{
  "id": 650235,
  "title": "Karnataka bans sale of gutkha, pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine for 1 year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/karnataka-bans-sale-of-gutkha-pan-masala-containing-tobacco-or",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-12T08:10:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/karnataka-bans-sale-of-gutkha-pan-masala-containing-tobacco-or-nicotine-for-1-year-101786522024521.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Karnataka imposed a one-year ban on the manufacture, storage, distribution, transport, and sale of gutkha and pan masala containing tobacco or nicotine.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}