Imports during October also rose by 17.62 per cent to $44.11 billion, leading to widening of trade deficit to $17.13 billion.
If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.
Do you know tanning beds emit UVA rays and cause skin cancer?
Dr Ramakanta Panda, arguably India's top heart surgeon, offers vital, everyday, advice on caring for your heart and planning a healthy life.
These consumer indices will be available for five major groups -- food, beverages and tobacco; fuel and light; housing; clothing, bedding and footwear; and miscellaneous.
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon.
With the government imposing a ban on direct, indirect and surrogate advertising of tobacco and alcohol products in India, such brands have found innovative ways to build visibility.
Heard of poshitis, text neck? See what you can do to alter your habits and lead a healthy life.
Do you think carrying pictorial warnings on Indian cigarette packets will discourage desi smokers? Tell us what according to you will reduce smoking amongst young Indians.
As Deveshwar announces his decision to step down, he has a rich legacy to leave behind.
The business conglomerate, with interests spanning across tobacco to FMCG segments, has sought shareholders' approval for the reappointment of Yogesh Chander Deveshwar, 64, as its wholetime director and chairman with effect from February 5, 2012.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday paid a surprise visit to the Hazratganj Police Station to check the general preparedness.
Any concerned citizen ought to start practicing hygiene by washing their hands properly and be aware of the brands that are certified.
Having sex every other day may be optimum, says Dr Raghuveer Karne. Prolonged abstinence can increase the number of dead sperm.
'Perhaps GST was too complex a system for the Indian economy at its present stage of development,' argues T N Ninan.
Besides its spiritual significance, religious fasting translates into several health benefits for those who go through with it.
Half of the smoking population in the country thinks smoking 'within limits' is harmless, a survey by a private general insurance firm has found.
On the occasion of world no tobacco day, we bring you a list of foods that will help you kick the butt.
Rediff.com's Krishnakumar Padmanabhan travels to Ratlam to find out why the Madhya Pradesh town features in the mail the Indian Mujahideen sent out after Sunday's attack in New Delhi.
The previous low was recorded at 3.8 per cent in May this year.
Dr Prathima Reddy debunks the various myths surrounding the health condition.
Fresh guidelines issued by the Union home ministry on Wednesday permit industries operating in rural areas to run from April 30 with strict social distancing norms.
A new study by the University of Auckland has provided the first evidence that nicotine delivered through electronic cigarettes can help reduce one's desire to smoke, the Tobacco Control journal reported.
Expensive food and clothing pushed up the Consumer Price Index (CPI) by 1.18 per cent in August vis-a-vis the previous month, but experts said too much should not be read into the numbers, as the data on retail prices is yet to stabilise.
Currently, 100 per cent FDI in is permitted if the companies manufacture cigars or cigarettes or allied products.
The CPI, based on retail prices, stood at 108.8 points in June.
After 10 years of inaction where no new schools were opened and no teachers recruited, one of the best indicators of a changing Bihar is a group of girls cycling to a government-run school.
- 'I would urge everyone to support our team' - 'I remember, after I started playing for India, for a while I played with a blank bat because tobacco companies had approached me and I didn't want to be associated with them'
'We are certainly open to inorganic opportunities to grow.'
The actor pay for smoking at a public place during the shooting of his upcoming film Golmaal 3 in Goa in May this year.
Mukherjee, however, did not roll back the hike in excise and customs duty on petrol and diesel.
While green shoots are beginning to emerge, with June sales rebounding to pre-Covid levels thanks to a rural revival, most FMCG chief executives have voiced concerns about localised lockdowns that began in July and have extended into August in some states.
The Nifty has gained 2.6% so far this week, while the Sensex has climbed 2.85%
Baseball and Cricket are the world's two most popular bat-and-ball sports. Now a new exhibit celebrates their similarities and differences.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, who gave up his smoking pipe years ago, feels that others too deserve encouragement to kick the habit and hence has subject tobacco products to higher taxation, while exempting toy balloons from central excise duty.
On the other hand, mobile accessories, medical equipment energy efficient CFL lamps, set top boxes, compact disc, toys and books will be cheaper on account of some tax concessions offered on these items by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Union Budget for 2010-11.
For the third month in a row, exports rose in January, reporting 11.5 per cent growth to $14.34 billion, against $12.9 billion in the year-ago period, Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma said.
The Centre's revenue from GST registered a decline of 10 per cent in 2017-18 compared to revenue of subsumed taxes in 2016-17.
Contrary to reports of strained relations between them, industrialist K K Modi on Tuesday extended financial support to his son, suspended Indian Premier League commissioner Lalit Modi, although he said the problems were not unexpected.
About 73 per cent of the fake medicines seized at the European borders last year was routed through the UAE, a newspaper report has said.
