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- India
Video: Bodybuilder smokes in flight; Scindia orders probe
New Delhi: Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday ordered an investigation after a video showing bodybuilder Bobby Kataria smoking on a SpiceJet flight surfaced on social media. The video shows Kataria —…
- India
Supreme Court junks plea to increase smoking age
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday junked a plea seeking a direction to increase the smoking age from 18 to 21, and ban the sale of loose cigarettes. A bench comprising…
- Bangalore
Karnataka: Thousands of cigarette, bidi butts collected to expose rampant public smoking
Bengaluru: In a bid to expose rampant smoking in public places, thousands of cigarette and bidi butts were collected by NSS volunteers, citizens and civil society organisations across the city. The collected…
- Telangana
Telangana: Cigarette butts caused 2754 fire mishaps in 2021
Hyderabad: Carelessly discarding cigarette butts resulted in 2754 fire mishaps last year in Telangana, followed by 1326 short circuit cases, showed data from the state’s fire services department. V Papaiah, Regional Fire…
