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Thursday, October 23, 2025
TopicWar on drugs

Topic: war on drugs

Trump wants to control ‘unruly’ regimes—so he launched a war on Venezuela

Like drug wars in the past, Trump’s efforts are likely to deepen the chaos in Central America—exposing the US to greater danger.

End of 3-month anti-drug push, Punjab DGP says battle won but war continues; Oppn calls it ‘ceasefire’

DGP Yadav told media in Chandigarh that Punjab police had been ‘largely victorious’ in restricting spread of drugs in the state but the war on drugs will continue.

DRI seizes drugs worth Rs 245 cr from Haryana, Karnataka in ongoing crackdown on syndicates

Drugs caught were ephedrine and heroin; the anti-smuggling agency has confiscated Rs 19,800 crore of drugs in 2021-22.

Mexico moves to legalise cannabis use — it can de-escalate drug war

According to a 2016 study, Mexican cartels made up to $2 trillion from cannabis sales in the US – between 15% and 26% of their total income.

How an Akali govt order on dope tests never saw the light of day in Punjab

Much before CM Amarinder Singh’s mandatory drug test move, his predecessor Parkash Singh Badal had issued a similar order in 2014.

Hit by drugs epidemic, Punjab will go black this week to protest against ‘white menace’

The movement has been triggered by the recent viral videos showing the toll drug abuse is taking on the state’s youth. New Delhi: People in Punjab...

Punjab’s losing war on drugs as tough narcotics law is punishing, not reforming, addicts

A report by Vidhi Center for Legal Policy has said that the NDPS Act has failed to meet its twin objectives of deterrence and...

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India can’t achieve strategic autonomy by chasing GDP stats. Break away from Western influence

GDP measures only the size of an economy. India’s economy must have more depth, more domestic industries, and faster income growth at the bottom, as China has achieved.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.