There are a total of 50 lakh registered beedi workers in India today, mainly women. Political leaders talked about empowering the workers through govt schemes & reskilling them.
The World No Tobacco Day theme for 2024 emphasises the need for governments and tobacco companies to take strong actions to reduce tobacco use and to promote a smoke-free lifestyle.
India in May ordered to insert static health warnings during smoking scenes and at least 50 seconds of anti-tobacco disclaimers at start & in middle of each programme.
The study, ‘The Environmental Burden of Tobacco Products Wastes in India’, was released Tuesday. It was conducted by ICMR's National Institute of Cancer Prevention & Research and AIIMS Jodhpur.
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is currently working on bringing in amendments to regulate tobacco products in India, secretary...
Despite ban on advertisement and sale of pan masala and gutka, the industry's biggest brands and barons have thrived by using IPL, fancy commercials and Bollywood stars.
Study published in European Respiratory Journal in July 2020 joined a series of studies that generated a worldwide flurry of interest, but last month the journal published a retraction.
The guidelines ask whether a student can climb stairs, but not whether the college has a ramp. They ask whether a student can bear weight, but not whether the system can bear the weight of its own prejudice.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
The plight of beedi workers is brilliantly captured in the song “Beedi jalai le, jigar ae piya”.
Ms. Bakhsh seems to have glossed ober this crucial element in her report.
The plight of beedi workers is brilliantly captured in the song “Beedi jalai le, jigar ae piya”.
Ms. Bakhsh seems to have glossed ober this crucial element in her report.