The Indian government has banned imports for low-cost ones (mostly Chinese) lighters to save a key sector in arid Tamil Nadu. Local companies employ more than 100,000 people, 90 per cent women.

Colombo, June 13 (Daily Mirror) - Local matchbox manufacturers claim that their factories are on the verge of closing down and they are currently in a critical situation due to the imports of ...

THOOTHUKUDI: The safety match manufacturers in Tamil Nadu are a disappointed lot as the state government has refrained from classifying cigarette lighters as single-use plastic products and thus ...

Thoothukudi (Tamil Nadu) [India], December 15 (ANI): Matchbox manufacturers' association in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu held a protest march here on Friday, raising many issues associated with ...

After their plea to the Centre to strictly enforce a ban on the cigar lighters being imported from China has not yielded the desired results, the matchbox manufacturers have appealed to Tamil Nadu ...

It's a story that's grabbing attention across the state: cigarette lighters that look like Matchbox cars. WTOC broke the story on THE News at 5 on Monday, showing you how dangerous they could be, and ...

DMRC had in January taken lighters and matchboxes off the list of restricted items. (File) New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a strict compliance notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation or ...

THOOTHUKUDI: Safety matchbox manufacturers in Thoothukudi sought a ban on the import of cigarette lighters made in China stating that it affects the safety match market in the country. They met the ...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a strict compliance notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation directing it to prohibit passengers from carrying matchboxes and lighters in Metro trains and ...

New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a strict compliance notice to the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), asking it to prohibit passengers from carrying matchboxes and lighters in metro trains ...