As rural India develops taste for chocolate, Cadbury gets a big bite

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MS Dhoni to pull guard duty in troubled Kashmir as honorary colonel Cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni starts patrol duties in conflict-torn Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday to discharge his responsibilities as an honorary colonel in the army, the military said. As rural India develops taste for chocolate, Cadbury gets a big bite Illinois-based Mondelez, India's No.1 chocolate maker, said 'the big bulk' of a $150 million increase in global investment this year - the first hike in five years - will be in rural India. The company, which first started providing Indian store owners with free display coolers in early 2000s, ramped up their distribution to rural areas over the last year. It now plans to be in about 75,000-100,000 villages in the next three years, up from 50,000 in 2018. In New York, a diverse, new group works the soil One reason organic farms are more gender-diverse is that their generally smaller size means less up-front investment is needed, making them more accessible to new farmers. Budapest 'selfie museum' a hit with Instagram generation A new so-called 'selfie museum' in Budapest that lets visitors pose by pink palm trees and frolic in multicoloured sprinkle baths has proved a hit with social-media savvy locals and tourists alike. Pakistani Army plane crashes into residential area in Rawalpindi Fires, damaged homes and debris were visible in Mora Kalu village on the outskirts of Rawalpindi after daybreak. Sex workers give red light to leaving famed Amsterdam district Bathed in red neon light, hundreds of prostitutes ply their trade from behind windows in the narrow canalside streets of Amsterdam - and that's how they want it to stay. The Dutch capital's first female mayor has vowed to clean up the notorious red light district and possibly even close some of the famed window booths, but sex workers say they won't move. 37-year-old former school teacher is India's newest billionaire India's newest billionaire is a former classroom teacher who developed an education app that's grown to a valuation of almost $6 billion in about seven years. All you need to know about VG Siddhartha, founder of Cafe Coffee Day Cafe Coffee Day founder VG Siddhartha got off his car on a bridge over Netravati river near Mangaluru on Monday night and asked his driver to wait at the other end of the bridge. Basavaraj Patil, the businessman's driver for three years did exactly so. But only in vain. How to make the most of a co-working space Co-working as a concept is here to stay. But there are some things one should keep in mind to make the best out of the concept. Ryan Bennett of WeWork India and Raghu Shivakumar, Co-Founder of Wolves Recruitment and Staffing, share things to keep in mind to make a co-working environment work in the best possible way. Most equity mutual funds are in red. What should you do? Most market analysts agree that the current economic scenario is indeed worrying. Absence of any economic stimulus from the government is worrying them even more. However, giving up on equity totally is uncalled for at this juncture, they say.

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