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Imperial Blue (whisky)
Imperial Blue, abbreviated to IB and also known as Seagram's Imperial Blue, is a brand of Indian whisky, owned by Pernod Ricard, and launched in 1997. It is a blend of Indian grain spirits with imported Scotch malts. It is commonly available in 750ml, 375ml and 180ml bottles, and also available in 90ml bottles. History Imperial Blue was launched in India in 1997 by Seagram. Seagram's global business was jointly acquired by Pernod Ricard and Diageo on 21 December 2001. Pernod Ricard bought Seagram's Indian operations in 2002. Pernod Ricard had previously entered the Indian market by acquiring a 74% stake in United Agencies Ltd (UAL), with a bottling facility in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. UAL was merged with Seagram's Indian business and continued operations under the name Seagram Manufacturing Ltd. The decision to integrate UAL into Seagram was taken due to the latter's larger operations in the country. Marketing Imperial Blue was relaunched in 2002, targeting males age 25– ...
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Indian Whisky
most distilled spirits labelled as "whisky" in India were a form of Indian-made foreign liquor, commonly blends based on neutral spirits that are distilled from fermented molasses with only a small portion consisting of traditional malt whisky, usually about 10 to 12 percent. Outside India, such a drink would more likely be labelled a rum."Where 'Whisky' Can Be Rum"
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The Financial Express (India)
''The Financial Express'' is an Indian English-language business newspaper owned by The Indian Express Group Indian Express Limited is an Indian news media publishing company. It publishes several widely circulated dailies, including ''The Indian Express'' and '' The Financial Express'' in English, the ''Loksatta'' in Marathi and the '' Jansatta'' in .... It has been published by the Indian Express group since 1961. The ''Financial Express'' specialises in Indian and international business and financial news. Its editor is Shyamal Majumdar. The paper publishes 11 editions from a number of Indian cities. It also gives out two noteworthy awards - FE India's Best Bank Awards and FE-EVI Green Business Leadership Awards. References External links * ''Financial Express'' ePaper(E-Paper – Digital Replica of the newspaper) ''Financial Express Hindi'' website Business newspapers published in India Indian Express Limited Newspapers published in Kolkata English-langua ...
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The Indian Express
''The Indian Express'' is an English-language Indian daily newspaper founded in 1932. It is published in Mumbai by the Indian Express Limited, Indian Express Group. In 1999, eight years after the group's founder Ramnath Goenka's death in 1991, the group was split between the family members. The southern editions took the name ''The New Indian Express'', while the northern editions, based in Mumbai, retained the original ''Indian Express'' name with ''"The"'' prefixed to the title. History In 1932, the ''Indian Express'' was started by an Ayurvedic doctor, P. Varadarajulu Naidu, at Chennai, being published by his "Tamil Nadu" press. Soon under financial difficulties, he sold the newspaper to Swaminathan Sadanand, the founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', a national news agency. In 1933, the ''Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai, launching the Tamil language, Tamil edition, ''Dinamani''. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price of the newspa ...
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World Series Hockey
World Series Hockey (WSH) was a professional league for field hockey competition in India. It was organised by Indian Hockey Federation and Nimbus Sports with the objective to reinvigorate hockey in India. It was contested among eight franchisee-based teams consisting of players from India and around the world. The entire event took place on home and away basis culminating into multi header playoffs. Australian Dennis Meredith, a member of the FIH panel of tournament directors is the technical director of the WSH. It is currently sponsored by tyre manufacturers, Bridgestone, and therefore officially known as Bridgestone World Series Hockey. The inaugural season of the tournament was played between eight teams out of which Sher-e-Punjab was crowned the champion after defeating Pune Strykers 5-2 in the final. WSH became the first field hockey tournament ever to live stream all the matches online on Google's video and music sharing site YouTube. History First season The inau ...
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Business Standard
''Business Standard'' is an Indian English language, English-language daily edition newspaper published by Business Standard Private Limited, also available in Hindi. Founded in 1975, the newspaper covers the Economy of India, Indian economy, infrastructure, international business and trade, stock and currency markets, corporate governance, and a range of other financial news, opinions and insights. The main English-language edition comes from 12 regional centers, Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, India, Hyderabad, Chandigarh, Pune, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, and Kochi (India), Kochi, and reaches readers in over 1,000 towns and cities across India. History The newspaper's initial owner had been the Kolkata-based ABP Group. Circulation was rising, but losses were rising, possibly to above Rupee, Rs 50 crore, and ABP could not support it. ABP hoped that the government would allow Financial Times to take an equity stake in Busi ...
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Rohit Khurana
Rohit Khurana is an Indian television actor known for his work as Vansh Singh Bundela/Rocky in ''Uttaran'' and Shani in ''Karmaphal Daata Shani''. Personal life Khurana is married to his school friend Neha. She bore him a son and daughter. Career Modelling, acting debut and breakthrough (2001–13) Khurana started his career as a model in Delhi. In TV, he had a small role in the serial ''Choti Maa: Ek Anokha Bandhan'' in 2001. In 2008 he obtained a lead role as Abhiram in the Telugu film ''Sangamam''. However it failed to perform well commercially because of a lack of producers. His first major breakthrough and official debut occurred in TV with the dual role of Vansh Singh Bundela / Rocky in the Indian soap opera ''Uttaran'' on Colors TV in 2009 opposite Tina Datta. The show garnered him fame. In 2010, Khurana featured in Star One's ''Miley Jab Hum Tum''. He got selected next in ''Maayke Se Bandhi Dor'' on Star Plus in 2011. That year he debuted into Bollywood with Hindi ...
