A small pack of cigarettes will soon burn a hole in your pockets, with the government imposing an additional excise duty on several tobacco products effective February 1. The revised tax structure ...

From the effective date, cigarettes, tobacco and similar products will attract a GST rate of 40 per cent New excise duty and health cess on tobacco, pan masala from February 1 Cigarettes to get 40% ...

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Why has Jon Hamm been dancing in ecstasy all over your Instagram and TikTok feeds lately? Well, it's a story that starts with an Apple TV show from earlier this year and ends with Millennial nostalgia ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

“Need a cigarette to make me feel better,” crooned pop star Addison Rae on her 2025 single “Headphones On,” while Lorde sang “this is the best cigarette of my life” in her own 2025 release, “What Was ...

New research dismantles the long-held belief that smoking less means less harm. Scientists now say the body suffers significant cardiovascular damage from even low levels of smoking. Researchers from ...

From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot? Which implies, of course, that memes lack ...

TikTok users spent much of 2025 complaining that memes had slipped into pure nonsense. Consequently, a growing crowd is pushing for a full cultural refresh, dubbed the Great Meme Reset of 2026, set to ...

As few as two cigarettes daily led to a 60% increased risk of death. Just 100 cigarettes over the course of someone's life may be enough to raise their risk of heart disease and death, a new study ...

On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...