariel Elias had ever encountered. The comedian’s gig at the Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey on Oct. 8 started like any other, so she never anticipated becoming the subject of a viral video and … Read more

Brad Pitt’s rep calls Angelina Jolie’s latest allegations about 2016 airplane incident ‘completely untrue’ | CNN

Brad Pitt’s rep calls Angelina Jolie’s latest allegations about 2016 airplane incident ‘completely untrue’ | CNN

CNN  —  A countersuit filed Tuesday by actress Angelina Jolie against her ex-husband Brad Pitt includes more information about an alleged physical altercation between the former couple that took place on a plane in 2016. In a statement to CNN, a representative for Pitt called the latest allegations “completely untrue.” Jolie and Pitt are battling … Read more

Venezuela’s Food Chain Is Breaking, and Millions Go Hungry

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Ana Nuñez, a 62-year-old retired municipal worker in western Venezuela, says her meals often consist of just a few corn-flour pancakes, known as arepas. Even when she has money to buy groceries in the city of Maracaibo’s teeming flea market, she said that “instead of quality food they sell garbage, like animal hides and rotten … Read more

WSJ News Exclusive | Auditors to Stop Inspecting Factories in China’s Xinjiang Despite Forced-Labor Concerns

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HONG KONG—At least five organizations say they won’t help companies audit their supply chains in China’s Xinjiang region, where human-rights activists say a police-state atmosphere and government controls make it too difficult to determine whether factories and farms are relying on forced labor. China’s increasingly repressive tactics in the northwestern region, where large numbers of … Read more

U.K. Gambles on End to Covid-19 Lifeline as Other Europeans Watch and Wait

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LONDON—European governments have spent big keeping millions of workers on company payrolls during the pandemic. Now, the U.K. is set to find out what happens when that support is removed. The U.K. government has said it would close the most costly of its coronavirus-support programs for businesses late next month, which would make the country … Read more

As South Africa Lifts Ban on Wine Sales, Many Vintners Fear It’s Too Late

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JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s $1.5 billion wine industry is reeling after a series of pandemic-induced shocks, including successive bans on the sale of alcohol totaling some 14 weeks. The country’s Chardonnays and Cabernet Sauvignons have become household staples world-wide, and wineries centered in the rolling farmlands around the Western Cape are among South Africa’s most successful and … Read more