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TopicWar on drugs

Topic: war on drugs

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...

On Camera

Social media has made news more graphic. Torture by Russian military is latest example

Before social media, depiction of violence on news was the exception—graphic visuals were either not shown on TV or in newspapers or the images were blurred. This is no longer the case.

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

BRO connects new axis to Ladakh, to be shortest route

The all-weather Nimmu-Padam-Darcha Road will connect Manali to Leh through Darcha and Nimmu on Kargil-Leh Highway.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.