Suicide rocks paan masala empire
The daughter-in-law of a pan masala baron died by suicide in Delhi on Wednesday. The victim was identified by as Deepti Chaurasia (40), daughter-in-law of the owner of Kamla Pasand Pan masala, Kamal Kishore. The police have recovered a note and diary entries indicating alleged marital discord. According to the police,...
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Trump, Xi discuss trade, Taiwan President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Monday to discuss trade, Taiwan, and the Ukraine crisis, nearly a month after their Busan summit. Xi emphasised that Taiwan’s return to China is “an integral part of the post-war international order” and highlighted...
SIR reunites families after separation
True, the Election Commission of India (ECI) does not only “delete” but also “reunites” too. Amid an ongoing political slugfest over alleged “stress-related” deaths on account of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, SIR has started building bridges to the past. Amid the deletion scare of names, SIR, by...
India crowned champions of inaugural Blind Women’s T20 World Cup
India clinched the inaugural Blind Women’s T20 World Cup after defeating Nepal by seven wickets in the final at Colombo’s P Sara Oval on Sunday, completing an unbeaten run in the six-team tournament. India chased down Nepal’s 114/5 with remarkable ease, finishing at 117/3 in just 12 overs. India opted to...
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Chaos in cloth, maze of maize Is there a problem of plenty or plenty of problems? Farmers across India are distressed with the falling crop prices and, in some cases, they are not even able to recover the price of inputs and production. Generally, a plentiful crop output, as is the case...
Ten Bills on the anvil in Winter Session
Ten Bills will tabled in the upcoming Winter Session of the Parliament, starting Monday, including Bills for a unified higher education regulator and expanding private-sector entry into the civil nuclear sector. According to a Lok Sabha bulletin, the Higher Education Commission of India (HECI) will replace multiple regulators such as the...
Police bust drone-based arms racket
The Delhi Police on Saturday busted an international illegal arms smuggling racket supplying weapons to organised criminals across northern India. Four key operatives of the syndicate were also arrested. The group, connected to Pakistan’s ISI, was smuggling sophisticated pistols manufactured in China and Turkey into India via Pakistan. According to the...
Air rules turn tighter
The air quality commission in the Capital has upgraded rules under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP), moving high-level restrictions to mid-level alerts as severe pollution continues to plague the city. Under the new rules, restrictions from the GRAP-IV are now applicable under GRAP-III, while curbs that previously fell under...
