Nicotine pouch vending machines are becoming a standard feature in tech company offices despite known health risks. It has ...

At Palantir Technologies, nicotine startups Lucy and Sesh have installed branded vending machines inside the company’s ...

For tobacco pouches priced up to Rs 2, excise output will be deemed at 1.12–3.36 crore pouches a month based on machine speed ...

A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards.

Some tech companies, seeking to increase productivity, now offer free nicotine pouches to employees. Can nicotine actually ...

Soon after, offices filled up with foosball tables, nap pods and specialty coffee bars, while companies touted generous time ...

The government has restored excise duty on cigarettes and introduced a machine-capacity cess on pan masala to curb evasion, ...

The government will levy excise duty on chewing tobacco, jarda scented tobacco and gutkha based on packing machine capacity ...

At CES 2026, I spent some time with Petkit's Yumshare Daily Feast, which can automatically distribute wet food for cats.

Additional excise duties of 82 per cent on chewing and jarda scented tobacco and 91 per cent on gutkha will apply, over and ...

Manufacturers of chewing tobacco, gutkha and similar products will have to install a functional CCTV system from February 1, ...

Under the new framework, excise duty will no longer depend on actual production or self-declared output. Duty will be levied on a deemed quantity of production linked to the maximum capacity of the ...