| Trouble viewing this email? Viewin webbrowser |  images.hindustantimes.com/img/2022/05/25/original/HT_Logo_1653478163324.png" alt="" width="292"> | | Sunday, 31 July 2022 | | | | | | The Delhi government on Saturday announced the withdrawal of its new excise policy and said liquor will be sold only though vends run by the government, a decision that came amid a political row over Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's recommendation for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged violations in the policy's implementation. While Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said earlier in the day that all private liquor shops would shut from August 1, late-evening deliberations between top officials decided that the closure of such shops would be delayed by a month to avoid shortage and chaos at liquor vends, according to people aware of the matter. A formal order extending the licences for 30 days is likely to be issued on Sunday, officials said. Sisodia, who is also Delhi's excise and finance minister, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of using agencies such as CBI and the Enforcement Directorate to threaten liquor licencees and excise officials. The BJP, however, alleged that the Aam Aadmi Party government's "rushed" move was an "admission of violations and corruption" and it was "scared" of the CBI probe. | THE DAILY QUIZ images.livemint.com/mint-top/img/19-08-2021/border.png" alt="" width="75" /> Ranveer did it for Paper magazine. Milind Soman did it for a Tuffs Shoes ad. Lady Gaga did it for Rolling Stone. Serena Williams did it, pregnant, for Vanity Fair. Who did it in 1974, in Bombay, for the launch of Cine Blitz magazine? a. Kabir Bedi
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d. Silk Smitha TAKETHEFULLQUIZ: | | THE BIG STORY Delhi to roll back excise policy but after a month The Delhi government on Saturday announced the withdrawal of its new excise policy and said liquor will be sold only though vends run by the government, a decision that came amid a political row over Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena's recommendation for a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged violations in the policy's implementation. While Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said earlier in the day that all private liquor shops would shut from August 1, late-evening deliberations between top officials decided that the closure of such shops would be delayed by a month to avoid shortage and chaos at liquor vends, according to people aware of the matter. A formal order extending the licences for 30 days is likely to be issued on Sunday, officials said. Readmore. |  | | THE BIG QUESTION Why have remarks by Gov Koshyari triggered a row in Maharashtra? Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari's comments that there will be "no money left" in Mumbai if Gujaratis and Rajasthanis were removed from the city kicked up a controversy, prompting chief minister Eknath Shinde to distance the government from the remarks, with Shiv Sena leader Uddhav Thackeray accusing the governor of dividing Hindus. While several Opposition leaders sought an apology from Koshyari, the governor on Saturday said his comments were "misconstrued", adding that he had "no intention run down the Marathi manoos". Readmore. | | A LITTLE LIGHT READING Fame by frame In 1960, New Zealand photographer Brian Brake was working on a photo series on the monsoon, and the people affected by it. He captured Aparna Sen, then just 14, on the terrace of her home, her eyes closed, seemingly enjoying the rain on her face. The water had actually come from a garden hose. But when Brake's series was published in Life Magazine the following year, that photo made it to the cover. The pictures catapulted Brake to global fame. As for Sen, the image was merely the first step towards celebrity. In a career that would span six decades, she'd make 74 films as an actor and 16 as a director. Aparna Sen, 76, just received the Icon Award at the London Indian Film Festival for her contribution to cinema. Her latest film, The Rapist, a complex look at how a rape impacts the perpetrator, the survivor and her husband, has been winning awards and accolades across Indian and international festival circuits. Readmore. | | THE WEEKEND FIX When culture gets a bit of colour... Every time a South Asian living outside the subcontinent goes viral for redefining old traditions, it feels like a long-awaited moment. Part of it is because South Asians are frequently painted in broad strokes of brown outside their home countries. They're portrayed as a community struggling to fit in, or holding on to ideas of homeland that have long since changed. It fails to capture how unique and diverse the community truly is. So we're taken aback when videos circulate of a woman in a sari doing tricks at a skate park in Canada. The garment, we believe, is largely worn by "Aunties," or older conservative South Asian women. And aunties do everything but skate. Or when a young Sri Lankan woman in Paris decides that Bharatanatyam and hip-hop make a fine, fun pairing adding chest-pops to exacting classical moves. Or when clips of two women marrying each other in San Francisco in a traditional Hindu ceremony – pheras, mangalsutra, sindoor – get on to social media. If the sight of an Indian couple skiing in a sari and a veshti in the United States, causes such a stir, as it did online last year, it's probably because we haven't seen many Indians, let alone folks in traditional clothing, take up that kind of space before. Readmore. | | LIFE HACKS The good news about bad news Medical doctors must not be treated as Oracles because they are fallible, vulnerable to errors and are human. These lessons were hammered into the head by veteran teachers and seniors at work on their doctoral theses when studying the biosciences to graduate. Readmore. | | HT THIS DAY: July 31, 1987 Rajiv hurt in rifle-butt attack by Lanka sailor Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi escaped an attempt on his life by a Sri Lankan soldier in front of the Presidential Palace where he was inspecting a Guard of Honour before leaving for India. Readmore. | Please share your feedback with us What do you think about this newsletter? | | Were you forwarded this email? Did you stumble upon it online? Signuphere. | | Written and edited by Kartikeya Ramanathan. Produced by Aswetha Anil. Send your feedback to %%8%% or %%5%%. | | | | | | | Get the Hindustan Times app and read premium stories | | | | | | ViewinBrowser | PrivacyPolicy | Contactus YoureceivedthisemailbecauseyousignedupforHTNewslettersorbecauseitisincludedinyoursubscription. Copyright©HTDigitalStreams.AllRightsReserved | | | | |
