Government bans on cough syrups for young children and energy drinks for minors are positive steps, but effective implementation requires m...

Delhi enforces strict age verification for alcohol. Establishments must check physical IDs. Digital copies are not allowed, except from Dig...

Several Indian states are considering pilot projects to allow home delivery of alcohol via online platforms like Swiggy and Zomato, startin...

Deliveries were allowed temporarily during the Covid-19 lockdowns in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Assam with restrictions. Howe...

Within 'sin goods', there are different product categories with different nutrition levels and health impacts. Therefore, treating all of t...

The Delhi High Court has sought to know from the Delhi government how it will ensure that liquor is not provided to underage persons on hom...

“Lowering the age to 21 is progressive and pragmatic. In any case, underage consumers were breaking the law in unsupervised spaces like hou...

To ensure safe delivery of alcohol and in compliance with applicable laws, Swiggy has introduced measures such as mandatory age verificatio...

The directive was issued after the excise department found during recent inspections that a few "underage" customers were consuming liquor ...

Enlisting the reasons why 46% of respondents wanted a uniform drinking age of 21 years, a study by Kantar and NFX said it would enable them...

The Excise department has found nine prominent venues in popular hangout spots like Hauz Khas, New Friends Colony and Connaught Place servi...

Some videos show encouragement of excessive drinking including those with branded alcohol, with no negative consequences to the drinker.

According to new research, one in four parents of 14 to 17-year-olds surveyed by a British charity are okay offering their underage teens a...

Researchers from Michigan State University asked 400 participants about their feelings after they encountered and responded to alcohol-rela...

An early age of onset of drinking is a risk factor for subsequent heavy drinking and negative outcomes, scientists found.

Around 80 per cent of road traffic deaths occur in middle-income countries, which account for 72 per cent of the world’s population.

Researchers said that alcohol consumption & its effects are a major public health problem & the trend is "alarming" in India