Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, July 21, 2015 | | | Here's proof that poor get gallows, rich mostly escape | | The fact that our legal system is skewed against the poor and marginalized is well-known. And to that extent, it’s only expected that they get harsher punishment than the rich. But here are figures that tell the full story. |
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| Human error kills more in India than nature | | Over 15 times more people die in human error-induced (unnatural) accidents than natural calamities almost every year. Among unnatural causes of accidents, drowning and accidental fire killed most people after road/rail accidents in 2014. |
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| | UP Dalit gang-raped, hacked, burnt | | In one of the most horrific cases of sexual assault and murder in recent times, a Dalit woman was gang-raped and murdered by local hoodlums allegedly associated with the family of a village headman in Malpura, Agra. The site of the crime was just 200 metres from the police post. |
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| Delhi: Week-long drive against erring autos starts | | Public outcry seems to have finally reached Delhi government forcing it to take action against errant autorickshaw drivers who refuse to ply or overcharge commuters. In a week-long drive launched by the transport department against TSRs, 202 vehicles violating norms were impounded on Monday. |
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| | | | Ranbaxy merger to hit net: Sun Pharma | | India’s largest drugmaker Sun Pharma warned on Monday its revenues and profits will be adversely impacted post its merger with Ranbaxy which closed in March this year, even as it is looking at divesting two or three “non-core” businesses of the acquired entity. |
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| Rainmaker Bhinde tops in I-bank pay | | The Indian internet economy’s most prolific dealmaker Aashish Bhinde emerged as the top paid investment banker last year after stringing together transactions worth over $1 billion. Bhinde, 43, an executive director and head of digital and technology practice at Avendus Capital, took home a little less than $2 million in total remuneration. |
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| Bharti in talks with Orange to sell some biz in Africa | | Bharti Airtel said on Monday that it was in talks with French telecom company Orange to sell telecom operations in four countries in Africa as the Indian mobile major looks to turn around its struggling operations in the continent. |
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| | ‘Heropanti’ actors pair up again! | | Tiger Shroff and Kriti Sanon, who debuted in Bollywood with Heropanti, have teamed up again for Bhushan Kumar's next music video 'Chal wahan jaate hai'. |
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| 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' crosses 100 crores | | Salman Khan’s Eid release Bajrangi Bhaijaan has not just won the hearts of people in India, Pakistan and the world, but the film has also put up an impressive number of Rs 100 crores at the box office just over the weekend. |
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