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These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsThe latest escalation in the US-Iran war means that crude oil price is back as a risk for India. Although we are in a market already strugg...- These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsGiven the latest news flow from the Gulf region, the probability is high that we might once again see the bulls attempting a comeback. As u...
- 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 ...
- These mid-cap stocks with ‘Strong Buy’ & ‘Buy’ recos can rally over 25%, according to analystsIn the stock market, everything has to be seen in context. The most noticeable thing these past few days is that there is not much Gulf-rel...
- Meta faces New Mexico trial that could force changes to Facebook, other platformsA New Mexico trial could force Meta to overhaul its social media platforms. The state accuses Meta of addicting young users and failing to ...
- UK lawmakers approve lifetime smoking ban for today's under-18sBritain passes landmark law to create a smoke-free generation by permanently banning cigarette sales to those aged 17 and under and tighten...
- Murshidabad’s forgotten crisis: Beedi workers struggle amid charged political debates, SIR deletionsIn Murshidabad's beedi belt, children work alongside mothers to meet daily targets. Families earn meager wages for rolling beedis. Contract...
- 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. ...
- India, Bangladesh, Nepal on track to achieve 30 pc tobacco use reduction by year-end: WHOBangladesh, India, and Nepal are set to significantly cut tobacco use. The WHO highlights these nations are on track for a 30 percent reduc...
- UP doctor makes a 5-year-old boy smoke for treatment; probe underwayDr. Suresh Chandra, a doctor in Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh, is under investigation after a video surfaced showing him allegedly instructing a yo...
- 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...
- Narrative claiming vapes, e-cigarettes healthier alternatives are misleading: ExpertsExperts have raised concerns about the portrayal of e-cigarettes as healthier alternatives to tobacco, warning they can lead to traditional...
- World No Tobacco Day 2023: History, purpose, theme, and moreIn 1987, the World Health Assembly passed a resolution calling for 7 April 1988 to be a "a world no-smoking day." Later in 1988, another re...
- Anti-tobacco warnings for OTT programmes soon, health ministry to amend rulesOTT platforms may soon be mandated to display anti-tobacco warnings and disclaimers as are seen in movies screened in theatres and in telev...
- India's anti-tobacco Film Rule poorly implemented in TV programs children may watchOver 20% of TV programs observed and coded for this study were found to depict tobacco and 71% of these programs were broadcast when childr...
- Civil society should pitch in to control tobacco usage: Union Health Minister J P NaddaHe urged the NGO's and the civil organizations to come forward and adopt five schools and sensitize children about dangers of tobacco use.
- Inducing child to consume tobacco? Get ready to face 7 years' jailAny person found inducing a child to purchase/consume tobacco may face rigorous imprisonment of seven years.
- Why illicit tobacco should be stubbed out immediatelyIllicit trade of tobacco is playing havoc with public life. Therefore, stopping illicit trade of tobacco products is a health priority, as ...
- Harsh Vardhan seeks complete ban on e-cigarettes, ENDSVardhan ruled out their acceptability in the light of research findings by experts which have held that they are no less unsafe than the "r...
- Ailments from tobacco use cost India Rs 1.04-lakh crore in 2011: ReportThe amount spent is more than the combined health expenditure by the Central and state governments.
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