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74.8% tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings: Study

Around 74.8 percent tobacco products are being marketed without any pictorial health warning violating law, according to a study.

Editorial / Halda River at stake

The country's largest natural breeding ground for carp, Halda River, has been under threat owing to various manmade hazards, including industrial waste and sewage contamination, sand extraction and illegal fishing.

Kids trapped in Tobacco Menace

For many struggling Lalmonirhat families, relatively lucrative tobacco farming appears to be a blessing. But cultivating the crop brings significant health consequences. Worse still, with children commonly engaged in tending fields, the health of many youngsters is compromised.

April 19, 2016
April 19, 2016

74.8% tobacco products sold without pictorial warnings: Study

Around 74.8 percent tobacco products are being marketed without any pictorial health warning violating law, according to a study.

March 31, 2016
March 31, 2016

Halda River at stake

The country's largest natural breeding ground for carp, Halda River, has been under threat owing to various manmade hazards, including industrial waste and sewage contamination, sand extraction and illegal fishing.

February 8, 2016
February 8, 2016

Kids trapped in Tobacco Menace

For many struggling Lalmonirhat families, relatively lucrative tobacco farming appears to be a blessing. But cultivating the crop brings significant health consequences. Worse still, with children commonly engaged in tending fields, the health of many youngsters is compromised.

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