If you are also going to visit Vaishno Devi, then before going you should know the strict rules there. Otherwise, you can get ...

Th Central Jail authorities on Saturday arrested Jail Warder Jagdeep Singh for allegedly making available narcotics to ...

We assessed the impacts of India’s National Tobacco Control Programme (NTCP), as implemented in 42 districts during 2007–2009, on household-reported consumption of bidis and cigarettes. Methods ...

His lineage didn’t grant him special privileges. In the workshop, he had to earn his place. At first, he could barely work—his job was to fetch bidis and cutting chai. “Within the first week, I ...

About the Discussion: Bidi workers are typically piece-rated workers who roll bidis, a traditional form of hand-rolled bidis, often from their homes. This form of work is highly labor-intensive ...

A study published in Tobacco Control on December 16, 2020, titled Revisiting the Tax Treatment of Bidis in India, lays bare how the industry, long treated as a ‘cottage sector,’ has evaded significant ...