US wines, spirits, dry fruits to enter India at lower or zero duty under trade pactIndia-US trade deal: India and the US on Saturday announced that they have reached a framework for the first phase of the bilateral trade a...
07 Feb, 2026, 07.49 PM IST
Series of measures in 2025 for exporters to facilitate trade: DGFTThe Directorate General of Foreign Trade is stepping up its game with new initiatives tailored for exporters, aiming to simplify the trade ...
01 Jan, 2026, 10.21 AM IST
50-60 pc cancer cases detected in India annually are preventable, say oncologistsIndia faces a growing cancer crisis, with 1.4 million new cases diagnosed annually, a number projected to surge to 2.69 million by 2050. Al...
08 Nov, 2024, 10.46 PM IST
Delhi HC upholds FSSAI regulation to enhance statutory warning size on pan masala packagesThe Delhi High Court upheld the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) regulation, which enhanced the size of the statutory w...
11 Jul, 2024, 01.44 PM IST
Mizoram: Six vehicles carrying dry areca nuts burnt down by unidentified peopleMamit district Superintendent of police Lalthangpuii Pulamte said that no one was injured in the incident and none arrested yet.
10 Dec, 2022, 09.12 PM IST
Centre to support incubation of new method developed by Kerala-based farmer to control pests in cashew gardensIn a statement, the agriculture ministry said, "A woman farmer from Kannur district of Kerala has come up with an innovative practice to de...
25 Oct, 2021, 08.19 PM IST
DGGI busts fake invoice rackets of Rs 656 cr in Maharashtra; four heldThe probe revealed that many of these entities, which were trading in a wide variety of taxable goods ranging from spices and Areca nuts to...
01 Mar, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
Arecanut output expected to drop due to heavy rains, illegal imports“We expect 35 per cent shortfall in the crop. Rains have led to disease of the nuts,” said M Suresh Bhandary, MD of Mangalore-based Campco.
18 Oct, 2018, 08.47 AM IST
Onion, potato & tomato output drops slightly in 2017-18However, the overall production of vegetables is estimated to be higher by one per cent to 179.7 MT over the previous year.
30 Aug, 2018, 10.14 AM IST
Pierce Brosnan demands to have images dropped from Pan Bahar ad, company say no tobacco in productUnder fire for the ad, the former Bond star said the company had made “unauthorised" use of his image
23 Oct, 2016, 11.28 AM IST
Sunny Leone supports Delhi government, refuses to endorse pan masalaAfter the government appealed to Bollywood celebrities to not endorse pan masala, the ex-"Bigg Boss" contestant has agreed to cooperate.
19 Jan, 2016, 12.21 PM IST
Sunny Leone calls up Delhi government, says 'Won't endorse pan masala'The Delhi government has written to Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Shah Rukh Khan, and others urging them not to endorse pan masala products.
18 Jan, 2016, 09.55 PM IST
Delhi government requests Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan, others not to endorse pan masalaThe Delhi government has also asked the actors to join its anti-tobacco campaign to save the lives of lakhs of people who die due to oral c...
17 Jan, 2016, 12.41 PM IST
Big imports from Nepal, Sri Lanka pull down areca nut pricesAbout a year ago, India had raised the tariff to Rs 110 per kg from Rs 75 to help local growers by increasing the cost of imports.
25 Dec, 2014, 04.13 AM IST
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...
04 Dec, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Maharashtra bans betel leaf, 'maava' and flavoured tobacco mixMaharashtra government has extended the ban on sale and manufacture of gutka as well as paan masala to include all types of processed or pa...
22 Jul, 2013, 06.49 PM IST
- Govt hikes minimum price for import of areca nuts to Rs 110/kg
The government has increased the minimum import price of areca nuts by Rs 35 to Rs 110 per kg to curb inward shipments, especially from Ban...
14 May, 2013, 08.42 PM IST