From no entry in hotel rooms to ban on hugs: BCCI has a honey-trapping warning for RCB, MI, SRH, CSK and other IPL teamsThe BCCI has implemented strict new rules for the IPL. Unauthorized visitors are now banned from player hotel rooms. Team managers must pro...
08 May, 2026, 12.07 PM IST
Govt has eased FDI norms for foreign cos having small Chinese/Hong Kong stake: An explainerIndia has eased Foreign Direct Investment rules for companies with up to ten percent Chinese or Hong Kong shareholding. These firms can now...
04 May, 2026, 12.27 PM IST
Caught on camera: Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag filmed vaping in dressing roomRajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag was filmed vaping in the team dressing room during a live match broadcast. The incident occurred in th...
29 Apr, 2026, 11.20 AM IST
E-cigarettes banned under law; no NCB cases of drug-laced vapes: Nityanand Rai in Rajya SabhaElectronic cigarettes remain banned in India. The government informed Parliament that no cases of e-cigarettes containing narcotic substanc...
17 Dec, 2025, 04.37 PM IST
Possession of e-cigarettes violation of law: Health MinistryThe possession of e-cigarettes and similar devices is a violation of the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarette Act (PECA) 2019, according to ...
02 Oct, 2023, 05.29 PM IST
Ensure effective compliance of ban on e-cigarettes: Centre to statesIt highlighted that the Union government has prohibited electronic cigarettes and like devices vide Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (P...
15 Feb, 2023, 08.19 PM IST
US FDA halts sales of Juul e-cigarettesJuul, along with other e-cigarette brands including British American Tobacco Plc's Vuse and Imperial Brands Plc's Blu, had to meet a Septem...
23 Jun, 2022, 08.41 PM IST
BCAS bans e-cigarettes in airports and aircraft"Upon the prohibition of electronic-cigarettes by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, it has been decided that e-cigarettes includes...
12 Feb, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
Imports of e-cigarettes, components banned: Commerce ministryIn 2018-19, India has imported these products worth USD 91.2 million. During April-July this fiscal, the imports stood at USD 58 million.
26 Sep, 2019, 07.50 PM IST
Monitoring platforms to ensure sellers don't offer e-cigarettes: E-commerce firmsGovt has issued an Ordinance to ban e-cigarettes and similar products as they pose health risk to people, especially the youth.
19 Sep, 2019, 07.32 PM IST
E-cigarette ban will increase smuggling: TIITII, which represents leading cigarette manufacturers such as ITC, said prohibition of e-cigarettes would put India at "an enormous structu...
04 Aug, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
DGCA asks airlines to put in place electronic cigarette policyThese products are not yet regulated nor approved for smoking cessation by the US Food and Drug Administration and the long-term health eff...
31 Oct, 2016, 07.23 PM IST
Kerala government to ban e-cigarettesK K Shylaja directed additional chief secretary (health) to issue an order banning the production, sale and advertisement of 'electronic ci...
01 Jul, 2016, 11.57 AM IST
Government likely to ban sale of loose cigarettes, Rs 20000 fine for smoking in publicThe government is considering a proposal to ban the sale of loose cigarettes, a move that will hit ITC and other cigarette makers hard.
10 Sep, 2014, 08.26 AM IST
India mulls total ban on e-cigarettes, as government panel says safety not establishedAn expert panel on e-cigarettes constituted by the health ministry has recommended a blanket ban on the product, saying its safety has not ...
30 Aug, 2014, 01.26 AM IST
ITC forays into E-cigarettes segment, will be rolled out pan-India in phasesITC group has forayed into electronic cigarettes to offset shrinking sales of its conventional tobacco cigarettes due to recurrent price in...
15 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
- E-cigarettes violate drug rules: FDA
Electronic cigarettes sold in the US are being marketed illegally as smoking-cessation aids, the Food and Drug Administration said.
11 Sep, 2010, 02.30 AM IST