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Topic: Paan

This London borough spends a bomb cleaning up paan spit stains. It’s a £30,000-a-year problem

The Brent Council has launched a fresh crackdown, which includes a fine up to £100 and enforcement officers on the prowl.

Gutkha, paan masala fix: Policy reform can save Indian users $19 bn in healthcare costs, finds study

Researchers find that perception of smokeless tobacco is safer than cigarettes has led to more use, at a cost to people’ health, and to national finances in South Asian countries.

Famous for paans, infamous for run-ins with cops — Mumbai’s Muchhad Paanwala in trouble again

On Thursday, Shivkumar Tiwari, a co-owner of the business, was arrested on the charge of selling e-cigarettes. But this isn’t the first time its owners have courted trouble.  

Great Indian Paan caught in health vs livelihood battle. Ban hurting magahi betel, areca nut

Over 55 per cent of the world’s betel vine and areca nut—the ingredients that go into making Paan or betel quid—are produced in India.

Spit wide open. Covid-19 is a good excuse for Indians to kick the nasty habit

Due to the Covid-19 scare, a man was arrested in Kashmir for public spitting while two others from Bihar were arrested in Mohali for spitting on notes.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.