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Manish Mehrotra Lunches Nisaba; Olive Garden Comes to India; Goa Gets Three New Gins

Manish Mehrotra Lunches Nisaba; Olive Garden Comes to India; Goa Gets Three New Gins

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Joanna Lobo rounds up all the biggest news in F&B in January-February 2026. The world is in the throes of another war, and it has predictably impacted the food space. With Israel closing crossings into Gaza indefinitely, humanitarian groups feeding much of the population say the supplies will only last a few more days. In Dubai, food prices have tripled as people are resorting to panic buying. In other parts of the world, tech is proving to be an issue especially when it comes to using AI and algorithms to undermine farmers in choosing what the world eats. A report by the thinktank International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) says tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and Alibaba and industrial agriculture firms are “playing with the food system”. Mobility platform Rapido has launched its standalone app, Ownly, in Bengaluru with no commissions for restaurants, no inflated menu pricing, and no layered platform fees for consumers — users pay for the food and a delivery charge — nothing more. In other news, …

Manish Mehrotra Launches Nisaba; Olive Garden Comes to India; Goa Gets 3 New Gins

Manish Mehrotra Launches Nisaba; Olive Garden Comes to India; Goa Gets 3 New Gins

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Joanna Lobo rounds up all the biggest news in F&B in January-February 2026. The world is in the throes of another war, and it has predictably impacted the food space. With Israel closing crossings into Gaza indefinitely, humanitarian groups feeding much of the population say the supplies will only last a few more days. In Dubai, food prices have tripled as people are resorting to panic buying. In other parts of the world, tech is proving to be an issue especially when it comes to using AI and algorithms to undermine farmers in choosing what the world eats. A report by the thinktank International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems (IPES-Food) says tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, IBM and Alibaba and industrial agriculture firms are “playing with the food system”. Mobility platform Rapido has launched its standalone app, Ownly, in Bengaluru with no commissions for restaurants, no inflated menu pricing, and no layered platform fees for consumers. Users pay for the food and a delivery charge, nothing more. In other news, Inippu Indulgence, …

5 Ways Noida Metro Extension From Sector 142 To Botanical Garden Will Transform The Area | India News

5 Ways Noida Metro Extension From Sector 142 To Botanical Garden Will Transform The Area | India News

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Last Updated:February 15, 2026, 11:55 IST Extension Corridor from Noida Sector 142 to Botanical Garden will introduce approx. 11.56 Km of new metro lines, significantly improving public transportation in the Noida city. Aqua Line Metro connects Noida with Greater Noida. (Image: NMRC) The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the Extension Corridor from Noida Sector 142 to Botanical Garden under the Noida Metro Rail Corporation project. The new corridor will cover 11.56 km and include eight elevated stations. Once operational, Noida and Greater Noida will have a total active metro network of 61.62 km. Here are five ways the extension corridor is expected to change Noida. 1. Better connectivity across key areas The 11.56 km corridor will improve public transport in parts of Noida that currently lack efficient connectivity. It will also provide direct links to high-demand corridors, including interchange at Botanical Garden with the Blue Line and Magenta Line. The extension will connect commercial hubs such as Advant Business Park in Sector 142, Skymark One Mall in Sector 98 and …

Inside Sameera Reddy’s Goa bungalow: Vintage car, lush garden with cashew trees and a terrace with sunset view | Bollywood News

Inside Sameera Reddy’s Goa bungalow: Vintage car, lush garden with cashew trees and a terrace with sunset view | Bollywood News

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4 min readChennaiFeb 11, 2026 07:47 PM IST Bollywood actor Sameera Reddy has always been open about her life and has given fans an unfiltered view of her journey through motherhood and marriage. Recently, the actress also shared a glimpse of her Goa bungalow, and the multi-storey house is surrounded by lush green trees and even houses the family’s vintage car. Let’s take a look inside: Vintage car and lush trees While sharing a tour of her house with Mashable, Sameera introduced the audience to her husband’s vintage Contessa classic car, calling it the “third child” of their family, along with their two kids. She then gave a tour of the greenery surrounding the property from all four corners, which includes a tall curry leaf tree, mango trees, coconut trees, a giant cashew tree and a chikoo tree. She also showed a bunch of fresh bananas hanging on the banana tree. In one moment, Sameera was even seen plucking a chikoo straight from the tree. She shared that she sources some of her produce, including …

Snow protects your garden beds like winter mulch. Trees might need some help though

Snow protects your garden beds like winter mulch. Trees might need some help though

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Shoveling in single-digit temperatures after the colossal winter storm this weekend, I dumped mounds of snow onto my garden beds, knowing it would protect my trees, shrubs and dormant perennials. Snow protects your garden beds like winter mulch. Trees might need some help though When the ground repeatedly freezes and thaws, as it does over winter in cold climates, that can squeeze roots, seeds, bulbs, tubers and rhizomes right out of the earth. Once exposed, they can be killed off by cold, drying winds. But snow cover provides a heavy blanket of winter mulch that insulates the soil, prevents heat from escaping and keeps soil temperatures from seesawing. And as it melts, snow will not only water your garden but fertilize it with plant-boosting nitrogen absorbed from the air on its way to earth. It’s a perfect display of nature taking care of itself. On the downside, the same heavy blanket that keeps plants warmly tucked in can spell disaster for evergreen trees like arborvitae and Leyland cypress. When wet snow accumulates on trees, its …

