According to The Hollywood Reporter, Disney India has launched its live entertainment unit with a local musical adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. The English-language production comes as Disney is re-booting its Beauty and the Beast franchise with a new, live-action version of the story, starring Emma Watson and Dan...
Taking Stock: Prime Minister Modi’s First Twelve Months in Office
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s performance card for his first year in office reflects range of responses. Given that he took over the reins of office at a time when there were many unresolved social and economic issues, Modi’s government seems to have fared reasonably well with an approval rating...
British Luxury Barber Enters India
Britain-based Truefitt & Hill, one the oldest barber shops in the world, opened its first door in India here with a promise to "introduce a new level of indulgence for the metrosexual man." An Indian firm Lloyds Luxuries, owned by 21-year-old Krishna Gupta, has won the master franchise to start...
Johnnie Walker Scotch Seeks 10% in India
As a result of the partnership with the largest spirits company in India, Diageo, the maker of Johnnie Walker Scotch and Smirnoff vodka is aiming to derive about ten per cent of its total business from the country according to Diageo’s Chief Executive Ivan Menezes. Diageo, the world’s largest distiller...
Foreign Direct Investment worth $1.75 billion in Renewable Energy sector
According to the Government of India, the renewable energy sector has received Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) valued at $ 1.75 billion during the last three years (as on 31 December 2012). This was revealed at the Investment Promotion meet which happened in London recently. This event was organized by India's...
Subrata Roy buys London's Grosvenor House Hotel
Billionaire Indian businessman Subrata Roy's Sahara India Pariwar is on the verge of paying £470 million to the Royal Bank of Scotland to buy Grosvenor House, the upscale hotel in London that is frequented by global industrialists and royals. The Grosvenor House was the home of the Duke of Westminster...