The scariest horror stories are not on Netflix and the multiplexes, they’re lurking outside our very houses, in the shadows. Have you heard of the ‘fake cancer drug racket’, busted about 3 months ago? It must have been drowned out with all the ‘election news’ which hogged prime time. Yesterday, (July 17), three months after […]
Bihar Health minister Mangal Pandey stated that 1,75 crore people from Bihar use chew some form of tobacco, despite the Bihar government’s steps to discourage the practice. Speaking at a national consultation on ‘Effective Implementation of Measures for Control of Smokeless Tobacco Use in India’ jointly organised by the health department and the National Institute […]
NEW DELHI: A day after a Centre for Science and Environment report said that everyday bakery items could have cancer causing substances like potassium bromate, the Food Safety Standards Association of India or FSSAI has said there is no need to panic. The food regulator has announced a ban on potassium bromate, an additive that’s […]
