On Duty Drinking

Whisky Prices Duty-Free: Planning to purchase whisky on your next trip? Here's a handy list of the duty-free prices across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Two pilots were taken off duty after a picture of them eating gujiyas and drinking coffee in the cockpit went viral.

Viral Video: A Zomato delivery executive was seen breaking into some 'garba' moves while on duty. Take a look at the heart-warming video.

Police officer delivers kebab to customer: A man living in Woodley, Berkshire in the United Kingdom was in for a surprise when the police appeared at his doorstep with the kebabs he ordered.

Indonesia's finance minister proposed on Wednesday new duties on sweetened drinks, vehicles that emit carbon dioxide and plastic bags, to control consumption of the products in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

A constable of Mumbai police has been arrested for alleged drink-driving while on duty. Constable Ankush Sanap was seen at the wheels of a police vehicle that was zig-zagging on the Western Express Highway around 11.30 pm in suburban Kandivali. No one else was inside the vehicle at the time.

The government does not have any immediate plans to cut import duty on sugar as the country would have sufficient supply of the sweetener considering fall in consumption this year and a likely bumper crop next year.

The Centre's decision to remove import duty on wheat today came under attack from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) which asked the government to withdraw the move and instead hike the tax to 40 per cent.

The Union Food Ministry has strongly favoured the slashing of duty on wheat imports to at least 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent in order to boost domestic availability of the food grain.

Bombarded with complaints about drinking of alcohol on beaches, roads and highways and in public areas by tourists, the Goa government on Monday introduced a new amendment to state excise law which recommends identification of 'no alcohol consumption zones' across Goa.

The industry has argued that reduction in import duty on the machinery would help in enhancing production and increase exports from India.

India's palm oil imports rose by about 10 per cent to 8,73,592 tonnes in November on account of sluggish global prices and zero export duty by Indonesia and Malaysia, industry body SEA said today.

The government has raised import duty on wheat to 25 per cent till March next year to restrict overseas purchases in the wake of falling global prices.

Wheat production in India, the world's second-biggestgrower, is estimated to have declined to 88.94 million tonnesin the 2014-15 crop year, as against the record production of95.85 million tonnes in 2013-14.

India will impose an import duty of 10 percent on wheat until March 31 next year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.

Whisky Prices Duty-Free: Planning to purchase whisky on your next trip? Here's a handy list of the duty-free prices across Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Two pilots were taken off duty after a picture of them eating gujiyas and drinking coffee in the cockpit went viral.

Viral Video: A Zomato delivery executive was seen breaking into some 'garba' moves while on duty. Take a look at the heart-warming video.

Police officer delivers kebab to customer: A man living in Woodley, Berkshire in the United Kingdom was in for a surprise when the police appeared at his doorstep with the kebabs he ordered.

Indonesia's finance minister proposed on Wednesday new duties on sweetened drinks, vehicles that emit carbon dioxide and plastic bags, to control consumption of the products in Southeast Asia's largest economy.

A constable of Mumbai police has been arrested for alleged drink-driving while on duty. Constable Ankush Sanap was seen at the wheels of a police vehicle that was zig-zagging on the Western Express Highway around 11.30 pm in suburban Kandivali. No one else was inside the vehicle at the time.

The government does not have any immediate plans to cut import duty on sugar as the country would have sufficient supply of the sweetener considering fall in consumption this year and a likely bumper crop next year.

The Centre's decision to remove import duty on wheat today came under attack from the Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) which asked the government to withdraw the move and instead hike the tax to 40 per cent.

The Union Food Ministry has strongly favoured the slashing of duty on wheat imports to at least 15 per cent from the existing 25 per cent in order to boost domestic availability of the food grain.

Bombarded with complaints about drinking of alcohol on beaches, roads and highways and in public areas by tourists, the Goa government on Monday introduced a new amendment to state excise law which recommends identification of 'no alcohol consumption zones' across Goa.

The industry has argued that reduction in import duty on the machinery would help in enhancing production and increase exports from India.

India's palm oil imports rose by about 10 per cent to 8,73,592 tonnes in November on account of sluggish global prices and zero export duty by Indonesia and Malaysia, industry body SEA said today.

The government has raised import duty on wheat to 25 per cent till March next year to restrict overseas purchases in the wake of falling global prices.

Wheat production in India, the world's second-biggestgrower, is estimated to have declined to 88.94 million tonnesin the 2014-15 crop year, as against the record production of95.85 million tonnes in 2013-14.

India will impose an import duty of 10 percent on wheat until March 31 next year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday.