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The Conversation on Drug Menace is Absolutely Unavoidable

The Morning Standard

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March 30, 2025

Acute Angle

- Anand Neelakantan

There is a silent epidemic that has gripped the Indian youth and is threatening to derail not just their future but also that of the country. The drug menace has reached frightening proportions, and it is scary that this hasn't become the most talked about subject in the country. We are still stuck with burial places of long-dead tyrants or what they did three hundred years ago to bother about what is happening around us. One needs only to scroll through the news about drug busts happening across the country to have an idea of what we are about to face.

Narcotics valued at more than ₹11,311 crore were confiscated from harbours throughout the nation in 19 separate operations during the last five years, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) recently told the Lok Sabha in response to a question from the opposition leader. The highest volume and worth of trafficked substances was documented at the Adani Port, SEZ Mundra in Gujarat on September 19, 2021, when central authorities intercepted 2,988 kg heroin estimated at ₹5,976 crore. The next major interception, according to the minister's statement, consisted of 303 kg cocaine valued at ₹1,515 crore, captured at VOC port, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu on April 20, 2021.

In November 2024, the Narcotics Bureau and Delhi Police's Crime Branch busted a drug cartel involving a Mexican drug lord in Gautam Buddha Nagar's Kasana Industrial area. Law enforcement leadership is concerned that this manufacturing facility indicates the country's evolution from a drug trafficking corridor into a nation that both makes and uses dangerous narcotics such as methamphetamine.

MEER VERHALEN VAN The Morning Standard

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K’TAKA GUV WRAPS UP HIS ADDRESS IN JUST 60 SECONDS

THE joint session of the Karnataka legislature witnessed dramatic scenes on Thursday as Governor Thawarchand Gehlot refused to read the full address prepared by the state government, and instead concluded his speech in just three sentences, lasting a minute before walking out of the House.

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1 min

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SLEAZE tapes involving the powerful are hardly unfamiliar in Karnataka’s political and bureaucratic history.

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Plea against use of national flag by BCCI binned

THE Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal filed by a lawyer, Reepak Kansal, seeking to declare that the “unauthorised” use of the name India and the Indian national flag by BCCI is contrary to the Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950 and the Flag Code of India, 2002.

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1 min

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THE University Grants Commission’s recent directive ambitiously titled ‘Learn One More Bharatiya Bhasha’ presents itself as a progressive reform couched in the rhetoric of cultural pride and linguistic revival.

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India skips Board of Peace launch

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2 mins

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Govt plans major tourism rebranding, data to drive communication strategy

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1 min

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Tick Tock Ten!

THE well-known micro-drama festival, 'Thespis', will soon be back in the capital with its fifth edition.

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2 mins

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2 mins

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