Companies rely on advertising to convince people to buy things they don t need. They also use advertising to salve their easily hurt egos. Four days after CSE went public with its report on pesticide residues in bottled water, a huge ad appeared in the Fe

The motives behind public service ads are not always as transparent as the messages themselves

Coke and Pepsi advertisements painted on rocks along the 56-kilometre stretch from Manali to Rohtang Pass will not be scraped for a little while longer. Instead, a sheet of ice will cover the

amid the hype of the Union cabinet's proposal to ban smoking in public places and discontinue tobacco companies' sponsorship of sports and cultural events, the Union government has taken a very

the discount scheme recently introduced by five leading pharmaceutical companies for aids drugs in developing countries is just a charade, reports the International Herald Tribune .

Mineral or drinking water? Government sets new standards to reorganise the bottled water industry

The Indonesian government has passed a decree, which gives more time to cigarette manu-facturers to comply with the restrictions imposed on tar and nicotine levels. The deadline has been extended

Another step forward for the Darjeeling tea logo scheme

Former South Mumbai member of Parliament Murli Deora has pushed for stronger regulations against toba

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