The Health Ministry will introduce pictorial warnings on beedi and cigars similar to the pictorial warnings on cigarette packets, Health Minister Rajitha Senaratne said. “This is not an easy task ...
“This exercise, while the elections are underway, is against the model code of conduct,” it said. Image: labour.gov.in As many as 10 trade unions have written to the labour ministry, objecting their ...
Central trade unions have written to Union Labour Minister Bhupender Yadav objecting to a recent decision by the labour ministry to draft standards for Occupational Safety, Health and Working ...
Despite a notable reduction in formal cigarette consumption, the use of informal cigarettes such as beedi cigars remains a significant concern in Sri Lanka. Continued beedi consumption, especially ...
PORT KLANG: Cigars from Bangladesh known as beedi cigars worth RM211,200 with an estimated unpaid duty close to RM3mil were seized from a container at West Port here. Royal, Customs and Excise ...
* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Female-Dominant Job There are hundreds of beedi-rollers in Odisha's Jharsuguda and Sambalpur ...
Is there a link between tobacco and reading habits? Surprisingly, the answer is yes, as seen in two vastly different parts of the world—Kerala in India, and Cuba. In 1990s Kerala, workers in beedi ...
The fact is ‘beedis’ and cigarettes both contain tobacco and are harmful. But ‘beedis are considered a “poor man’s smoke” The Congress on Friday sparked a political storm after its Kerala unit posted ...