A few days ago, responding to a message on X , Shamim Akhtar, country head at BFL group (e-com), made a shocking revelation.

India’s tobacco control suffers from a glaring contradiction: massive tax revenues overshadow negligible cessation funding. Reliance on tobacco taxes, lax regulation, and industry protection ...

Government enables Track & Trace mechanism to combat GST evasion, focusing on tobacco products with unique identifiers for ...

To be eligible for the Composition Scheme under GST, a business must meet certain conditions. First one is no Inter-State Sales which means the business can only sell goods or services within the same ...

These advertising practices sustain the demand for these harmful products, subtly encouraging consumption under the guise of pan masala ... on India’s healthcare system and increasing ...

Their hostel rooms were found to be extremely dirty, the kitchen littered with pan masala packets ... An Overburdened System The department has a hostel management system in place but the onus ...

After a pleasant experience inside a Toby Carvery in Brockworth, our next post-lockdown family meal was outside the House in ...

Chewing pan masala and gutkha is now banned in the Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha, with a ₹1,000 fine for violators, announced Speaker Satish Mahana. Chewing pan masala and gutkha has been banned on ...

A consumer disputes redressal commission in Jaipur has issued a notice to Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn and Tiger Shroff over an allegedly misleading advertisement for a pan masala.

In March 2025, the Jaipur District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum summoned Shah Rukh Khan, Ajay Devgn, and Tiger Shroff over allegations of misleading pan masala advertisements. The petition ...