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[Asia, India] Govt should not terrorise cigarette buyers, says ITC chief Deveshwar
Diversified Indian business conglomerate ITC's chairman, Y C Deveshwar, on Friday said the government must have a 25-year plan to curtail smoking as there were 48 million people dependent on the tobacco sector and they would have to get alternative emplo
Apr 30, 2016
Business Standard (in)
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May 1, 2016 20:41
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[Asia] India's ITC says it to resume cigarette production amid health warning row
ITC Ltd said it would resume production at its factories "consequent upon" a favorable court order, two weeks after it decided to shutter its plants over the government's stringent new packaging rules. India ordered that from April 1, 85 percent of a cig
Apr 16, 2016
Reuters
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Apr 16, 2016 11:08
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[India] Videos - Delhi govt removes DDC member for 'smoking cigars in office premises', Ashish Joshi refutes allegati
Joshi refuted allegations after Arvind Kejriwal led Delhi government removed his from the board for allegedly 'smoking cigars and chewing tobacco in office premises'...Joshi maintained that he sure smokes cigars but not in the office premises. He said tha
May 9, 2015
Newstrack India (in)
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May 14, 2015 00:23
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[Asia] Pakistan, India and Bangladesh: experts find cigarette tax structures complicated
Another local tax expert was of the view that cigarette excise duty structure in South Asia region including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are relatively complicated and reflect the different market dynamics in various countries. Multiple categories (br
Jan 18, 2015
Business Recorder (pk)
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Jan 17, 2015 20:34
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[Asia, India] 800 govt schools declared tobacco-free
As many as 800 government schools in the national Capital have been declared tobacco-free which means no tobacco vendor would now be seen in a 100-metre radius of these institutes. After sending out 32 letters to the Director of Education (DoE), the Delh
Jan 24, 2018
DNA India (in)
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Jan 25, 2018 02:12
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[Asia] India's ITC shuts cigarette plants from May 4
shut its plants from May 4 to comply with a new stipulated pictorial warnings rule issued by the federal government, the company said in a statement. India's top court told tobacco companies on Wednesday they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring m
May 5, 2016
Reuters
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May 5, 2016 18:50
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[Asia, India] Tobacco majors win interim relief over pack warnings
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has granted immediate relief to tobacco giant ITC Ltd against seizure of cigarettes manufactured prior to April 1, 2016, but didn't direct the state to return goods seized so far. The HC observed a new legal requi
Apr 29, 2016
Times of India
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Apr 29, 2016 12:03
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[Asia] Scary cigarette labels won't stop Indians smoking
But they say the government has to do much more -- including raising tobacco taxes, and cracking down on bidis, the thin, hand-rolled cigarettes most Indians smoke. Known as "the poor man's cigarette," bidis are bundled together with string and sold for
Apr 21, 2016
CNN/Money
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Apr 21, 2016 10:48
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[Asia] Size matters? Pictorial warnings on tobacco packs put India in a fix
“The recommendations of the parliamentary committee are not binding but we cannot turn a blind eye to the demands of farmers and the millions dependent on the tobacco industry,” said a health ministry official, who did not want to be named. “Reducing the
Mar 27, 2016
Hindustan Times (in)
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Mar 27, 2016 21:13
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[Asia, India] Delhi Government Requests Shah Rukh Khan, Others Not To Endorse Pan Masala
has written to Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.
Jan 18, 2016
PTI - Press Trust of India (in)
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Jan 20, 2016 01:41