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ITC bulking up with products rich in protein and fibre: Sanjiv Puri“India is also a protein-deficient market. We already have offerings such as high-protein atta, soya chunks and protein shakes, and we will...- Karnataka cracks down on tobacco use: Legal age raised to 21, hookah bars banned under new lawKarnataka has implemented a strict anti-tobacco law. Hookah bars are now banned. The legal age to buy tobacco has increased to 21. Penaltie...
- Karnataka tightens cigarette laws: From sales to public smoking restrictions, new rules hereThe Karnataka government introduced the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Bill, 2024, raising the legal age for purchasing cigarettes. ...
- Karnataka Assembly passes bill prohibiting hookah bars, use of tobacco products in public placesThe bill titled the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, S...
- Despite ban, e-cigarettes widely available at tobacco shops, sold without age verification: SurveyE-cigarettes are widely available in India despite being banned by law, according to a joint survey covering seven areas, including Delhi a...
- Ban promotion of online gambling, Karnataka BJP MLA implores CentreKarnataka recently moved the Supreme Court challenging the High Court judgment early this year that had quashed key amendments to the Karna...
- Both GST and Excise duty can be imposed on tobacco: Karnataka HCThe Karnataka High Court has ruled that the Union government is entitled to levy Central GST (CGST) as well as excise duty on tobacco and t...
- Farmers' body FAIFA asks Prime Minister Modi to withdraw bill on cigarette, tobaccoFederation of All India Farmer Associations (FAIFA) General Secretary Murali Babu said that in the amendment bill all the provisions of the...
- GST Evasion: Taxmen raid tobacco dealers, slap Rs 2.4 cr in taxes, penaltyThe Karnataka Commercial Taxes department has conducted a series of raids on undeclared warehouses of tobacco and pan masala products and l...
- Health ministry calls for halting sales of e-cigarettes, smoking devicesThe health ministry said it was possible that children and non-smokers using such products could switch to cigarettes once they get addicte...
- Sin stocks turn untouchable on D-Street; and there is a good reason for thatA sin stock is scrip of a company engaged in activity deemed unethical or immoral.
- Protect tobacco farmers' interest in GST laws: FAIFALast week the GST Council had approved tobacco cess to be kept as a mixture of Rs 4,170 per 1,000 sticks or ad valorem of 290 per cent.
- Foreign funds: NGO takes home ministry to courtA Bengaluru-based public health NGO that works with the state and Union health ministries has taken the Union home ministry to court for de...
- World No Tobacco Day: 15% Bengaluru PU students consume tobaccoIn Karnataka, 30% of the adult population, estimated at 1.5 crore is addicted to some form of tobacco.
- Bengaluru IT companies told to ban smoking on campusAs per Section 4 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act 2003, smoking is banned in all public places in India to protect passive ...
- More than 5,000 children and adolescents using tobacco daily: Govt.Independent studies conducted in the country suggest that more than 5,000 children and adolescents start using tobacco daily.
- Ban on gutka has positive impact: World Health OrganisationStringent state-level laws banning gutka have a positive impact as reduced product availability has resulted in decreased consumption of gu...
- Narendra Modi government shelves anti-tobacco bill“The tobacco growing farmers have requested that without providing a suitable alternative crop they should not be deprived of their livelih...
- Health Minister Harsh Vardhan urges states to ban gutka, zarda, khainiVardhan in a letter on Wednesday told the states that India has the highest number of this type of cancer in the world.
- How the economics & politics of tobacco is killing lakhs every yearThe SC has hinted at ‘connivance’ between govt and the tobacco lobby. ITC has made donations to political parties, including Cong and BJP.
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