Tobacco
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Tobacco tycoon raided: Fleet of cars, including Rs 16 cr Rolls-Royce Phantom, and link with '4018'
India | Mar 01, 2024, 06:49 PM ISTTobacco tycoon raided: According to sources, the tobacco company was issuing fake checks to the company shown in the accounts. Income Tax officials have also raided the businessman's bungalow in Kanpur and Delhi.
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Tobacco leaves causing cancer, can also combat it, finds study
Health | Sep 03, 2023, 04:20 PM ISTA team of researchers has found a compound derived from tobacco leaves that might possess the potential to combat multiple forms of cancer.
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EXPLAINED: What is GST Compensation Cess and how to calculate it?
Business | Jul 07, 2023, 02:42 PM ISTThe Compensation Cess was supposed to end on June 30, 2022, five years after the introduction of the single tax on July 1, 2017, but the Indian government extended it until March 31, 2026.
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World No Tobacco Day 2023: Know which nation leads in tobacco production in Southeast Asia Region
India | May 30, 2023, 10:47 PM ISTWorld No Tobacco Day 2023: In Southeast Asia Region, India leads in acres of land under cultivation and tobacco production, followed by Indonesia. Tobacco is also grown in Bangladesh, DPR Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
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Five warning signs that indicate it's time to quit smoking
Health | Feb 21, 2023, 03:44 PM ISTNever ignore the warning signals that indicate it's time to quit smoking. They include chronic coughing, shortness of breath, reduced sense of taste and smell, yellow teeth and fingers, and an increased risk of health problems.
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Tobacco & E-cigarettes may raise the risk of Covid in young healthy people, says study
Health | Feb 11, 2023, 11:22 AM ISTCOVID: Researchers found that plasma from healthy young people who smoke tobacco or vape had higher levels of furin, sCD163, and L-selectin than plasma from non-smokers.
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World No Tobacco Day 2022: Smoking may lead to severe vision loss, claims experts
Health | May 30, 2022, 11:14 PM ISTAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco use is one of the major causes of death and disease in India and accounts for nearly 1.35 million deaths every year.
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New technique reduces nicotine levels, harmful compounds simultaneously in tobacco
Lifestyle | Jul 14, 2021, 08:33 AM ISTNorth Caroline State University researchers have developed a new technique that can alter plant metabolism.
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License needed to sell tobacco products in Uttar Pradesh
India | Jun 13, 2021, 04:42 PM ISTAccording to the govt spokesman, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had sent an advisory letter to all the state govts recommending the licensing of tobacco vendors to the municipal corporation.
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GST officials detect over Rs 830 cr tax evasion by Delhi-based pan-masala manufacturing unit
Business | Jan 03, 2021, 02:32 PM ISTThe firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax (GST) by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and payment of duty, it said.
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COVID-19: Spitting and tobacco consumption in public places to attract Rs 2,000 fine in Delhi
India | Nov 20, 2020, 09:16 PM ISTSpitting and consumption of tobacco in public places, violation of COVID-19 quarantine rules, not wearing masks, and not maintaining social distancing will now attract a fine of Rs 2,000 in the national capital.
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Police held hookah bar operator, 11 others in UP's Hapur
News | Oct 06, 2020, 02:05 PM ISTUttar Pradesh's Hapur Police arrested a hookah bar operator and 11 others on October 05 who were consuming intoxicating materials.
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Banned gutka, tobacco worth Rs 10 lakh seized by cops in Hyderabad
News | Oct 05, 2020, 11:22 AM ISTThe Hyderabad Police seized banned gutka, chewing tobacco products and foreign cigarettes worth Rs 10 lakh from the possession of two persons from two different areas of the city on October 04.
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Tobacco use accelerates transmission of COVID-19: Health ministry
India | Jul 29, 2020, 12:26 PM ISTSmokers, it warned, are likely to be more vulnerable to COVID-19 as the act of smoking means that fingers (and possibly contaminated cigarettes) are in contact with lips which increases the possibility of transmission of virus from hand to mouth.
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Pak man held for selling tobacco evading GST worth Rs 19 crore
India | Jun 05, 2020, 09:10 AM ISTA Pakistani man has been arrested by Central GST intelligence officials for illegally selling pan masala worth crores of rupees in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and neighbouring states even during the lockdown period, officials said on Thursday.
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Harsh Vardhan bats for total ban on tobacco, its products
India | May 31, 2020, 08:02 PM ISTUnion Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on the World Tobacco Day on Sunday said the battle against tobacco was a personal fight for him and he wanted total ban on it and its products.
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Coronavirus: 28 states, UTs ban smokeless tobacco products, spitting
India | May 10, 2020, 02:52 PM ISTOver 25 states and union territories, including Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Assam and Delhi, have banned the use of smokeless tobacco products and spitting in public places in view of COVID-19, official sources in the Union health ministry said.
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Uttar Pradesh govt allows sale of paan masala, stationery
India | May 07, 2020, 10:25 AM ISTUttar Pradesh: Commissioner Food Safety and Drug Administration Anita Singh has issued the order saying that the exemption is for plain paan masala. The ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of tobacco and nicotine-free pan masala/gutkha in the state will continue unchanged.
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Does smoking cigarettes, tobacco increase risk of getting infected with coronavirus? WHO says yes
Health | Apr 03, 2020, 06:19 PM ISTWorld Health Organization (WHO), in its recent advisory, revealed that people who smoke cigarettes or possess tobacco in any form are at a higher risk of getting infected with the coronavirus.
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Don't use tobacco, alcohol to cope with boredom, these affect immunity, says Health ministry
India | Mar 31, 2020, 12:48 PM ISTUsing tobacco and drinking alcohol to cope with boredom during the COVID-19 lockdown can affect immunity as well as mental health, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday, amid rising cases of the novel coronavirus.