Daily Brief: How a bureaucrat has forced Maharashtra’s eateries and other food businesses to clean up their act

Good morning, I’m Jaya. We’re starting today’s edition with a look at how one bureaucrat has pushed eateries and other food businesses across Maharashtra to improve food safety and hygiene standards. Further down: a Supreme Court ruling on casteist slurs made in private, the growing unpopularity of the BJP and the opposition’s struggle to challenge it, and writer Kalyani Thakur Charal on why Dalit women must be allowed to speak for themselves. We also look at threats faced by two Khalistan supporters in Canada, a controversial ‘Modi Chalisa’ at a Press Club event, and revisit ‘1942: A Love Story.’

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Tukaram Mundhe’s zero tolerance towards unsanitary kitchens and dark stores has won him fans – and unnerved the industry.

The bench set aside proceedings against a school manager, who allegedly assaulted the father of two students inside a classroom in January 2020.

The Sikh men faced credible, serious and imminent threats, the authorities said.

The Press Club of India said that it stopped the programme because the organisers violated the terms of renting the venue.

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An excerpt from ‘A Chandalini Speaks’, by Kalyani Thakur Charal, translated from the Bengali by Anurima Chanda.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s patriotic drama from 1994 has been restored and re-released in cinemas.

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