Kochi, Nov. 13 : Tastee Choice, an Indian food processing company, has made its foray into the US supermarkets by becoming the No. 1 brand in the unbreaded shrimp category, as per A. C. Nielsen, the international rating agency''s recent reports.

Kochi, Nov. 13: Tastee Choice, an Indian food processing company, has made its foray into the US supermarkets by becoming the No. 1 brand in the unbreaded shrimp category, as per A. C. Nielsen, the international rating agency''s recent reports.

The ready to cook shrimp brand ''Tastee Choice'' has been given top rating in its category by the A. C. Nielsen, on the basis of last year''s sales records. The report stated the total one-year sales of the ''Tastee Choice'' brand in America was an estimated 25.12 million dollars from the total sales of 23 million units.

The report holds significance considering the prevailing global market scenario and the innumerable speculations due to US economy meltdown.

Kochi (Kerala), Nov. 13: The South African naval warship -- SAS (South African Ship) SPIOENKOP, a Valour Class frigate, will visit the port city of Kochi from November
14 to 18.

The SAS SPIOENKOP is on a deployment to promote intercontinental cooperation by visiting countries to maintain good relationships or to establish new ties of friendship and collaboration.

The SAS SPIOENKOP will conduct some naval exercises with elements of the Indian Navy when it sets sail on Tuesday morning.

Kochi, Nov. 11 : Jet Airways and United Airlines have forged a frequent flyer partnership.

According to a company release, the scheme will take effect from November 15 this year.

With this partnership, Jet Airways'' JetPrivilege members may now earn and redeem JPMiles on the entire global network of United Airlines.

United Airlines operates more than 3,200 flights a day to more than 200 U. S. domestic and international destinations from its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington D. C.

Similarly, United Airlines'' Mileage Plus members may now earn and redeem their miles while enjoying Jet Airways'' renowned service and in-flight product on its services to 64 destinations in India and beyond.

Kochi, Nov 10 : Despite all global market speculations and US economy meltdown an Indian company''s brand makes its foray in the US supermarkets by becoming the No. 1 brand in unbranded shrimp category, according to the recent reports of A. C Nelson.

The ready to cook shrimp brand ''Tastee Choice'' has been top rated in its category by international rating agency after studying the sales records for the past one year.

Kochi, Nov. 9 : V. T. Jolly, a school dropout, in Kochi has acquired a huge collection of discarded pens. Jolly’s passion started three years ago, and till date, he has collected 2,608 pens of over 1050 varieties. 

Though Jolly has failed to matriculate, his is passionate about collecting pens. His passion for discarded pens began at the age of 15. 

He wasn’t well off to buy new pens of different varieties so he opted to collect used or thrown away pens from wherever he could. 

He says this hobby started while painting a house. He noticed a few used pens lying in a dustbin. With the owners’ permission, he took them and then started his collection.