CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -On December 2, the Kolkata Mayor and state Urban Development and Municipal Affair minister, Firhad Hakim announced a ban on running of hookah bars in Kolkata.

Detailed explanation-2: -Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Punjab have all banned hookah bars. The West Bengal government, citing public health, banned the practice in Kolkata on 2 December.

Detailed explanation-3: -The West Bengal government, in December, ordered a ban on hookah bars in Kolkata, citing an adverse impact on public health. Kolkata Mayor Firhad Hakim said that the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will cancel the licenses of restaurants that operate as hookah bars in the city.

Detailed explanation-4: -Darjeeling: The Siliguri Metropolitan Police has banned Hookahs in bars, pubs and restaurants in Siliguri from Saturday. “You are hereby directed not to use hookah in your pub and bar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim had in December announced that the licence of all hookah bars in the city would be cancelled and no new licence would be issued to run such a bar. Soon after, the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation issued prohibitory orders for hookah bars in its area.