DHAKA, Oct 16, 2024 (BSS) - The Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized smuggled goods at Sylhet frontier today, said a BGB ...

Some years ago, I met an old man in Palitana. I was trying to find my way back to the guesthouse from the temples and asked him how far I was from my destination. He thought about it for a moment and ...

Bidis, which are produced from leaves and are thought to contain less tobacco than cigarettes, can really be up to eight times more dangerous. This is primarily due to the adverse effects of the ...

COPD cases among younger individuals are on the rise due to factors such as smoking, vaping, air pollution, and exposure to ...

New Delhi, The Centre informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday that there was no proposal to raise the excise duty on cigarettes, 'bidis' and smokeless tobacco. In a written reply to a question ...

Encouraging response by women to self-defence camp held by Jangalmahal Aatmaraksha Samannoy', which includes residents from ...

Three wagons of a goods train carrying petroleum products derailed near a railway yard on the Delhi-Mumbai route in Madhya ...

DHAKA, Oct 06, 2024 (BSS) - Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) seized various types of smuggled goods worth Taka 253 crore 56 lakh ...

In 1974, when SEWA sought to open a bank, its leaders asked potential members—women who typically hawk food, roll bidis (cheap cigarettes), pick garbage, and ply construction sites as “head ...

This story is not unique; it echoes across millions of households in India, highlighting the profound challenge of tobacco ...

While, officials confirmed that no casualties occurred in the incident, however, petroleum products were leaking from one of ...