The Madras High Court on Wednesday allowed online pharmacies to sell drugs and cosmetics, staying an earlier order.


Madras High Court lifts ban on online sale of medicines


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The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) on Wednesday rejected Vedanta's request for renewal of consent to operate its copper smelter plant in Tuticorin.


TN pollution regulator refuses to reopen Vedanta's Sterlite copper plant


Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath called the Congress a "habitual conspirator", which misused power to frame its opponents.


Congress misused power to frame Amit Shah in Sohrabuddin case: Yogi Adityanath


The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018 that amends the Aadhaar Act 2016 was introduced in the Lok Sabha amid opposition by the Congress and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).


The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill introduced in Lok Sabha


The Supreme Court will hear on Thursday a plea seeking the deployment of adequate manpower and equipment for the rescue of miners trapped in a flooded mine in Meghalaya.


SC to hear plea on mine disaster in Meghalaya


With over 1.15 lakh postcards addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several meetings with MPs, thousands of women and child survivors of human trafficking from across the country are running from pillar to post demanding that Rajya Sabha pass an anti-trafficking bill that the Lok Sabha cleared in July.


As MPs wrangle, human-trafficking survivors wait for bill passage


US border agents have launched tear gas to deter migrants attempting to breach the US-Mexico border fence into California.


US fires tear gas at Mexico border to deter migrants


A 25-year-old man suspected of stabbing three people at a Manchester railway station on New Year eve has been detained under mental health laws, police said.


UK stabbings: Suspect held under Mental Health Act


A completely blind student of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has refused to accept his exam result in which he was failed, accusing the administration of not providing him a writer and reading material in braille script.


JNU blind student blames university failed him


A yellow band, tied to the arms of visitors and organisers of the 15-day Dastkari Haat Crafts Bazaar that opened here on Tuesday, represents the silent protest of Indian craftspeople against substitution of the hand-made, and their demand for a dedicated bazaar in the capital.


Dastkari Crafts Bazaar opens, Jaitly reiterates 'genuine' crafts market demand


India and Pakistan on Tuesday exchanged lists of prisoners lodged in each other's jails in keeping with a 2008 agreement.


India, Pakistan exchange lists of prisoners


Rome, Jan 1 (IANS/AKI) Humanitarian food supplies in Yemen - where up to 20 million people are facing famine - are being stolen and sold for profit in the capital Sanaa and other areas of the country under Houthi rebel control, the UN said, urging an end to the "criminal" practice.


Food aid being stolen in Houthi-controlled areas: UN


Following an adverse report about a national capital-based shelter home by the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW), Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Monday directed the District Magistrate to immediately take over the shelter home and asked DCW chief Swati Maliwal to conduct an inquiry into the matter and submit a report within 15 days.


Minors tortured: Sisodia asks DM to take over Delhi shelter home


The political slugfest over the VVIP chopper deal case on Monday intensified with BJP chief Amit Shah accusing the Gandhi family of having "deep friendship" with arrested AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel, while the Congress accused the Narendra Modi government of misusing central agencies to pursue its "vendetta politics".


'Battle of Agusta' intensifies between BJP, Congress (Roundup)


Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, was on Monday sent to jail after he surrendered in a city court.


Sajjan Kumar surrenders, sent to jail


Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, sentenced to life imprisonment in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, surrendered in a city court on Monday.


1984 riots case: Sajjan Kumar surrenders in court


Amid the political slugfest between the BJP and the Congress over AgustaWestland middleman Christian Michel making apparent reference to UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi, former Defence Minister A.K. Antony on Monday asserted they never interfered in defence deals and accused the BJP of using central agencies to "manufacture lies".


Sonia, Rahul never interfered in defence deals: Antony


Blaming successive governments for undertaking economic and labour reforms hostile to workers, a joint forum of central trade unions (CTUs) on Monday demanded universal social security coverage for every worker and that all contract workers be made permanent.


Trade union forum seeks universal social security for workers


It took a year since the #MeToo wave hit Hollywood for its tides to be felt in India across the showbiz, media, art, literature and political worlds. But it has led to, hopefully, a social awakening about gender dynanics and prevention of sexual harassment at the workplace.


#MeToo awakening in India (2018 in Retrospect)


A Tokyo court on Monday extended to January 11 the detention of Nissan Motor's former Chairman Carlos Ghosn, who was arrested in connection with financial misconduct allegations.


Tokyo court extends detention of Nissan's former chief


A judge in Chicago has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged that Google violated privacy of users by using facial recognition technology to scan their photos without their explicit consent.

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