Delhi allows home delivery of liquor

New Delhi: Delhi Government on Tuesday allowed home delivery of liquor via an app or web portal as per the amended Excise Act. In 2020, the SC had asked states to explore home delivery in view of overcrowding at vends. — TNS

HC quashes decision terminating AI pilots

New Delhi: Coming to the aid of all Air India pilots whose services were terminated last year, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday quashed the national carrier’s decision and directed their reinstatement. — PTI

Swapan Dasgupta renominated to RS

New Delhi: Former journalist Swapan Dasgupta, who had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and unsuccessfully contested the recent West Bengal Assembly elections on the BJP ticket, has been renominated to the Upper House of Parliament by the government. PTI

PC: Govt should print money, raise spending

New Delhi: Former finance minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday that India had recorded a negative annual growth for the first time since 1979-80 and asked the government to print money and increase spending in line with the advice of Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee. tns

Chargesheet against Hyderabad jewellers

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has filed a prosecution complaint (equivalent to a police chargesheet) in the infamous demonetisation scam case in which cash of around Rs 111 crore was deposited immediately after the announcement of making illegal the existing currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations on November 8, 2016, by the jewelers Kailash Gupa, Nitin Gupta and Nikhil Gupta in Hyderabad. TNS