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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India's top court told tobacco companies on Wednesday they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring much larger health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11 billion industry that opposes the new policy. The Supreme Court turned down a plea to stay implementation…

India’s top court tells tobacco industry packs must carry bigger warnings

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By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – India's top court told tobacco companies on Wednesday they must adhere to a new federal rule requiring much larger health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11 billion industry that opposes the new policy. The Supreme Court turned down a plea to stay implementation…

India court tells tobacco industry to adopt stricter warnings

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India's highest court on Wednesday ordered cigarette manufacturers to comply with controversial new rules requiring bigger health warnings on packets that sparked weeks-long factory shutdowns. The tobacco industry has taken the government to court, arguing that the directives — aimed at deterring smokers with graphic images of diseased lungs and mouth tumours — are too…

Biotech stock swoon sparks buyout interest: investor

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The Nasdaq Biotechnology index fell 23 percent in the first three months of 2016, its worst quarterly performance since 2002, and remains down one-third from its all-time high, reached last July. Andy Acker, a portfolio manager at Janus Capital Group who helps oversee $7 billion in healthcare assets, says the sell-off led to a steep…

Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake of Cyclone Winston

Feb 27, 2016

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Australia is sending a relief ship to Fiji to assist in the recovery effort after Cyclone Winston, the worst ever recorded in the southern hemisphere, tore through the island nation last Saturday, as the sheer scale of the disaster becomes clearer. The death toll from the category five storm remains at 42, according to a…

Despite threats, thousands join anti-polio drive in Pakistan, a last bastion of the disease

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KARACHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – More than 100,000 health workers fanned out across Pakistan on Monday, stepping up a drive to eliminate the polio virus this year from one of its last bastions, despite continuing militant threats to vaccination teams. Pakistan accounts for more than 70 percent of the world's cases of polio, a virus that can…

4 Things Your Feet Tell You About Your Health

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Cold Feet Could be: Hypothyroidism Always reaching for socks? You may be suffering from hypothyroidism, a disorder in which the thyroid doesn’t produce enough of certain hormones that help regulate metabolism. A sluggish metabolism can show your body’s ability to generate heat, causing your hands and feet to remain chronically cold. Yellow…

Drought may affect 49 million in southern Africa: WFP

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As many as 49 million people in southern Africa could be affected by a drought that has been worsened by the most severe and longest El Nino weather pattern in 35 years, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Monday. The WFP, which has already said 14 million people face hunger in the…

Missiles hit school and hospital in Syrian border town, 14 dead: residents

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