Branding on cigarette packets is being done in such a manner that they mislead smokers into believing some products to be less harmful than others, according to a study. Researchers at the......
Beginning May 31, all tobacco products will have to carry pictorial warnings on the front of the pack in a bid to discourage their consumption. Rejecting reservations of tobacco companies, the......
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the Central government's notification to impose a ban on smoking in public places from October 2. A bench headed by Justice B N Agarwal, while refusing......
Agriculture, construction, information technology and industrial units in the special economic zones and rural areas are among some sectors where the coronavirus-induced lockdown restrictions will......
US authorities today said 12 bodies have been recovered from the site of a massive explosion that leveled a fertiliser plant in the quiet central Texas town. In a press conference, Texas Department......
British multinational BAT PLC on Tuesday said it plans to sell up to 3.5 per cent stake in India's ITC Ltd to institutional investors through a block trade. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters In a......
As many as 48 companies, including Reliance Retail, Jindal Power Ltd and Adani group, are in the final list of eligible prospective resolution applicants for acquiring debt-ridden Future Retail......
No longer a discretion of the tax administrator, the audit of returns filed by taxpayers is now based on a selection by algorithms, notes Tarun Bajaj, former Union revenue and economic affairs......
Yogi C Deveshwar, chairman of India's largest cigarette maker ITC Ltd, has said that his company would not resist any future move by the government to extinguish the tobacco business in the......
The US has witnessed a marked drop in anti-tobacco litigation in recent years. Since 1997, the number of pending cases has dropped over 30 per cent from 679 to 470, according to data provided by......
Formula One, a symbol of global capitalism and glamour if ever there was one, is ready to take China by storm when the world's most populous nation hosts a Grand Prix for the first time next......
The confirmation of Narain Karthikeyan as India's first Formula One driver is an important step for the sport, even if he is unlikely to trouble world champion Michael Schumacher too much.Jordan's......