MUMBAI: For consumers, love may have come at a cost this Valentine’s Day. Chocolates, the go-to gifting choice for the season have become more expensive on the back of soaring global cocoa prices, nudging several companies to take price hikes. This essentially means that the price increases which have been taken over the past few…
NEW DELHI: Genetics may be contributing towards how one perceives the taste of coffee — ‘bitter’ or ‘not bitter’, according to a study. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich, Germany, have identified a new group of bitter compounds in roasted Arabica coffee and analysed how they influence its taste. They also demonstrated for the…
The bungalow was built for a Dutch trader in colonial times, but it has become part of modern Singaporean lore. It was where Lee Kuan Yew lived for decades, where he started his political party and where he began building Singapore into one of the richest countries in the world. Mr. Lee had said that…
Angelina Jolie’s children wanted her to be more vocal in defending herself throughout her ongoing divorce battle with Brad Pitt, a source told People Magazine. “She’s been trying hard to be light after a dark time,” the source reveals. “The kids have grown up seeing that some people have so much power and privilege that…