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Gaurav Chopra
Gaurav Chopra (born 4 April 1979) is an Indian television actor. He is best known for starring on Uttaran and Sadda Haq as Raghuvendra Pratap Rathore and Prof Abhay Singh Ranawat respectively. He has appeared as a contestant on '' Bigg Boss 10''. He has also acted in the Oscar nominated Hollywood movie ''Blood Diamond'', and appeared on the Georgian edition of international dance reality show ''Dancing with the Stars''. He was last seen in ALT Balaji's web series titled Fourplay & Viu's Love Lust & Confusion. He is currently working on a theatrical adaptation of Devdas with Ashvin Gidwani Productions (AGP World). Early life Chopra studied at St. Columba's School and graduated from National Institute of Fashion Technology in 2000. Career In 2003, Chopra appeared in the Tamil film ''Ottran'', and in 2004 he had an appearance in the TV serial '' Saara Akaash'' and ''Karma'' on Star Plus. In 2006, he was a contestant in the reality TV dance show '' Nach Baliye 2'', and in ...
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Rajesh Kumar (actor)
Rajesh Kumar (born 20 January 1975) is an Indian actor and producer, best known for his roles in Indian television shows such as ''Baa Bahoo Aur Baby'' and '' Sarabhai vs Sarabhai''. Rajesh is an alumnus of Hindu College, University of Delhi. He was last seen in the role of Gagan Rastogi in the second season of the Netflix series Kota Factory. Personal life Rajesh Kumar resides in Mumbai with his family. His Ancestral Home is in Gaya District, Bihar Filmography Television Films * ''Men Will Be Men'' (2011) as Preet * ''Super Nani ''Super Nani'' () is an Indian drama directed and produced by Indra Kumar, starring Rekha, Sharman Joshi, Randhir Kapoor, Anupam Kher and Rajesh Kumar in lead roles. The film is based on the Gujarati play, ''Baa Ae Maari Boundary''. The music ...'' (2014) as Suketu *'' Student of the Year 2'' (2019) as Prem Narayan Sachdev Web series Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Rajesh Male actors from Patna Livi ...
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Surrogate Advertising
Surrogate advertising is a strategy of advertising a product that can not be advertised openly. In Surrogate Advertising, advertisers create advertisement(s) that help in building a brand and often involve popular celebrities without naming the actual product that is being indirectly advertised. Surrogate advertising is used to promote regulated products, like cigarettes, Gutkha, alcohol and Betting apps, websites in the disguise of another product. This type of advertising uses a product of a fairly close category, such as club soda or mineral water in case of alcohol, products of a completely different category (for example, music CDs or playing cards) to promote the brand name of a product. This advertising tactic banks on brand recall, generate curiosity and lead people to their main product by advertising. They use similar name to their main product for their surrogate advertising campaigns, example - 1xBet use 1XNews and 1XBat. Some online betting platforms such as 1xBet ...
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The Hindu
''The Hindu'' is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. It began as a weekly in 1878 and became a daily in 1889. It is one of the Indian newspapers of record and the second most circulated English-language newspaper in India, after '' The Times of India''. , ''The Hindu'' is published from 21 locations across 11 states of India. ''The Hindu'' has been a family-owned newspaper since 1905, when it was purchased by S. Kasturi Ranga Iyengar from the original founders. It is now jointly owned by Iyengar's descendants, referred to as the "Kasturi family", who serve as the directors of the holding company. The current chairperson of the group is Malini Parthasarathy, a great-granddaughter of Iyengar. Except for a period of about two years, when S. Varadarajan held the editorship of the newspaper, the editorial positions of the paper were always held by members of the family or held under their direction. His ...
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (; , abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivision globally. It was formed on 1 May 1960 by splitting the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Maharashtra is home to the Marathi people, the predominant ethno-linguistic group, who speak the Marathi language, the official language of the state. The state is divided into 6 divisions and 36 districts, with the state capital being Mumbai, the most populous urban area in India, and Nagpur serving as the winter capital, which also hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Godavari and Krishna are the two major rivers in the state. Forests cover 16.47 per cent of the state's geographical area. Out of the total cultivable land in the s ...
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Kolhapur
Kolhapur () is a city on the banks of the Panchganga River in the southern part of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the administrative headquarter of the Kolhapur district. In, around 2 C.E. Kolapur's name was 'Kuntal'. Kolhapur is known as ''`Dakshin Kashi''' or Kashi of the South because of its spiritual history and the antiquity of its shrine Mahalaxmi, better known as Ambabai. The region is known for the production of the famous hand-crafted and braided leather slippers called Kolhapuri chappal, which received the Geographical Indication designation in 2019. In Hindu mythology, the city is referred to as "''Karvir''." Before India became independent in 1947, Kolhapur was a princely state under the Bhosale Chhatrapati of the Maratha Empire. It is an important center for the Marathi film industry. Etymology Kolhapur is named after Kolhasur, a demon in Hindu History. According to History, the demon Kolhasur renounced asceticism after his sons were killed by G ...
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