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The Morning Wrap: BJP Minister's Racist Jibe; Nearly Half of Delhi's Children Have Irreversible Lung Damage

The Morning Wrap: BJP Minister's Racist Jibe; Nearly Half of Delhi School Children Have Irreversible Lung Damage
NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 7: Children cover their face to take precaution from the air pollution by a mixture of pollution and fog at NCR region on November 7, 2012 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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NEW DELHI, INDIA - NOVEMBER 7: Children cover their face to take precaution from the air pollution by a mixture of pollution and fog at NCR region on November 7, 2012 in New Delhi, India. (Photo by Sanjeev Verma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

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Sunita, a former tobacco user and cancer patient, who'd recently protested a parliamentary panel's decision to dither on anti-tobacco warnings, succumbed to her illness on Wednesday.

It's true. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who became a internet superstar even before his first film 'MSG Messenger Of God' was out, does indeed live in a heart-shaped compound.

Main News

A comprehensive study on air quality in Delhi three years ago had found that nearly half of Delhi's 44 lakh schoolchildren were growing into adults with irreversible lung damage. The government knew, and did nothing.

The Supreme Court stayed the special-court order summoning former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and five others for questioning, after he raised apprehensions of the growing number of corruption cases being filed against public servants who have acted in public interest while in office.

BJP minister Giriraj Singh made a racist jibe on Sonia Gandhi's skin colour that evoked protests not only from the Congress but Nigeria's high commission in India.

Bangladesh's minister for planning A.H.M. Mustafa Kamal today resigned as president of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after being 'humiliated' by BCCI President N Srinivasan.

A school attendant in Karnataka walked into a hostel room and shot dead a student who was already in bed and possibly asleep, before heading to another room and firing point-blank at another student who is now out of danger.

In a late Wednesday night reshuffle of senior IAS officers, the Haryana government shifted whistle-blower and the state's transport commissioner Ashok Khemka to a low-key assignment as director general, archeology and museums department.

An all-woman Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) will look into the sexual harassment charges against Teri director general RK Pachauri.

Off The Front Page

A forthcoming expedition of Indian soldiers to Mount Everest will not only scale but also gather and bring down 4,000 kg of non-biodegradable waste from the mountain.

Do not be surprised if, after sundown, Bangalore cops suddenly appear interested in your evening travel itinerary.

For six months, a woman posing as an Indian Administrative Service officer freely roamed the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie, a training ground for the country's civil service officers.

Anti-narcotics sleuths have arrested a South African, who smuggled in over a kilogram of cocaine worth Rs 6.5 crore, by swallowing 65 pellet-sized capsules of the drug.

Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday has dreamed up an innovative cross-border offensive and asked soldiers along the Indo-Bangla border to put a complete halt to smuggling of cattle to Bangladesh and thus force Bangladeshis to give up eating beef.

Opinion

Radhika Santanam, in The Hinducriticizes the Deepika Padukone 'My Choice' ad as being myopic.

Jayna Kothari and Aparna Ravi, argue in The Economic Times that not addressing serious conflicts of interest between tobacco lobbies and government has impeded the spread of anti-tobacco awareness campaigns.

Pushkar , warns in The Indian Express, that India's universities will not realise their full potential unless the government stops meddling in matters it has no business getting into.

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