The rules make India's health warnings on tobacco products the world's most stringent, along with Thailand
Uber is suing Ola for $7.5 million to compensate for lost revenue and goodwill, alleging the Indian market leader created about 94,000 fake user accounts with the ride-hailing service and used them to make more than 405,000 false bookings
Several companies, including Indian units of Abbott Laboratories and Pfizer Inc, and domestic firms like Cipla Ltd and Macleods Pharmaceuticals, went to the Delhi High Court to try to get the ban lifted.
The next hearing on Pfizer's plea is slated for March 21
A notice issued by the Indian Health Ministry at the weekend said that a government-appointed committee of experts had found that the banned combinations were "likely to involve risk to human beings, whereas safer alternatives to the said drug are available."
The alleged fraud includes the use of fake bills.
Most of the extra spending in the Budget is in fact an accounting entry that shifts the cost of an interest subsidy to the agriculture Budget that was previously borne by the finance ministry
Some questions cited concerns that larger warnings can hurt tobacco farmers and boost illicit trade.
The government wants to introduce a nationwide goods and services tax to revive its stalled reform programme.
Uber and Ola both welcomed the move as a step in the right direction.
A directive this year to ban all vehicles older than 15 years has been delayed and previous city governments have often ignored court orders to address pollution woes.
MAT has damaged investor confidence
Nestle now has less than two weeks to convince the regulator why product approval for its noodles should not be withdrawn
Nestle is confident of getting back Maggi on India shelves.
As Modi completes a year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest of India's 1.25 bn people are coming in for sharp criticism.
Up to 900,000 Indians die every year of tobacco-related diseases
Uber and Ola continued to operate in New Delhi while their licence applications were pending approval.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi signalled on Monday he would not bow to foreign pressure to commit to cuts in carbon emissions.
The decision to slash insurance coverage will have an impact on private health sector.
India had ordered all unregistered web-based taxi cos to halt operations
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