Govt’s anti-tobacco fiat goes up in smoke
Now, Bollywood movies won’t have to run a scroll with anti-tobacco messages each time a smoking scene is shown.
Day: May 3, 2012
Rare Lotus Sutra opens to public
The Gilgit Lotus Sutra Manuscripts, discovered by cattle grazers in Gilgit in a Buddhist stupa in 1931, are set to be released in a facsimile […]
Railways not too keen on giving locos to Pakistan
The railways is reluctant to accede to Pakistan’s request for sale or lease of 100 diesel locos due to its own shortage of engines.
Barefoot lawyers bring food security to India’s tribes
KHAMMAM, India, (AlertNet) – It was a deal struck almost 40 years ago by a poor, illiterate farmer, driven by desperation after a drought wiped […]
India frees sugar exports, global prices fall
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India has removed any limit on sugar export volumes for now, a government source said on Wednesday, adding pressure to global […]
Fiat cuts India distribution tie with Tata Motors
MUMBAI/MILAN (Reuters) – Italian carmaker Fiat is to set up its own car dealer network in India to grow sluggish sales, ending a six-year distribution […]
Jude Law Not Concerned About Aging
Jude Law suits up and films scenes for his new movie, The Bitter Pill, on Tuesday (May 1) in New York City. The next day, […]
David Beckham’s Awesome Birthday Celebration: So What’d He Get?
What do you get the man that seems to have it all? For David Beckham, it’s pretty simple. The soccer stud posted photos of his […]
Wedge Sneakers Are Still Cool
Photo: Ash They lengthen your legs, are comfortable enough to wear on a Sunday sojourn from The Bowery to The Standard (and back again), and […]
Quoted: Anna Dello Russo
In an interview with the Financial Times, Anna Dello Russo talks about her love of all things gold, her penchant for Abercrobmie & Fitch and […]