tobacco
- Technology
CSIR-CIMAP study lowers nicotine content in Tobacco plant
Lucknow: The CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has successfully lowered nicotine content in the Petit Havana Tobacco plant variety by using a genome editing tool and reduced 60-70 percent…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP CM requests Centre to allow sale of excess FCV Tobacco without penalties
Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday wrote to the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Piyush Goyal requesting to allow the sale of excess Flue Cure Virginia…
- India
Govt caps maximum GST cess rate on pan masala, tobacco
New Delhi: The government has capped the maximum rate of GST compensation cess that would be levied on pan masala, cigarettes and other forms of tobacco and linked the highest rate to…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP: Ambulance carrying patient catches fire in Prakasam district
Amaravati: An ambulance carrying a patient caught fire injuring a person and destroying tobacco worth Rs 40 lakh. The incident occurred in Andhra Pradeh’s Prakasam district late on Monday. The 108 ambulance…
- Bangalore
GST, Excise duty can be imposed on tobacco: Karnataka HC
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court has ruled that the Union government is entitled to levy Central GST (CGST) as well as excise duty on tobacco and tobacco-derived products. It dismissed a bunch…
- Middle East
Saudi Arabia bans selling tobacco products to children under 18
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has banned the sale of tobacco products to children under 18-year-old, local media reported. The Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs and Housing (MOMRA) has…
- India
Bring strong anti-tobacco law to save youth, ban designated smoking areas: Experts
New Delhi: While appreciating the steps taken by the government under tobacco control legislation, top health experts and an activist on Friday said it is time the law is strengthened by completely…
- Middle East
Saudi: 11 including Indians, sentenced in commercial fraud case
Dammam: The Ministry of Commerce issued the names and details of 10 foreign workers and a Saudi citizen after their sentence was declared for commercial fraud by a court in the Eastern…
- World
Tobacco industry worsening global pollution, deforestation: Expert
Mexico City: The tobacco industry and tobacco consumption are exacerbating soil, air and water pollution, along with deforestation, according to one expert. “The tobacco industry is one of the main causes of…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Thousands of cigarette, bidi butts collected to expose rampant public smoking
Bengaluru: In a bid to expose rampant smoking in public places, thousands of cigarette and bidi butts were collected by NSS volunteers, citizens and civil society organisations across the city. The collected…
- Bollywood
Akshay Kumar no more a tobacco brand ambassador
Mumbai: Faced with a huge backlash, actor Akshay Kumar on Thursday announced that he is stepping down as the brand ambassador of a tobacco company with whom he had recently signed a…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Three held for transporting gutka, tobacco
Hyderabad: Three persons were arrested for illegally procuring and transporting gutka, tobacco and other illegal materials here on Tuesday. The accused identified as Manak Kumawat (28), Prakash Kumawath (28), and Sohanlal (46)…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Two arrested by Rachakonda police for banned tobacco
Hyderabad: Special Operations Team of LB Nagar Zone, along with Ghatkesar police intercepted a Tata Safari vehicle at the ORR Toll Plaza at Ghatkesar and nabbed two offenders, who were procuring and…
- Health
New Zealand’s plan to end smoking: A lifetime ban for youth
Wellington: New Zealand’s government believes it has come up with a unique plan to end tobacco smoking a lifetime ban for those aged 14 or younger. Under a new law the government…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh government bans tobacco products for one year
Hyderabad: The Commissioner of Food Safety, Andhra Pradesh, in an order on Monday banned the manufacture, storage, distribution, transportation and sale of Gutkha/Pan masala and chewing tobacco for a period of one…
