In Dhanbad, Jharkhand, the principal of a private school allegedly instructed 80 girls to remove their shirts for writing messages on them during a ‘pen day’ celebration. The district administration has initiated an investigation. A committee including various district officials will probe the incident, with appropriate actions to follow based on their findings.

As the room was closed, it got filled with the smoke as the chickpeas continued to cook on the stove. Both the men allegedly died of asphyxiation due to the poisonous smoke.

In recent weeks, US President-elect Donald Trump has indicated a desire to annex territory far beyond the United States. He has said that America should take Greenland and Panama Canal, using either military or economic pressure. He has also routinely derided Canada as the 51st state of the United States. He has reignited discussions around US territorial ambitions and whether America is going back to its expansionist self.Crux Decode explores these territorial ambitions, the potential methods Trump may employ—military or economic—and whether this represents a modern iteration of the Monroe Doctrine. Is this the Trump doctrine of the 21st century? n18oc_crux