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Don't Serve Liquor To Any Person Without Verifying Age, Delhi Orders Clubs
The Delhi government has directed operators of the city's hotels, clubs and restaurants serving liquor to verify the age of their clients through hard copies of government-issued identity proofs after violations of the legal drinking age norm.
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Minimum Legal Drinking Age In 25 Most Popular Holiday Destinations Around The World
Here we have covered 25 popular holiday destinations around the world and the legal age for consuming alcohol in each.
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Government Should Consider Age Limit For Social Media Use: High Court
The High Court of Karnataka today observed that it would be suitable if an age limit was introduced for using social media akin to the legal age for drinking alcohol.
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Haryana Lowers Drinking Age From 25 To 21
The Haryana government on Wednesday amended its Excise Act paving the way for lowering of the legal age for consumption of liquor, its purchase or sale from the existing 25 years to 21 years in the state.
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AAP Slams BJP For Criticising Decision To Reduce Legal Drinking Age In Delhi
Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Sourabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said that if the BJP made the minimum age of buying liquor 25 years in party-ruled states, then the AAP would increase it to 30 years in Delhi.
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Liquor Stocks Rally After Delhi Government Reduces Legal Drinking Age
Shares of alcoholic beverage makers rallied on Tuesday a day after the Delhi Government reduced the legal age for drinking to 21 years.
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Delhi Cuts Drinking Age To 21, Announces Excise Reforms For More Revenue
The legal age for drinking in Delhi has been brought down from 25 to 21, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia informed on Monday. Announcing a new liquor policy, he said the Delhi government is expecting a hike of at least 20 percent in its annual excise revenue with the reforms.
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Swiggy, Zomato Start Doorstep Delivery of Alcohol in Odisha Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Swiggy and Zomato have started doorstep delivery of alcohol in Odisha. The companies are delivering liquor in the state capital of Bhubaneswar and the service will soon expand to other parts of the state.
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Delhi Government Asks Court To Dismiss Plea Seeking To Lower Drinking Age
The Delhi government requested the High Court on Wednesday to dismiss the plea seeking to minimise the legal age of drinking -- currently 25 years -- in the national capital.
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Teens Are More Susceptible To Effects Of Binge Drinking
High school binge drinking has declined in recent decades in part because dozens of states, as well as the District of Columbia, raised the minimum legal drinking age to 21 in the 1980s, said Katherine Keyes, an epidemiologist at Columbia University and an expert on alcohol consumption.
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High Court Seeks AAP Government's Response On Plea Seeking To Minimise Drinking Age
The Delhi High Court today sought response from the AAP government on a PIL seeking quashing of a provision in the Delhi Excise Act which prescribes 25 years as the minimum legal age for buying and drinking alcohol.
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After Diluting Liquor Ban, Kerala Raises Age Bar For Drinking To 23 Years
The legal age for drinking will now be 23 years instead of 21 years, the Kerala government has said. The Left-led government of Pinari Vijayan has passed an Ordinance, raising the age bar for drinking to curb the problem of alcoholism in the state, which has been sent to the Governor P Sathasivam for clearance.
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After Car Crash Killed Ramya, Her Uncle, Grandfather, Action Against Bars
After deaths in three generations of a single family in Hyderabad because of drink driving by a student, the license of three bars including TGIF or Thank God It's Friday has been cancelled.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Urged to Lower Drinking Age to 21 Years
A Delhi social organisation today urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to lower to 21 the legal age for drinking in the national capital and form a regulatory authority or an agency to tackle drunk driving in Delhi.
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Lower Drinking Age Linked to High School Dropout Rate
Amidst the calls to lower the legal age for drinking -- including in India where the permissible age is 25 -- a new study said the move could lead to high school dropout rates.
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Don't Serve Liquor To Any Person Without Verifying Age, Delhi Orders Clubs
The Delhi government has directed operators of the city's hotels, clubs and restaurants serving liquor to verify the age of their clients through hard copies of government-issued identity proofs after violations of the legal drinking age norm.
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Minimum Legal Drinking Age In 25 Most Popular Holiday Destinations Around The World
Here we have covered 25 popular holiday destinations around the world and the legal age for consuming alcohol in each.
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Government Should Consider Age Limit For Social Media Use: High Court
The High Court of Karnataka today observed that it would be suitable if an age limit was introduced for using social media akin to the legal age for drinking alcohol.
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Haryana Lowers Drinking Age From 25 To 21
The Haryana government on Wednesday amended its Excise Act paving the way for lowering of the legal age for consumption of liquor, its purchase or sale from the existing 25 years to 21 years in the state.
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AAP Slams BJP For Criticising Decision To Reduce Legal Drinking Age In Delhi
Aam Aadmi Party spokesperson Sourabh Bharadwaj on Tuesday said that if the BJP made the minimum age of buying liquor 25 years in party-ruled states, then the AAP would increase it to 30 years in Delhi.
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Liquor Stocks Rally After Delhi Government Reduces Legal Drinking Age
Shares of alcoholic beverage makers rallied on Tuesday a day after the Delhi Government reduced the legal age for drinking to 21 years.
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Delhi Cuts Drinking Age To 21, Announces Excise Reforms For More Revenue
The legal age for drinking in Delhi has been brought down from 25 to 21, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia informed on Monday. Announcing a new liquor policy, he said the Delhi government is expecting a hike of at least 20 percent in its annual excise revenue with the reforms.
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Swiggy, Zomato Start Doorstep Delivery of Alcohol in Odisha Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Swiggy and Zomato have started doorstep delivery of alcohol in Odisha. The companies are delivering liquor in the state capital of Bhubaneswar and the service will soon expand to other parts of the state.
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Delhi Government Asks Court To Dismiss Plea Seeking To Lower Drinking Age
The Delhi government requested the High Court on Wednesday to dismiss the plea seeking to minimise the legal age of drinking -- currently 25 years -- in the national capital.
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Teens Are More Susceptible To Effects Of Binge Drinking
High school binge drinking has declined in recent decades in part because dozens of states, as well as the District of Columbia, raised the minimum legal drinking age to 21 in the 1980s, said Katherine Keyes, an epidemiologist at Columbia University and an expert on alcohol consumption.
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High Court Seeks AAP Government's Response On Plea Seeking To Minimise Drinking Age
The Delhi High Court today sought response from the AAP government on a PIL seeking quashing of a provision in the Delhi Excise Act which prescribes 25 years as the minimum legal age for buying and drinking alcohol.
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After Diluting Liquor Ban, Kerala Raises Age Bar For Drinking To 23 Years
The legal age for drinking will now be 23 years instead of 21 years, the Kerala government has said. The Left-led government of Pinari Vijayan has passed an Ordinance, raising the age bar for drinking to curb the problem of alcoholism in the state, which has been sent to the Governor P Sathasivam for clearance.
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After Car Crash Killed Ramya, Her Uncle, Grandfather, Action Against Bars
After deaths in three generations of a single family in Hyderabad because of drink driving by a student, the license of three bars including TGIF or Thank God It's Friday has been cancelled.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Urged to Lower Drinking Age to 21 Years
A Delhi social organisation today urged Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to lower to 21 the legal age for drinking in the national capital and form a regulatory authority or an agency to tackle drunk driving in Delhi.
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Lower Drinking Age Linked to High School Dropout Rate
Amidst the calls to lower the legal age for drinking -- including in India where the permissible age is 25 -- a new study said the move could lead to high school dropout rates.
