Beedi aka the poor man's cigarette wrapped in leaves plucked from the tendu tree (Diospyros melanoxylon) could disappear from petty stores three years down the line. Jaleel Puttur, federation ...
Farmers and micro retailers from across Karnataka on Thursday staged a march here demanding rollback of a rule mandating 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products, calling it a "harsh policy" ...
As dusk descends on Madna village, Bulan Bibi walks slowly down the road towards what can at best be described as a shack — a platform with a tarpaulin cover. Under it sits a teenage boy with a pile ...
Despite being the fastest growing combustible tobacco product in Sri Lanka, the Excise Department laments a significant revenue drop from beedis this year. Being market leader with a 67 percent share ...
Actor Mahesh Babu recently opened up about his smoking scenes in his latest film, Guntur Kaaram. Speaking to Haarika and Hassine Creations, who backed the film, Mahesh Babu revealed he initially had ...
Patna (Bihar) [India], Sep 14 (ANI): The elder son was sitting beside her and the younger son was in her lap, she bowed her head and was constantly rolling the tendu leaves filled with tobacco to make ...
"We have implemented the 85 percent pictorial warnings and now they can be seen on the new packets in the market," a company spokesman told IANS. (Reuters) Beedi manufacturers across India today ...
Beedi smokers have an elevated gastric cancer (GC) risk as compared to 'never smokers', according to the first cohort study on the subject in the country, a top RCC official said. (Representational ...
The revenue this year so far stands at just Rs. 469 mn Only 840 of the 1,140 licensed beedi manufacturers renewed their licenses this year following the tax increase Excise Department attributes the ...
Sumaila Zaman January 1, 2026 12:31 PM IST From February 1, pan masala, cigarettes, tobacco and similar products will attract a GST rate of 40 per cent, while 'biris' will attract 18 per cent Goods ...
MANGALORE: Karnataka government asked Institute of Social and Economic Change ) to conduct a comprehensive study on declining work and resultant mass labour lay-off in the beedi industry. MANGALORE: ...