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Mumbai had 82% of Maharashtra’s drug cases in 2018, mostly for cannabis consumption, study says

Personal consumption of cannabis accounted for 87% of all arrests and convictions in drug consumption cases in Mumbai, says study by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy.

Drugs, flashy parties, police uniform — ‘Sandalwood scandal’ is watertight case, police say

The investigation began after NCB busted an international drug trafficking racket last month that led to the discovery of large amounts of drugs at upscale gated properties in Bengaluru.

Kannada actress Sanjjanaa Galrani arrested in Sandalwood drug case

Galrani's arrest comes after another Kannada actress Ragini Dwivedi was arrested on 4 September for supplying drugs to people at high-end parties in Bengaluru.

NCB arrests Showik Chakraborty, Samuel Miranda in drugs probe linked to Sushant’s death

Rhea Chakraborty's brother Showik & Sushant house manager Samuel Miranda have also been named as accused by the ED and the CBI in the FIRs registered by them in Rajput's death case.

Rhea Chakraborty’s media trial shows Indians confuse drug addicts with criminals

To read a giant mastermind in the WhatsApp chats of an emerging actor like Rhea Chakraborty is just plain ignorance. Who do we blame?

Weed, Ketamine, Cocaine — rich Indian teens are putting shady drug dealers out of business

In ‘Stone Shamed Depressed’, Jyotsna Mohan Bharghava writes on issues plaguing today’s teens & how even twelve-year-olds are now experimenting with hard drugs.

No, Pablo Escobar wasn’t ‘pioneer’ of Colombian drug trafficking. New book busts myths

Marijuana fuelled Colombian drug trade before cocaine was king, and it wasn’t inherently violent, as I found out while writing my book ‘Marijuana Boom’.

Next 3 months will see a flood of new data on Covid vaccines and treatments

The third quarter will see an increased focus on drug developers like Pfizer and BioNTech, that have begun showing promising results with their vaccine trials.

Amsterdam to clean up sex-and-drugs tourism in post-virus reboot

Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema has laid out a plan that strikes a better balance between visitors and locals in its city center.

These are the 4 pieces of good news on coronavirus this week

Long before Covid-19, scientists at University of North Carolina & Gilead began developing Remdesivir in anticipation of a new coronavirus epidemic.

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Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

In NCLAT’s WhatsApp ruling, reminder of India’s cautious view of competition disputes involving Big Tech

WhatsApp privacy policy case is among a string of matters involving practices like restrictive platform rules, pricing & billing policies, reflecting India’s tight scrutiny of market dominance.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.