Areca Nut

A Congress MLA has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for help in stopping areca nut smuggling from Myanmar, which has affected farmers in Mizoram.

The farm of the school is outsourced to local people through which the school gets Rs 2.50 lakh income annually. The school has now bought a 26-seater bus, costing Rs 5 lakh, to bring students from distant places to the school.

Betel leaves are as important as the sacred Tulsi plant which is worshiped in many households.

An anonymous FDA personnel told the media channels that the revoking of the ban was because of extreme pressure from the lobbyists.

The Health Department had in January written to Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone along with Ajay Devgn, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contained areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent

The Delhi government on Monday urged four Bollywood actors to refrain from endorsing pan masala products as these contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.

The Delhi government has written to Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.

Punjab on Monday 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 had approved the proposal of the state health and family welfare department for banning such products across th...

The shocking image of a Class 6 boy shaking the contents of a gutkha (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) pouch into his mouth was one of the reasons prompted Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to quit his own gutkha-eating habit.

A Congress MLA has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking for help in stopping areca nut smuggling from Myanmar, which has affected farmers in Mizoram.

The farm of the school is outsourced to local people through which the school gets Rs 2.50 lakh income annually. The school has now bought a 26-seater bus, costing Rs 5 lakh, to bring students from distant places to the school.

Betel leaves are as important as the sacred Tulsi plant which is worshiped in many households.

An anonymous FDA personnel told the media channels that the revoking of the ban was because of extreme pressure from the lobbyists.

The Health Department had in January written to Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone along with Ajay Devgn, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contained areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent

The Delhi government on Monday urged four Bollywood actors to refrain from endorsing pan masala products as these contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.

The Delhi government has written to Bollywood actors Ajay Devgan, Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Govinda, Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone, urging them not to endorse pan masala products as they contain areca nuts, a potential cancer causing agent.

Punjab on Monday 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 had approved the proposal of the state health and family welfare department for banning such products across th...

The shocking image of a Class 6 boy shaking the contents of a gutkha (tobacco-laced areca nut pieces) pouch into his mouth was one of the reasons prompted Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to quit his own gutkha-eating habit.