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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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Topic: black marketing

SC overturns 26-yr-old blackmarketing conviction on procedural lapse ignored by lower courts

In 1997, a trial court convicted a few people for 'unauthorised possession' of gas cylinders. The order was upheld by Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2010, but overturned by SC in March.

‘Had no criminal intent to cheat people’— Navneet Kalra on oxygen concentrator hoarding case

Kalra's advocate Vikas Pahwa told a Delhi court that the businessman cannot be kept in pre-trial detention as no more recoveries are to be made against him.

There’s already a booming black market for Covid vaccines. Just look at China

While China hasn't released any public data on the efficacy of its vaccine, people are still seeking it out, bending the rules to get hold of the yet unproven shots.

Rs 60,000 for a Rs 5,500 vial — how remdesivir black-market thrives as Covid cases rise

It is alleged that the racket is operating through hospital staff who have access to remdesivir. Modi govt, states have initiated steps to check black-marketing.

On Camera

What Trump-Harris result could mean for India in key areas, from geopolitics to trade & immigration

India cannot be blasé about change in any important capital in the world. Let's look at five key areas where US policy matters for India and how it may vary between Harris and Trump.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Rifles slung upside down, on ponies. Indian troops go on their 1st patrol in Depsang since 2020

Troops patrolled up to Patrolling Point (PP) 10 on Monday. Though there are PP 10, 11, 12, 12A & 13 in Depsang Plains, it was decided that only one or two PPs would be patrolled.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.