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Business News | Historic Training on Pest Management in Food Sector Marks Milestone for India's Food Safety Standards
Latestly
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August 23, 2025
PNN Pune (Maharashtra) [India], August 23: Imperial Epicure LLP, in collaboration with the Pest Management Association and RIR Certification (FOSTAC Certified Training Institute), successfully organised a Basic Manufacturing Training (FSSAI-FOSTAC...
The 'bridge to heaven': Things to do in Amanohashidate, Japan
Asiaone
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August 23, 2025
Amanohashidate is a breathtaking 3.6km-long natural sandbar stretching across Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture. Known as Japan's heavenly floating bridge, it is blanketed with pine trees and soft white sand, forming a tranquil lagoon called...
India reopens E-visas for Chinese tourists. What it means for travel, culture and business
ETTravelWorld.com
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August 23, 2025
India Reopens E-Visas For Chinese Tourists. What It Means For Travel, Culture And BusinessAfter a gap of five years, India has decided to officially reopen its e-visa facility for Chinese nationals. The move, effective 24 July 2025, was announced...
Coffee without pop music: Cafes and more react to Indonesia’s clampdown over unpaid royalty fees
The Straits Times
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August 23, 2025
JAKARTA – The hiss of espresso machines has replaced pop hits in Indonesia’s cafes and restaurants. Once alive with the sounds of local rock and indie pop, many venues now echo only with clinking cups and subdued chatter. A recent crackdown on...
UFO burgers land in Singapore
The Straits Times
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August 23, 2025
SINGAPORE – They look like spaceships from a 1950s sci-fi movie and, as with many food fads that land in Singapore, come from South Korea. The compact burgers are made in machines that seal the edges of the bread component, to make them less messy...
What makes a hidden gem in food-obsessed Singapore? Great prices, good food and under the radar
The Straits Times
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August 23, 2025
SINGAPORE – Follow me to a hidden gem in Singapore. Here it lies, tucked away in a sleepy industrial estate. Or here: hidden in plain sight, matcha flowing from its taps like water. It is probably affordable. “Authentic” too. All the best...
BMW India Crosses 5,000 EV Deliveries, Launches 4,000 km Charging Corridor
Asianet Newsable
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August 23, 2025
BMW Group India has crossed the 5,000 electric vehicle delivery milestone. They inaugurated a 4,000 km high-power charging corridor from Jammu to Madurai. German luxury car brand BMW Group India has become the first luxury car manufacturer in the...
India’s microdrama boom: 60-second reels hook millions of viewers
The Indian Express
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August 23, 2025
At an auto stand outside a Metro station in Noida, 45-year-old driver Alok Singh leans back in the shade of his parked vehicle, unlocks his smartphone with a flick and swipes to one of his most-visited apps.On the small screen, the world narrows...
Indonesia: Empowering MSMEs with Accelerated Digital Reform
OpenGov Asia
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August 22, 2025
Indonesia is intensifying its digital reform agenda to simplify bureaucracy, enhance efficiency and drive inclusive growth by supporting businesses of all sizes. Central to this effort are two new initiatives that reflect the government’s...
Singapore To Disney Cruise Line: Everything You Need To Know Before Booking Your Magical Voyage
Buzzfeed
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August 23, 2025
Set to embark on its maiden voyage from Singapore in late 2025, the all-new Disney Adventure cruise ship brings the signature magic of Disney, Marvel, and Pixar to Southeast Asia. This marks the first time Disney Cruise Line has homeported a ship...
Delhi HC raps restaurant over service charges, price above MRP: ‘Why charging ₹100 for ₹20 water bottle’
Mint
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August 23, 2025
The Delhi High Court rapped the restaurant association on Friday, questioning it over restaurants levying service charges. The court asked them why are they levying service charge, when they already charging more on MRP in the name of the...
Why charge Rs 100 for Rs 20 water bottle? Delhi HC questions restaurants on inflated MRP, service charge
ETHospitalityWorld.com
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August 23, 2025
Declining to stay an earlier order prohibiting restaurants from mandatorily levying a service charge, Delhi High Court on Friday questioned how hotels/restaurants can charge customers above the MRP. It further asked restaurant associations, who...
Rewriting Peru’s vertical gastronomy through Japanese lens
Hurriyet Daily News
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EBRU ERKE Even with a reliable compass, it is easy to lose your way in Tokyo’s gastronomic atlas. This city is less a map than a restless laboratory where culinary identities from across the globe are deconstructed and rewoven at high speed....
Restaurant of the weekA great night out at the 1920s throwback Gatsby Dubai
The National News
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Gatsby Dubai offers a night of extravagant costumes, daring performances and lots of glitter and glamour. Stowed in a corner of Nakheel Mall's The Rooftop, an area lined with restaurants, getting to Gatsby Dubai is a bit of a trek. But the view of...
Thailand gives away free flights to Brits to tackle overtourism
The Mirror
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August 22, 2025
Thailand's officials are attempting to ease the country's overtourism problems by handing out thousands of free flights. In a novel approach to the issue of overcrowding, Thailand’s Tourism and Sports Ministry has proposed giving away domestic...
Carlsberg Asia partners with Meituan, Grab and Delivery Hero
The Drinks Business
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August 22, 2025
Carlsberg Asia has announced a collaboration with three of Asia’s biggest quick commerce platforms – Meituan, Grab and Delivery Hero – as part of its new Digital Acceleration Programme. The Danish multinational brewer has said its core operations...
Welcome to 'Scranoi': Manchester's Little Vietnam giving Chinatown a run for its money
Manchester Evening News
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August 23, 2025
Vietnamese pandan green tea is also known by its other moniker, Trà Sâm Dứa. It is a fragrant and aromatic elixir, with sweet grassy notes and flavours of vanilla and almond. Strained and served from a stainless steel teapot into tiny metal cups...
BMW 1st Luxury Brand In India To Record 5k Sales – Launches 4,000 km High-Power Charging Corridor
Rush Lane
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August 23, 2025
BMW India records 5k EV sales BMW Group India has achieved a landmark milestone by delivering over 5,000 electric vehicles, becoming the first luxury carmaker in the country to do so. To mark the achievement, the company has inaugurated a 4,000 km...
Penn Highlands DuBois Welcomes New Gastroenterologist to Medical Staff
Gant News - Pennsylvania
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August 23, 2025
DuBOIS- Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes board-certified gastroenterologist Obaid S. Shaikh, MD, FRCP, to its medical staff. Dr. Shaikh joins the team at Penn Highlands Gastroenterology, located at 621 South Main Street, Ground Floor, in DuBois....
Delhi High Court questions restaurant service charge; says customers already pay above MRP for ‘experience’
The Hindu
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August 23, 2025
A view of the Delhi High Court. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Delhi High Court on Friday (August 22, 2025) questioned the restaurant associations over the practice of levying service charges, as to why customers should pay the extra fee when...