Companies are fighting a rising tide of fake goods. Brands from toothpaste to cigarettes are changing packaging and tightening checks. Coun...

Top US law enforcement agencies like the FBI and DEA have seen thousands of staff cuts. This reduction impacts crime-fighting capabilities....

In Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...

India's stock markets are experiencing a sector rotation, with consumption stocks like tobacco and alcobev surging after years of quiet. In...

In Malda's remote villages, women are actively engaged in bidi-making, a traditional livelihood. This self-employment provides income indep...

The Indian government held steady on sin taxes for tobacco in the latest budget. Cigarette taxes remained unchanged. A proposed 35% GST on ...

Cuban painter Milton Bernal has innovatively incorporated tobacco leaves into his artwork, giving a unique twist to his creations. Using we...

Governments traditionally impose higher taxes, often known as 'sin' taxes, on products with adverse health effects, such as alcohol and tob...

Researchers from various countries, including an alumnus of Allahabad University, have discovered a compound derived from tobacco leaves th...

The government should create alternative employment and livelihood options for those who depend on bidi industry to earn their livelihood b...

A good conglomerate is one that constantly evolves. It nurtures new ideas and businesses, divests stale one. A group CEO’s primary mandate ...

Welcoming the renewal of the Indian-Chinese Phytosanitary (related to plant) protocol on reviving the export of tobacco leaves to China, th...

The development comes after China allowed imports of non-Basmati rice and sugar from India. It is also keen to import pomegranate, grapes, ...

According to FAIFA, raw tobacco and unmanufactured tobacco were exempted from the central excise from the time of Charan Singh government c...

The tobacco industry, which employs over 47.5 mn people, directly and indirectly, has been hit by rising taxes in the recent years, straini...

The ministry has sacked the chairman Kothati Gopal, after reviewing the instances of suicides by some tobacco farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

Swaraj was speaking at the "International Conference on Public Health Priorities in the 21st century: The Endgame for Tobacco".