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Topic: Liquor

Live in UP & have well-stocked ‘home bar’? You’ll need a Rs 12,000 annual liquor licence soon

UP's new excise policy makes licence must for 'home bars' stocking more liquor than 'prescribed limit'. Individuals to file affidavit saying liquor won't be served to anyone under 21.

LJP will probe Saat Nishchay scheme for corruption, jail Nitish Kumar if guilty, says Paswan

LJP chief Chirag Paswan also accused CM Nitish Kumar for implementing prohibition laws in the state and alleged that he gained from smuggling liquor into the state.

Delhi Gymkhana files complaint against retired colonel ex-secy for Rs 2 lakh liquor ‘theft’

Report submitted by Delhi Gymkhana Club panel alleges 'illegal withdrawal' of liquor by former secretary Col. Ashish Khanna (retd) and two other members during lockdown.

Once had with anti-malaria tonic, gin is now a stylish Indian drink with a ‘huge tiny’ market

New brands set to launch this month join a growing list of Indian craft gins that have changed the liquor’s image from stodgy to trendy.

Delhi govt directs state-run liquor shops to ensure alcohol sale through proper scanning

The excise department issued the directive after observing that only 10 to 15 per cent of liquor being sold at vends was being scanned.

Punjab minister says CM’s liquor home delivery move undignified, supports wife’s review call

Cabinet minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu supports wife who said CM Amarinder Singh’s decision is against social ethics. Wife of another Congress MLA too slams move.

Supreme Court asks states to consider home delivery of liquor amid lockdown

The Supreme Court bench refused to pass orders on a PIL seeking closure of liquor shops for failing to enforce social distancing.

An ‘insult’ to coronavirus as alcohol ‘drives’ economy, while Congress ‘cares’

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Raghav Chadha recalls Churchill on alcohol, Omar’s liquor wisdom, Chetan Bhagat’s `vaccine’ peg

The most politically correct and incorrect tweets of the day from across the political spectrum.

Lockdown 3.0 — ‘Liquor flows’ says TOI, ‘high spirits’ reports Mint & Punjab’s home delivery

A round-up of the most important reports in major newspapers around the country – from TOI and HT, Express and The Hindu to The Telegraph, Mumbai Mirror and The Tribune, as well as top financial dailies.

On Camera

Thailand-Cambodia clash is more than a border fight—it’s a new front in Cold War 2.0

The Southeast Asian theatre is central to the Great Power contest between the US and China. It’s also a landscape where middle powers—France, the UK, Turkey—are shaping the strategic environment.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

DRDO successfully tests latest version of UAV-launched precision missile, ULPGM-V3

Capable of being fired in plain and high-altitude areas, it has day-and-night capability and two-way data link to support post-launch target, aim-point update.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.