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Monday, September 22, 2025
TopicLiquor ban

Topic: liquor ban

Nitish’s prohibition pain: Bihar’s loss may be neighbours’ gain

The annual growth in the excise revenues of UP, Jharkhand & West Bengal in 2017-18 and 2018-19 has been the highest since 2001-02.

Nitish Kumar cites ‘improved quality of life’ to rule out any ‘compromise’ on prohibition

Says Bihar government has set up a committee to look into complaints of the anti-liquor law's misuse.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s prohibition is a sober idea in need of a drink

Nitish Kumar’s prohibition policy now hangs between its supposed political utility and its social and economic futility.

Bihar booze ban: Bane for state, boon for neighbours

Since Nitish Kumar brought in prohibition in December 2015, Bihar’s neighbours Jharkhand and West Bengal have seen steady spikes in their excise revenue.

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Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

60 yrs on, veterans recall lessons from 1965 India-Pakistan war. ‘Equipment alone doesn’t win battles’

A common thread runs through the memories of soldiers of the 1965 war—ingenuity, courage and camaraderie that withstood an apparently technologically superior foe.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.