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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

Why the VB-GRAMG Bill strikes at the heart of MGNREGA

MGNREGA’s core strength was: if you needed work, you got work. VB-GRAMG’s funding model means work will only be available if a state has the budget and the Centre has approved the allocation.

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.