India cuts some alcohol duties, raises others
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India has cut liquor duties as required under global trade rules following complaints to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the United States and European Union, an official said here.
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NEW DELHI: He is said to drink little, but Russian President Vladimir Putin will nonetheless be using silverware disinfected with copious amounts of vodka, one of the many security measures in place during his India visit.
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An interesting approach to curbing alcoholism is tested on rats.
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The United States on Friday welcomed as &quot;positive&quot; India&#39;s announcement that it would reduce some duties on alcoholic beverages following a WTO complaint.
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The drink-drive limit could be lowered to the equivalent of half a pint of beer, under government proposals.
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India has reaped the benefits of foreign companies switching jobs and resources to the country over the last five years.
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Poles wanting to raise a glass to the pope during his visit needed to stock up beforehand. Predominantly Catholic Poland banned the sale of beer, wine and liquor in some parts of the country during Pope Benedict XVI&#039;s four-day visit.
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Ministers want to change England's "drinking culture" and the view it is acceptable "to drink to get drunk".
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For decades, India had followed a route to economic development strikingly different from that of countries like Japan, South Korea or China. But all that is starting to change.
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Globalization and low taxes have created a golden age of inexpensive wine and liquor, but cheap booze comes at a heavy societal cost.
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If the results of a survey are correct, India is no longer the worldâs supposed leader of people infected with AIDS.
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Medication that alters the brainâs response to alcohol could change the treatment of problem drinking so that it more closely resembles the type of care now routine for diabetes, high cholesterol and depression.
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Some liver damage caused by heavy drinking or hepatitis could be halted or even reversed, claim researchers.
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MUMBAI India has cut the import tax on steel for a third time this year and canceled customs duty on raw materials to contain prices after they rose to their highest in a decade.
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Pressure mounted on US firms Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as two more Indian states banned the sale of their soft drinks in government offices and schools after environmentalists claimed they had high pesticide levels, reports said.
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Â· Alcohol Concern calls for watershed on commercials Â· Report says publicity sways children's intake
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Health officials and police are calling for tighter controls on liquor sales to combat binge drinking by a growing number of Finnish youths after a huge cut in taxes has made alcohol more affordable.