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Like in many other states, liquor is an important source of government revenue in Kerala. The state’s Finance Minister, K N Balagopal, announced in the state this month that small manufacturing units will be encouraged to make wine and other alcoholic beverages using fruits and crops other than food grains. Balagopal also said old sugar mills at Thiruvalla and Chittur will be rejuvenated to make innovative products by retaining them in the public sector, a move aimed at creating more employment opportunities. Liquor industry experts see the decision to produce wine and minor alcoholic beverages using fruit in the backdrop of the failed attempt by a company to make alcohol from tapioca in the 1990s. A combination of factors -- high costs, absence of farming of tapioca on a commercial scale, the lack of a tapioca variety with a high quantity of starch, a shift by farmers to more lucrative rubber cultivation and migration to Gulf countries – was blamed for the failure. The … [Read more...] about After Jawan Deluxe rum, Kerala to launch its own brand of brandy

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Warner Music Group is bringing together two of its most successful and recognized labels — Elektra and 300. The new entity — 3EE — is being called "a new frontline label group that brings together the multi-genre power of 300 and Elektra," in a press release serviced exclusively to FORBES first. Headed by Chairman & CEO Kevin Liles, this supergroup of iconic, indie-spirited brands unites 300, Elektra Records, Fueled by Ramen, Roadrunner, Low Country Sound, DTA Records, Public Consumption, Young Stoner Life Records, Sparta, and 300 Studios. The new conglomerate will have a huge and eclectic array of superstar acts under this new 3EE umbrella. including Brandi Carlile, Gunna, Highly Suspect, Mary J. Blige, Megan Thee Stallion, Panic! At The Disco, Slipknot, Twenty One Pilots. While the two main entities in the union, Elektra and 300, have taken very different paths to their lofty place in music, both bring a lot … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Warner Music Group Unites Elektra And 300 Into New Super Label, 3EE

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The re-opening last year of the space that had been Les Halles Boucherie Rotisserie as of 1991 in the architecturally historic Foltis-Fischer building is a welcome addition to the Park Avenue South neighborhood in need of good restaurants. In the 1990s this is where the late Anthony Bourdain was once chef, though, despite his eventual celeb status, the food and service never rose above the mediocre (given his own description in his book Kitchen Confidential of a drug-fueled staff, such was to be expected). The space was bought by Alsace-born Francis Staub, who began the immensely successful cookware line emblazoned with the image of a stork, and those who remember the old premises will be happy that Staub retained much of the configuration, with the millwork of the original entrance doors, zinc bar, terrazzo floor, egg-and-dart details on the coffered ceilings and burnished brass trim throughout. Now the place looks … [Read more...] about New York’s La Brasserie Is True To Tradition And Cordiality

Washington (CNN) The Supreme Court ruled in favor of a former high school cheerleader who argued that she could not be punished by her public school for posting a profanity-laced caption on Snapchat when she was off school grounds. The case involving a Pennsylvania teenager was closely watched to see how the court would handle the free speech rights of some 50 million public school children and the concerns of schools over off-campus and online speech that could amount to a disruption of the school's mission or rise to the level of bullying or threats. The 8-1 majority opinion was penned by Justice Stephen Breyer. "It might be tempting to dismiss (the student's) words as unworthy of the robust First Amendment protections discussed herein. But sometimes it is necessary to protect the superfluous in order to preserve the necessary," Breyer wrote. Breyer said that the court has made clear that students "do not shed their constitutional rights to … [Read more...] about Supreme Court sides with high school cheerleader who cursed online

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Opened last October at the cusp of Paris’ first and second arrondissements, Hôtel Madame Rêve is one of the city’s latest luxury hotel openings. But despite how new it is, the 82-key hotel has already become one of the finest and most lauded properties in the French capital thanks to its stylish rooms and exceptional service. And as of a few months ago with the launch of Roof, it just got even better. Set on the hotel’s fourth floor, the rooftop terrace spans nearly 11,000 square feet and can accommodate up to 250 people, making it one of the largest of its kind in the city. At this garden oasis you’ll find cherry trees, potted plants, and herbs planted around the edge of the deck. To top it all off the bar is open nightly with a live DJ Tuesday through Saturday. Since opening it has become one of the hottest destinations for an alfresco evening in Paris, filled with well-dressed locals and visitors sipping on drinks, playing … [Read more...] about This Is The New, Must-Visit Rooftop Bar In Paris Right Now