The district authorities in Maharashtra’s Thane have issued a circular, warning of taking punitive action against CBSE and ICSE-affiliated English medium and other schools if they are found prohibiting students from using Marathi inside classrooms.

Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein’s retrial on rape and sex assault charges began Tuesday, forcing survivors who helped fire up the “#MeToo” movement to prepare to testify against him once more.

Stock is piling up in warehouses as exporters grapple with new levies that total up to 145%, reports the BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker. 

​Stock is piling up in warehouses as exporters grapple with new levies that total up to 145%, reports the BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker.