âA 15-yr-old cartel, 100% profits & a toxic batchâ â how the Aligarh hooch tragedy unfolded
Aligarh police have so far registered 17 FIRs, arrested 61 people, and seized more than 7,000 litres of liquor as part of their probe into 106 suspected hooch deaths.
Shubhangi Misra 13 June, 2021 11:05 am IST Text Size:
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Aligarh: The men suspected to be behind the Aligarh hooch tragedy allegedly got into the alcohol crime business 15 years ago. They started out smuggling liquor from Haryana, much cheaper than in Uttar Pradesh, into many districts, including Aligarh, police sources told ThePrint.Â
But last year, a change in plans was allegedly forced when, in February, Haryana increased its excise duty on country liquor by 22 per cent. A Covid cess of Rs 5 per quarter followed, and this rendered the âcartelâsâ business model less profitable, sources in Aligarh police said.
Covid 19 coronavirus: India doctors claim cover-ups, threats over oxygen crisis
30 Apr, 2021 12:24 AM
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India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
India is fighting a devastating second wave of Covid-19 that is killing thousands each day. Video / AP
Daily Telegraph UK
A surge of Covid-19 in a bastion of support for the Indian prime minister has been met with cover-ups and intimidation as his party workers scramble to limit political damage from the crisis during local elections, doctors allege.
Doctors claim test results are being fudged, medical staff gagged and death tolls deliberately under-counted as the coronavirus begins to tear through Uttar Pradesh, a state ruled by the man predicted to be prime minister Narendra Modi s successor.
1. INTRODUCTION
The usage of cannabis, hemp or marijuana precedes official
records, and it is one of the oldest crops thought to have been
cultivated.
1 A complex plant with over 400 chemical
entities, it remains poorly understood to this day due to the
restrictions, legal and otherwise, imposed on it, making a
rational, scientific appraisal and acceptance of it by the general
public, difficult.
2
Hemp and hemp products have been a central theme in the
international drug control regime and have been controversial, to
say the least. A hemp plant, however, can be much more than just a
gateway drug, as is commonly misunderstood, and can have various
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Indian Army trains indigenous dog breed chippiparai, cocker spaniels to detect Covid-19
The dogs are being trained to sniff out coronavirus by identifying unique metabolic biomarkers in sweat and urine samples of individuals.
Shubhangi Misra 9 February, 2021 3:13 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: Jaya, Casper and Mani are among India’s first military dogs to assist the country’s Covid-19 frontline team. The dogs are being trained to detect coronavirus on the basis of urine and sweat samples of individuals.
While Casper is a cocker spaniel, Jaya and Mani belong to the indigenous chippiparai breed from Tamil Nadu that have lean bodies and long legs.