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TopicPoisoning

Topic: poisoning

Punjab cops trace Mohali bomb hoax emails to Dhaka, sender threatened to ‘poison’ CM Mann

The correspondence, which mentioned the Khalistan Referendum and the sacrifices of Sikh militants, was from an outfit calling itself the ‘Khalistan National Army’.

Sri Rama Sene member held in Belagavi for ‘poisoning’ school water to get Muslim principal transferred

Sagar Patil, taluk president of Sri Rama Sene, along with two others, has been arrested for poisoning drinking water of school children, confirms Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah.

China executes kindergarten teacher for poisoning nursery children four years ago

The former teacher, Wang Yun, poisoned the preschoolers' porridge with sodium nitrite, resulting in the death of one child and injuries to 24 others.

Scientists may have found antidote for world’s deadliest ‘death cap’ mushrooms — a medical dye

Chinese & Australian researchers' findings published in Nature. Death caps cause 90 per cent of mushroom poisoning fatalities across the world every year.

Why IIM prof opted out of Gurugram college convocation over HUL invite, & what firm had to say

IIM-B prof Deepak Malghan declines invite to 15 June convocation of MDI Gurugram, which has invited Sanjiv Mehta, CEO and Managing Director of HUL, as chief guest.

All about Novichok, the Soviet-era nerve agent used to poison Putin critic Alexei Navalny

Alexei Navalny, prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was airlifted to Berlin after he fell ill on a flight back to Moscow from Siberia last month. He has been in coma since.

Putin critic Alexey Navalny poisoned, intent was to silence him, says Germany’s Merkel

Chancellor Angela Merkel said Germany will consult with EU and NATO allies to formulate an appropriate response and added Russia should explain what happened.

Merkel demands answers from Putin govt after tests find his critic Navalny was poisoned

Navalny has been in a medically-induced coma since Thursday after falling ill on a plane returning to Moscow from Tomsk. He was evacuated from Russia Saturday.

Russian opposition leader & Putin critic Alexei Navalny ‘poisoned’, on ventilator

Navalny was on his way to Moscow from Tomsk when he felt unwell. His flight had to make an emergency landing in Omsk in the West-Siberian region of Russia.

Temple politics, greedy swami, willing lover said came together to poison 15 to death

Karnataka police have arrested four people, including two priests at the Kichchugutti Maramma Devi temple, for poisoning prasad. 

On Camera

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

US military commander, envoy Sergio Gor visit Indian Army Western Command, Bengaluru next

At the Western Army Command, the American delegation was briefed on the capabilities of the formation, past operations and the path ahead.

The new Great Game—Trump’s playing for time, China for leverage & India for wiggle room

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.