Poll Body Approves Tea Garden Employment Records For Bengal SIR, BJP Hails Move | India News

Poll Body Approves Tea Garden Employment Records For Bengal SIR, BJP Hails Move | India News

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Last Updated:January 11, 2026, 17:44 IST The move followed recent appeals by BJP leaders, including Adhikari, who had urged the ECI to recognise these plantation records as proof of identity. Tea garden workers, predominantly from Adivasi and Gorkha communities, form a crucial vote bank in North Bengal. (Representative image) In a significant development, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has approved the use of tea garden and cinchona plantation employment records as valid documents for identity and residence for the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls for seven districts in the northern parts of West Bengal. In an official letter dated January 11, 2026 and addressed to the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal, the poll body stated that the Commission has “no objection” to the state election authority’s proposal to accept these records in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, North Dinajpur, and South Dinajpur. “I am directed to refer to you letter No. 5163-Home (Elec)/R3E-73/2025 dated 31.12.2025 and to state that the Commission has no objection to the proposal …

Glow garden at Mamallapuram nearing completion

Glow garden at Mamallapuram nearing completion

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A magical world that will come alive at night with hundreds of flowers that will light up, seats that will glow when you sit on them, 3D animals and selfie points is getting ready in Mamallapuram. It will also have a toy train that will run for a distance of 700 feet. After the tourist town’s monuments close for the day, the garden will be a place for families and children to enjoy themselves. Coming up inside the ‘Maragatha Poonga’ belonging to the Tamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation (TTDC), the night garden will also have facilities for entertainment during the day time like arcade games, soft play areas and bumper cars. “We also have an indoor garden that will have six sections with indoor waterfalls, bird and animal zones, butterfly zones and paintings,” explained a source. Sources in the TTDC said that the work was nearly complete and that the trial run was on. “Of the one lakh square feet of area, about 10,000 sq. ft. has buildings, which amounts to just 10%. The rest …

Bengal polls: Will increase tea garden workers’ daily wages to ₹300 after we form govt., says TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

Bengal polls: Will increase tea garden workers’ daily wages to ₹300 after we form govt., says TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee

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TMC National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee during a public rally on January 2, 2026, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election. | Photo Credit: PTI Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly election, Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday (January 3, 2026) promised higher wages for tea garden workers if they come back to power in the State. The TMC leader also addressed issues of healthcare in tea gardens during an outreach program in north Bengal’s Alipurduar, with tea garden workers.  “I agree that it is not possible to run a household on $250… when Didi forms the government for the fourth time, my first priority will be Alipurduar… I will ensure that your daily wage is increased to ₹300 per day,” Mr. Banerjee said while answering a question posed by a tea garden worker. He further added that if they come back to power in the next term, they will implement this promise of a higher wage within seven days of forming the government.  When the TMC government came to power in 2011, the tea garden labourers had a daily wage of ₹67, which was increased to ₹250 over the last …

Murder at Chandigarh’s Rose Garden? Woman found with throat slit: What we know

Murder at Chandigarh’s Rose Garden? Woman found with throat slit: What we know

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It was a regular afternoon at the Rose Garden in Chandigarh’s Sector 16 — one of the city’s prime public places — when some people heard a scream from the women’s toilet around 3.15 pm on Saturday, November 29. When they, along with traffic police personnel posted at the entrance, entered the toilet, they found a woman with her throat slit. Police officials at the spot after a woman was found dead in a public toilet at Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh.(ANI Video Grab) Here’s what we know of the case that’s turning out to be a mystery so far: How was the woman found? A woman present nearby was asked to look inside by passersby who heard the screams. She found the woman motionless on the floor, soaked in blood, with a gash on her neck, apparently caused by a knife. The injured woman was still breathing faintly, but died within moments, police said. Cops took her to the government hospital just metres from the place, where doctors declared her brought dead. Who was …

A lost garden and a forgotten square in Chennai

A lost garden and a forgotten square in Chennai

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Badrian Garden Street in Chennai | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Walking (or rather stumbling) about in George Town the other day, I saw the signboard shown alongside Badrian Garden Street. And that set me off on a trip to the past when this name cropped up several times in my research. But the first of these concerned historian S. Muthiah, and not me. It was sometime in the late 1980s when he was informed that an obelisk had been discovered at the intersection of this street and N.S.C. Bose Road. A private house was being demolished, and a 15-foot obelisk had appeared among the ruins. All excited, the chief, as I always referred to him, rushed there only to find the obelisk demolished as well. The owner was unapologetic. He feared that if the government got to know of the existence of the pillar, his property would be taken over. The obelisk was one of six erected in the 1770s, to mark the southern boundary of George Town. Their location is given precisely in a …