Tobacco is a leading cause of cancer in India, with cases increasing yearly. Despite awareness of its dangers, millions still ...

Background Public policy measures aimed at regulating tobacco use should consider the net gains for the nation, as the ...

New Delhi, The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that there was no proposal to raise the excise duty on cigarettes, 'bidis' and smokeless tobacco. In a written reply to a question ...

Born in Shillong, Parbati lived in North Bengal for 20 years, chasing elephants away from human settlements. Armed with a ...

Inmates at Central Prison in Shivamogga demand bidis, attack staff, throw stones, scold officials, leading to police complaint.

that she smoked too many bidis, the strong Indian cigarettes tied together with string. It took longer than expected to get everybody attended to, and I watched one quartet of widows walk out ...

A second concern is that removal of agricultural subsidies would hurt farmers and small-scale manufacturers, including those that make cheap thin-rolled cigarettes called bidis. While it is true that ...

I n a bustling Indian city, a corporate executive at a multinational corporation has been a smoker since his teenage years, ...

In 1974, when SEWA sought to open a bank, its leaders asked potential members—women who typically hawk food, roll bidis (cheap cigarettes), pick garbage, and ply construction sites as “head ...

The authorities concerned have busted a network of sneaking intoxicants and prohibited material into the Amritsar Central ...

They do so for better leaves which can be rolled into bidis, but the long-term impact is devastating; it causes economic losses. The forest is destroyed, soil is degraded, and air pollution is there.

About ₹2,300 crore of this had been forked out by taxpayers voluntarily. Pan Masala, Tobacco, Cigarettes and Bidis continue to be prone to evasion, with 212 cases worth ₹5,800 crore detected ...