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Indian cricket captain's whisky advert angers...everyone

Indian cricket captain's whisky advert angers team-mate's mother
The Guardian
Alcohol advertising is outlawed in India, but with the government looking
the other way many companies have found an easy way to get around the ban.
They spend heavily on advertising peripheral products which are given the
same names as the spirit ...
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Census shows India urbanising faster
Business Standard
Bose says more factors should be included to consider a place not just
urban but developed. He questions Kerala's quality of life, for instance,
saying he finds the figures on alcohol consumption, depression and suicides
alarming.
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