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Staggering amounts of fentanyl hit US streets as the DEA watched and took no action, records showDEA agents in New Mexico allegedly allowed hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills onto streets between 2023-2025, prioritizing larger case...
Big Tech turns to Sesame Street, Girl Scouts to deflect scrutiny over kids' screen timeTech giants Meta and Google funded trusted children's brands to teach responsible tech use. This occurred even as their apps were designed ...
Approach authorities instead of rushing to court, Supreme Court tells petitioner who filed 25 PILsThe Supreme Court advised an advocate to approach relevant authorities with his concerns rather than filing numerous Public Interest Litiga...
Zero excise duty on unbranded raw tobacco to benefit farmers, traders: Andhra CMAndhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu welcomed the Centre's decision to reduce excise duty on unbranded raw tobacco products to...
India aims to double organic food exports to $1 blnIndia aims to surpass $1 billion in organic product exports by next year, with significant growth in the last decade. The country is workin...
Education, health ministries issue advisory on implementing anti-tobacco manualThe Union education and health ministries have issued a joint advisory to states and Union territories, urging the strict implementation of...
Govt wants 30 seconds mandatory anti-tobacco Ad as soon as you open an OTT app, and you can't skip itThe Union health ministry has proposed mandatory non-skippable anti-tobacco health spots and audio-visual disclaimers on OTT platforms. The...
IAMAI flags concerns, practical difficulties on new norms for anti-tobacco warning on OTT platformsThe Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has cautioned that the rules will significantly impact consumer viewing experience, an...
Tobacco: Farmers' body writes to PMO, finance ministry against WHO recommendationIn its representation to the PMO, finance ministry, commerce ministry and the ministry of health and family welfare, FAIFA has made a case ...
Regulator to keep eye on violation of ad rules during IPLLast year during the IPL, the ad regulator had named 14 brands to be found violating its code of guidelines. Since then, the regulator has ...
Govt notifies new image, health warning for tobacco packsAll tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022 will have to display a new image with the textual hea...
Amitabh Bachchan terminates ad contract with tobacco brandThe developments come in the wake of social media posts about actors including Bachchan, Hrithik Roshan, Shah Rukh Khan and Ajay Devgan end...
Godfrey Phillips' arm partially resumes production at Ghaziabad plantInternational Tobacco Co Ltd, which does contract manufacturing exclusively for the company, resumed partial operations with restricted cap...
Government re-initiates process of amending Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products ActThe aim is to make it more effective and more inclined to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) guidelines, sources sa...
Should LIC invest in ITC? Bombay High Court to decideLIC, which has sold life cover to millions of Indians, should not be party to the business of ITC or any other tobacco firm, said the PIL.
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.
Smartphone app to help diagnose obesity, depressionFor tobacco screening, the app prompted nurses to ask not just about cigarettes but also about other products such as chewing tobacco.
- Tobacco cos seek time for pic warning
Tobacco companies are seeking a year time to implement Union government’s instruction to print pictorial warnings on cigarettes, beedis and...
- Time to get tough with tobacco giants: WHO
A top World Health Organisation official on Monday urged the world to get tough with tobacco companies, saying smoking deaths are an intern...
- Ban tobacco ads worldwide: WHO
Cross-border advertising, among the few remaining means available to cigarette companies to advertise their wares without violating laws, i...