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Centre asks states to run special drives enforcing anti-smoking rules

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

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May 30, 2025

THE Centre has directed all states to undertake special drives to enforce rules banning smoking in public places, prohibiting the advertisement of tobacco products and prohibiting the sale of tobacco products without statutory pictorial warnings to observe World No Tobacco Day on May 31.

- KAVITA BAJELI-DATT @ New Delhi

In a letter to all the states/UTs, the Health Ministry said the states should prepare and launch an action plan for implementing the revised guidelines for Tobacco-Free Educational Institutions (ToFEI, 2019) at all state-level events, "aiming that all the educational institutions implement the guidelines strictly and be certified as tobacco-free."

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The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

36 missing as Philippine landfill garbage, debris avalanche kills two, traps dozens

AN avalanche of garbage and debris buried or trapped workers in low-slung buildings at a landfill in the Philippines, killing two people, injuring a dozen and leaving 36 others missing, officials said on Friday.

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1 min

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Unpaid challans to push vehicles off the road

E-CHALLANS & ROAD SAFETY

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Shah launches war on narco-terror, pushes for full eradication in 3 years

UNION Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday set a three-year deadline to put in place a comprehensive national mechanism to eradicate the drug menace, calling for a “collective campaign on all fronts” tomake India drug-free.

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

When courts define nature: A question India must reflect upon

NDIA'S environmental jurisprudence has played a significant role in strengthening conservation outcomes, often stepping in where executive action has fallen short.

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3 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

MIND ECOLOGICAL BALANCE WHILE RAISING TEAK OUTPUT

NDIA now needs to import an expensive product it once was the leading producer of.

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

Assam gifts rhinos, cobras to MP, to receive tigers

A vast stretch of dense forests in eastern Madhya Pradesh, which were once used by the armed Naxal cadres as the passage to further their expansion plans, will now be home to wild buffalos that reportedly became extinct in the state over 100 years ago.

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

BLURRED VISIONS OF FUTURES PAST

PERHAPS the standout event of 2026 is already over—the US campaign against Venezuela, with the plainly-declared aim of taking over its oil resources.

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4 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

After BJP poaches on Cong, Shinde ties up with Ajit's NCP

A major political twist unfolded in the Ambarnath Nagar Parishad in Maharashtra, dealing a setback to the BJP despite its move to induct 12 expelled Congress corporators.

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1 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

New copepod

FOUND IN LAKSHADWEEP NAMED AFTER INDIA

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2 mins

January 10, 2026

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

The New Indian Express Kalaburagi

After Modi push, new mothers scheme gets tech transparency

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi has suggested reforms to make the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PM-MVY),acentral flagship scheme that provides maternity benefits to pregnant and lactating mothers, more technology-driven, transparent and robust, official sources said Friday.

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2 mins

January 10, 2026

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