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Donald Trump's DOJ has cut thousands of law-enforcement jobs while vowing to get tough on crimeTop US law enforcement agencies like the FBI and DEA have seen thousands of staff cuts. This reduction impacts crime-fighting capabilities....23 Apr, 2026, 04.21 PM IST- Meta faces $310 billion market value drop on legal, AI concernsShares of the Facebook and Instagram parent are down 19% this month, putting them on pace for their worst performance since October 2022. T...30 Mar, 2026, 06.36 PM IST
- Meta, Google declared 'Digital Drug' dealersA California court ruled Google and Meta harmed a minor's mental health through addictive design, drawing parallels to tobacco litigation. ...26 Mar, 2026, 11.01 PM IST
- Meta, Google risk big tobacco-like fallout after addiction trialWhile the $6 million in damages a jury in Los Angeles awarded to the 20-year-old plaintiff — which the companies vowed to appeal — will bar...26 Mar, 2026, 09.30 AM IST
- Lawmakers see path to rein in tech, but it isn't smoothIf what faces Big Tech is anything like what happened to Big Tobacco, what lies ahead is likely to be a yearslong, complicated path toward ...11 Oct, 2021, 09.42 AM IST
- Tech's 'big tobacco' moment; Licious joins unicorn clubA day after a faulty configuration change knocked Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram offline for almost six hours, a former employee turned w...06 Oct, 2021, 07.21 AM IST
- View: There is a need for high taxes uniformly across all tobacco productsHigher taxes will work in tandem with greater controls, and will help GoI pay for all the direct and indirect costs it incurs due to tobacc...20 Jan, 2021, 11.03 PM IST
- Big tobacco, big oil and Buffett join Fed's portfolioThe initial round of purchases included some 86 issuers, about half of them contractually settled as of June 18 and some still underway, al...29 Jun, 2020, 07.45 AM IST
- Big tobacco companies join race for Covid vaccineBAT has already started pre-clinical testing on animals, of a plant-based vaccine via US biotech subsidiary Kentucky BioProcessing. Philip ...02 Apr, 2020, 10.32 AM IST
- Of smoke and mirrors: Will vaping ban stop millennials from lighting up?First-time offenders will get a year’s imprisonment or a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh or both.22 Sep, 2019, 10.30 AM IST
- Tobacco companies see cannabis as potential market, they might not say it publiclyThe industry’s future seems especially bright. As marijuana gradually becomes a legal drug, Big Tobacco is poised to dominate the market.23 Feb, 2015, 04.59 AM IST
- The tobacco industry peddles lies: Jeffrey S WigandThis anti-tobacco crusader who hates to be called whistle-blower says he got death threats as late as last year from Big Tobacco.10 Sep, 2013, 05.56 AM IST
- 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.18 Aug, 2013, 10.50 AM IST
- Tobacco industry’s bet on India & China may lead to surge in lifestyle diseases: Thomas ZeltnerThe tobacco industry has high designs on markets such as India and China, and he portends a massive rise in lifestyle-related diseases in t...02 Jun, 2013, 11.31 AM IST
- Zeltner Committee report in 2000: A bombshell on tobacco industryChitra Subramaniam Duella offers an insider's view of how a few committed men and women at the WHO battled Big Tobacco. Excerpts from an up...02 Jun, 2013, 06.03 AM IST
- Big pharma comapanies behind campaign against tobacco: ITGAInternational Tobacco Growers Association (ITGA), which opposes some of the articles of World Health Organisation's (WHO) Framework Convent...06 Nov, 2012, 09.49 PM IST
- Big pharma cos behind campaign against tobacco: ITGAITGA, which opposes some of the articles of WHO, today alleged big pharmaceutical companies are behind the campaign.06 Nov, 2012, 04.21 PM IST
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