Tobacco
ITC profit up 10.4% at Rs2,500 cr in Q2
27 Oct 2016
Another reason to quit smoking – avoid DNA damage
21 Sep 2016
While most of the disease-causing genetic footprints left by smoking fade after five years if people quit, some appear to stay there forever
Pictorial warnings on cigarette packs more effective in inducing smokers to quit than text warnings: Study
10 Jun 2016
Plain packaging for cigarettes must in UK from today
20 May 2016
The high court in London rejected an attempt by the tobacco industry to prevent the change in the law, which makes plain packs with 65 per cent pictorial health warnings mandatory
ITC shuts cigarette plants as SC favours new pictorial warning rules
06 May 2016
ITC, which pioneered tobacco cultivation and linked the Indian tobacco farmer to markets across the world, is awaiting the Karnataka High Court to decide on the fate of its cigarette business
SC says 85% warning on tobacco packages a must
05 May 2016
Apex EU court upholds rules for tobacco warnings
05 May 2016
India is not alone in insisting on more prominent graphic warnings on tobacco products. Europe’s highest court upheld tough new tobacco rules on Wednesday
85% warning leaves tobacco growers in dire straits
16 Apr 2016
With manufacturers having downed shutters protesting the government’s demand that 85 per cent of cigarette and beedi packets be covered with pictorial warnings, tobacco farmers are left with stockpiles of unsold crop
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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