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Govt issues anti-tobacco rules for OTT platforms

On the World No Tobacco Day, the Union health ministry on Wednesday notified the amended rules under the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2004, making it mandatory for OTT platforms to......

Delhi chokes on thick smog as air quality remains severe

Air quality in Delhi and its suburbs dropped to the severe category again on Wednesday morning, with smoke from post-harvest paddy straw burning in neighbouring states accounting for one-third of......

Odd-even scheme returns in Delhi from Nov 13-20; in-person classes suspended

With Delhi recording air pollution levels seven to eight times above safe standards on Monday, the city government announced the return of its flagship odd-even scheme after four years anticipating......

Cigarette row: BJP tries to blow smoke

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday dismissed Bharatiya Janata Party member of Parliament Dilip Gandhi's remarks that all studies linking cancer to tobacco have come from abroad and that......

The Big issue: Tobacco cessation

The decision of Kerala's leading traders' association not to sell cigarettes from April 16 has opened the debate about an important smoking related issue -- tobacco cessation. There is already a......

Will GST Council cut taxes on insurance premium?

The GST rate is also proposed to be cut on food delivery platforms like Swiggy and Zomato, to 5 per cent from the current 18 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The GST Council, in......

PM urged to drop 'harsh' norms on sale, promotion of tobacco products

New proposals like booking of retailers selling loose cigarettes and 7 years of imprisonment, are unacceptable, traders argued. The Federation of Retailers Association of India (FRAI), an industry......

Bigger warnings may not hit cigarettes a lot

As most are sold loose, such graphics on packages will have limited impact, say analysts The production freeze by ITC, VST Industries, and Godfrey Phillips India, due to the new rule......

Health ministry likely to ban ITC's e-cigarettes

India’s largest cigarette manufacturer ITC’s plan to develop a market for e-cigarettes might hit a roadblock with the Union health ministry planning to impose a ban on all products......

Cigarette cos win a year's reprieve on warnings

Giving in to the demand of the tobacco industry, the government on Tuesday decided to retain the existing pictorial warnings on cigarette and bidi packages for one more year. The decision taken at......

'Let them have a secret police to censor films!'

'That would once and for all teach all the film-makers of this country a fitting lesson!' *IMAGE: 'The idea of censoring films was instituted by the British our colonial masters who never trusted......

Dear Woody Allen, thank you for standing up for SMOKING

Woody Allen, I salute you for taking a position against the anti-smoking messages in theatres, writes Aseem Chhabra. Dear Woody, I hope you don’t mind me calling you Woody. I don’t......

Why SRK favours smoking ban

Shah Rukh Khan seems to be one of the fewfilm personalities who favour the ban on smoking in films. And this despite him being a chain smoker."I feel it (the ban) would be hard to implement.......

Anurag Kashyap: Anti-smoking disclaimers make me feel insulted

'No one in this industry could have made Bombay Velvet in less than Rs 300 crore.' 'I made it possible in Rs 90 crore and I want the film to do business of at least Rs 150 crore' Anurag......

Terry mulls legal action over Indian anti-smoking picture

England captain John Terry's representatives plan to take legal action after a blurred picture resembling the player was used in India's anti-smoking campaign, a local newspaper reported on......

Smoke screen blocks Narain on DD

You may see him zipping away to glory on the Formula One circuit on private sports channels but Indian racing hero Narain Karthikeyan may never figure on our very own Doordarshan channels, thanks......

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