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'Alcohol Causes 7 Kinds Of Cancer'

'After tobacco, the next most common cause for oral cancer is alcohol. Kindly note the images have only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: Kind courtesy, Ira Lee......

GST, 'bachat', 'swadeshi' in Modi's address amid Trump threats

Nearly 99 per cent of the items previously taxed at 12 per cent now fall under the 5 per cent tax bracket, Modi said. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses to the nation on Sunday,......

'Bihar, bidis start with B': Congress's GST post triggers row

The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress locked horns in Bihar on Friday over a social media post by the opposition party, which allegedly made disparaging remarks about the state while criticising......

The Big issue: Tobacco cessation

The decision of Kerala's leading traders' association not to sell cigarettes from April 16 has opened the debate about an important smoking related issue -- tobacco cessation. There is already a......

Suman Chakraborty Is Revolutionising Rural Healthcare

'If you can simplify the technology, you don't need a doctor or a highly qualified technician to work on the technology; even an Asha health worker or a similar front line health worker can use it......

GST revamp to see rates of 5%, 18%; 40% tax on 7 items

The central government has proposed just two tax rates of 5 per cent and 18 per cent in the revamped Goods and Services Tax (GST), slated to replace the current indirect tax regime by Diwali this......

Behind the scenes: Sitharaman chaired 3 separate meetings on GSTN preparedness for GST 2.0

To ensure a glitch-free rollout of the next-generation GST with reduced rates and lesser slabs, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired three separate meetings to assess GSTN's preparedness and......

Nirmalaji, Streamline GST Assessment Machinery!

'It must become faceless, just as the entire direct tax assessment system has already become fully online, without any human intervention in the normal course,' recommends A K Bhattacharya.......

Will GST 2.0 Fix Deeper Weaknesses?

GST 2.0 may cushion consumers against US tariffs, but like the 2019 corporate tax cut, it risks being another tactical fix rather than a structural growth strategy, expects Debashis Basu.......

Markets fall on selling in banking shares, STT hike

Benchmark BSE Sensex declined for the fourth day in a row on Wednesday due to selling in financial and banking shares and the government's move to hike securities transaction tax and short term......

Pather Panchali@70: Beautiful, Broken People

Seventy years after Pather Panchali released on August 26, 1955, we finally get it.Shuttling between the village of Boral and a studio in Calcutta, caught between worrying about the next purse of......

'I Was Fated To Play Jinnah'

'I have no idea why I was so many film-makers' choice for Jinnah. I assume it is because I was born and bred in Mumbai and speak English.' 'There's also my name, people tend to believe that a......

Petition against Big B for violating tobacco laws

The Bombay High Court admitted a petition against Amitabh Bachchan for allegedly violating anti-tobacco laws in Goa. The National Organisation for Tobacco Eradication (NOTE), a Goa-based......

The Amjad Khan We Didn't Know

None of Amjad Khan's subsequent roles could outshine Sholay.He had begun his career at the top and had no higher peaks left to conquer.Dinesh Raheja salutes the iconic actor on his 80th birth......

'If you are brave, you become unstoppable'

'I remember that when I was about seven years old, a doctor saw me and told my family that I would only survive for six months and that the disease had no cure.''But my mother never gave up.''She......

Dhoni's CSK suite: 24x7 open, food and shisha!

'Dhoni got this beautiful way of just being able to take the pressure off.' IMAGE: Michael Hussey revealed that incredibly, in his 16 years with CSK, he has never seen Dhoni practise his......

Fans Pan Gambhir For Double Standards

Photograph: Gautam Gambhir/X India head coach Gautam Gambhir came under fire from fans after he promoted the fantasy cricket app Real11 on his social media accounts.'Hopefully, India will continue......

Tendulkar to sue casino for using his morphed images

'I have never endorsed gambling, tobacco or alcohol -- directly or indirectly, in an individual capacity.' IMAGE: The 48-year-old Tendulkar, who has numerous records under his belt and also been a......

CA doesn't want players to promote betting, alcohol in IPL

IMAGE: Glenn Maxwell and David Warner are going to be part of the action in IPL-14. Photograph: BCCI/IPL Cricket Australia (CA) doesn't want its players to feature in advertisements promoting......

8 reasons why Indian cricket looks like Indian politics

Indeed, if you look at this hypothesis with sufficiently jaundiced eyes, you will find plenty in common in the way 'Team India' conducts its affairs and the way 'Team Modi' does, argues Krishna......