India's Joint Secretary Venkatesapathy Sivaperumal expressed interest in cooperating with Russia on the Northern Sea Route's development, shipbuilding, and ship repair, citing mutual industrial benefits.
A 22-year-old Hongkonger named Elio began smoking at 16 while studying abroad in New Zealand and developed a nicotine addiction to cope with stress about his uncertain future. Despite suffering a collapsed lung in 2020, he resumed smoking and drinking, then switched to e-cigarettes when tobacco taxes rose. After Hong Kong banned vape sales in 2022, he restricted himself to one capsule every three days—equivalent to 20 cigarettes of nicotine—but continues purchasing pods online privately to avoid enforcement.
Congress has accused the Income Tax department of unlawfully confining its Tamil Nadu president K Selvaperunthagai at his residence in Sriperumbudur, preventing him from carrying out political duties ahead of Rahul Gandhi's campaign visit to the poll-bound state. The party called the search operation a "blatant misuse" of central agencies by the BJP to intimidate and obstruct opposition leaders, describing it as an attack on democracy. The IT department is conducting the raid following complaints alleging cash intended for voter distribution was stashed at the location.
