News on India

India dreams of success with 'chateau mango'

2010-08-26T23:15:40Z

Researchers in northern India say they have developed a wine made from mangoes that they hope might one day compete with the traditional grape-based variety. Scientists at the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticultural Research in Lucknow have produced wines...

Indian wine lovers offer tasty target to vineyards

2010-03-25T23:15:42Z

In an elegant New Delhi club, Nivedita Singh indulges in a secret vice that she keeps hidden from her parents -- she sips a glass of medium-bodied red wine. "I dedicate my whole weekends to wine," Singh, 25, said. "It eases my stress and I enjoy having a classy and interesting hobby." Singh says she is proud to be one of a growing number of young Indians who have embraced the eti...

Italian winemakers first to invest in India

2010-04-16T08:11:38Z

Two Italian winemakers have become the first foreign producers to invest directly in India, seeking to tap into a growing taste for the drink in the emerging market, their Indian partner said Tuesday. Riona Wines, based in the western Indian state of Maharastra, the country's grape-growing centre, told AFP it had signed investment agreements with Italian vintners Moncaro and Enzo Mecella on ...

Italian winemakers first to invest in India: company

2010-04-16T08:11:50Z

Conscious Cocktails

2010-04-16T15:43:39Z

Organic farmers help keep artificial pesticides, hormones, and fertilizers out of the air and water—and out of our bodies. Biodynamic farmers operate on a similar principle, but they also create treatments from natural ingredients like oak bark and dandelion flowers to promote healthier soil and plants. The products organic and Biodynamic farmers create are good for the planet—but do they taste good? To find out, we sampled a bunch of eco-friendly brands (anothe...

50 years from now ...

2010-04-16T13:27:30Z

In Woody Allen's film Sleeper, the owner of a health food store called The Happy Carrot goes into hospital for a routine ulcer operation and wakes up 200 years later after a long snooze in a tank of liquid nitrogen. A bewildered Miles Monroe finds that society has changed considerably while he's been asleep, not least in its attitude to health. Contrary to what people thought in ...

India Kashmir Violence

2010-09-08T03:10:25Z

Kashmiri protesters throw stones at Indian paramilitary soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Tens of thousands of troops enforced a rigid curfew in India's portion of Kashmir on Tuesday, wary of violent demonstrations after the deaths of four protesters who were shot dead by security forces on Monday. (AP Phot...

India Kashmir Non Lethal Violence

2010-09-08T01:50:13Z

In this photo taken Wednesday, July 28, 2010, Indian paramilitary soldiers in riot gear stand guard outside a closed market during a strike in Srinagar, India. They carry stun grenades, tear gas grenades and shotguns loaded with - they say - non-lethal pellets. They are the vanguard trying to fulfill Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's order in August ...

APTOPIX India Kashmir Violence

2010-09-06T06:20:36Z

A Kashmiri Muslim protester throws stones and bricks at Indian police and paramilitary soldiers during a protest in Srinagar, India, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. Anger against Indian rule runs deep in the region, which is divided between Hindu-majority India and predominantly Muslim Pakistan and claimed by both nuclear-armed nations in its entirety. (AP Photo/Mukhta...

Everyones Ground Zero

2010-09-05T09:30:49Z

In this Aug. 27, 2010 photo, a tourist from India photographs her family standing in front of building construction at the World Trade Center site in New York. Ground zero - depending on whom you talk to, it's a scar on this city where horror still lingers, a bustling hive symbolizing the resilience of a nation, or simply, for those who liv...

India BlackBerry Crackdown

2010-09-03T06:00:16Z

In this Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 file photo, a dummy BlackBerry handset stands at a shop in Hyderabad, India. India has widened its security crackdown, asking all service providers, and not just BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion, to install servers ...