The video over-the-top (OTT) sector has sought help from the information and broadcasting ministry and health ministry to find workable sol...

The IAMAI has said in its submission to the health ministry that the move of issuing new norms did not involve any consultative process wit...

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has cautioned that the rules will significantly impact consumer viewing experience, an...

As part of India's anti-tobacco drive, the health ministry last month ordered streaming platforms to insert static health warnings during s...

The pushback is the latest headache for streaming giants in India, a top growth market. Companies often face legal cases and police complai...

According to the notification, the publishers of online curated content displaying tobacco products or their use will be required to displa...

The Union Health Ministry on Wednesday notified new rules for anti-tobacco warnings on OTT platforms. This notification mandates OTT platfo...

OTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in telev...

Doordarshan runs a scroll on the screen showing the statutory warning whenever smoking scenes appear.

Over 20% of TV programs observed and coded for this study were found to depict tobacco and 71% of these programs were broadcast when childr...

The health ministry's proposal includes introduction of anti-tobacco literature in various forms such as pictorial warnings, posters, carto...

Under plain tobacco packaging currently followed only in Australia, logos, colours, imagery and promotional information are not allowed on ...

Since the past few years, countries like Uruguay have been defending lawsuits from the tobacco industry at the World Trade Organisation

From banning branding on cigarette packets to raising the age limit on tobacco consumption, the government is considering many amendments t...

A set of three pictorial warnings each for both smoking and smokeless forms of tobacco have been approved by the Health Ministry.

I&B ministry has asked the Censor Board to ensure that a film having smoking scenes also carries two 20 second anti-tobacco warnings.

The film also ran warnings before and during the film. This was done to evade cuts in the film, which was released on January 26 with a U/A...