The Hyderabad government has taken a decisive step and banned gutka in the state. This ban has been imposed on gutka, pan masala and other chewable products, after the finding that these products contained harmful ingredients …
Drinking four cups of coffee daily slashes deadly mouth cancer risk by 50 percent because of its protective effects, regardless of people drinking or smoking, according to a British media report. Researchers from the American …
Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar is among the few politicians who have fought cancer and recovered and he says it is important to remain mentally strong to fight the deadly disease. Recounting the horrors of mouth cancer …
The Akilesh government is under the scanner yet again. Following the gutka ban war, the Allahabad court has directed the Akhilesh Yadav government to explicitly spell out its stand on banning gutka (tobacco pan masala) . The …
The Delhi government's decision to ban gutka, a form of chewing tobacco, and related products has been widely welcomed though there is scepticism over how effective it will be with some already foreseeing a thriving black …
Buying gutka in the capital may soon become a thing of the past as the Delhi government has decided to enforce a complete ban on it and other related products in the city. "The ban would include manufacture, sale, display, …
Punjab ordered a complete ban on the sale, storage, manufacture and distribution of tobacco-based products, gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) and pan masala in the state, an official said. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal …
The state government defended its one year ban on the manufacture and sale of gutka and paan masala by saying that these two items came under the ‘food’ category. They told the Bombay High Court in an affidavit that the two …
The Jharkhand government banned manufacture, storage, distribution and sale of gutka (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) in the state, said an official. The Jharkhand cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Arjun Munda took the …
The Haryana government Friday announced a ban from Aug 15 on the manufacturing, storage, distribution or sale of gutka, pan masala, zarda and other chewable products containing tobacco and nicotine. The decision was taken at a …
Rajasthan banned the production, sales and storage of gutka (tobacco-laced paan masala), the fifth state in the country to do so, and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot warned of strong action to enforce it. Violators will be fined …
Less than a week after imposing a blanket ban on the manufacture, storage and sale of 'gutka' (tobacco paan masala) and its variants in the state, the Himachal Pradesh government Tuesday deferred its ban. The ban on 'gutka' and …
The Maharashtra state government has imposed a ban on the manufacture, sale and storage of gutka. This decision will cost the state Rs 100 cr every year. The Maharashtra finance minister and deputy CM Ajit Pawar indicated that …
A protein active in oral cancer has been identified that could lead to new methods to treat the disease, according to a British study. The protein FRMD4A is permanently switched on in cancer, and higher the levels, the more …
