IL Feature

The state’s constant alteration of its liquor policy has resulted in chaos. After the fifth change in its liquor act, it is obvious the state government has no clear policy on curbing rampant alcoholism.

The scheme of the Delhi government aims to promote the use of electric vehicles as a mode of transport and will compel commercial vehicles to convert from traditional fuels to electric power.

The murder and suicide case in the Shiv Nadar University in Greater Noida involving a girl and her male classmate she was in a relationship with has revealed how easy it is for a student to obtain a weapon and how easy it is for a normal relationship to quickly turn into a tragedy.

The deaths of six African cheetahs in Kuno National Park in the state show that the centre miscalculated in its plan to introduce these beasts into India. Will it now listen to the apex court and shift them to Rajasthan?

The new liquor policy allows large, international companies to sell ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, beer and wine to their employees at their workplaces subject to terms. It may sound hip and cool, but alcohol abuse is a familiar Indian story.

By ignoring the apex court’s order and introducing the Authority, the centre has triggered a constitutional crisis, which goes against the spirit of democracy, federalism and rule of law.

The current debt-ceiling issue is a phony crisis with a hostage scenario in a massive culture war. The right-wing dream is to replace a pluralistic democracy with an authoritarian government favouring a strong Christian nationalist perspective on all issues.

Doctors have often faced violence at the hands of those they heal. Kerala has now decided to bring out an ordinance to amend the Kerala Healthcare Act after a doctor was murdered while on duty.

Children suffering from such diseases have become petitioners in court, seeking a direction to the centre to provide them uninterrupted and cost-free treatment as the therapy for these diseases is very expensive. The secretary of the Union health ministry has been summoned by the Delhi High Court over non-compliance of its direction to the ministry to release Rs five crore for the treatment of children suffering from rare diseases.

The amendment makes CAs, company secretaries and cost and works accountants liable if they do financial transactions, buy and sell immovable property and operate companies for dubious clients.