The pricier the booze, the faster it sells as India's wealth grows

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The pricier the booze, the faster it sells as India's wealth grows After years of muted growth, foreign distillers are seeing sales rebound as the industry recovers from 2017 ban on some liquor sales that has since eased and a currency ban in 2016 that aimed to crack down on the underground economy. Entrance exam cheaters exploited rules for disabled students A college entrance exam policy aimed at helping students with disabilities was exploited to enable cheating in what is being described as the biggest school admissions scandal ever prosecuted by federal authorities, according to court papers made public Tuesday. Hundreds of cat orphaned after prisoners shift The sprawling Alipore campus, which used to accommodate over 2,000 prisoners, also housed around 300 cats. Painting sow Pigcasso hogs the limelight at South Africa farm Brandishing a paintbrush in her snout, Pigcasso enthusiastically tosses her head to create bright, bold strokes across a canvas propped up in her sty. Ethiopia to send plane's black box abroad Ethiopia does not have the equipment to analyse the black boxes from Sunday's deadly Ethiopian Airlines plane crash, and is considering sending them abroad, a spokesperson for the airline said. Contested 'beehive' housing arrives in Barcelona on the sly The initiative by the Spanish start-up company Haibu is made up of around 20 tiny living pods, which include a bed and nightstand. Israel moves pristine corals after restricted beach reopens Faced with huge visitor interest in the virgin site, Israel's Nature and Parks Authority decided to relocate the corals for their own protection so the industrial debris left by EAPC could be removed. Disabled animals given new lease of life at Israeli sanctuary Founded by animal rights activists Adit Romano, a 52-year-old former business executive, and Meital Ben Ari, 38, who used to work in tech, Freedom Farm serves as a refuge for mostly disabled animals and as an educational centre for visitors. MSTC IPO: Everything you need to know E-commerce player MSTC's initial public offer kicks off on Wednesday. Its shares are proposed to be listed on the BSE and the NSE. There are other nuggets of information about the offer. We filter out the details for you. Pakistan, the other great home of the bagpipes Umer Farooq's grandfather and father made bagpipes. Now he is the third generation to take up the tradition in Pakistan, which is thousands of kilometres from Scotland yet sells thousands of bagpipes each year.

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