KOLKATA, 15 JUNE. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday launched another attack on what she saw as the ruling BJP's attempt to "turn Bengal into Gujarat", declaring that "if you stay in Bengal, you have to learn Bangla".

NEW DELHI, 12 JUNE. A number of Indian restaurants and cafes have collectively decided to quit the use of plastics and move towards sustainable options such as metals, bamboos and wood.

NEW DELHI, 10 JUNE.Holding, selling or dealing in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could soon send you behind bars for at least 10 years. The bill is aimed at making cryptocurrencies completely illegal and holding of cryptos a nonbailable offence.

CHENNAI, 15 JUNE.Former India captain and the first Indian captain to lift an ICC Cricket World Cup for the country – Kapil Dev unveiled the largest cricket bat (made using willow in accordance with ICC standards) that measured over 51 feet and weighed 6.6 tons and presided over the event where a Guinness World Record was created at the Phoenix Marketcity and Palladium here.

MELBOURNE, 11 JUNE. Seven Indian origin Australians, including three women, have received the country’s top honours for their significant contributions in the field of medicine, music, education and finance.

SHILLONG, 15 JUNE. A week after militant group HNLC issued a threat to Punjabi settlers asking them to vacate the Punjabi Lane area of Shillong, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh has sent a four-member delegation to the hill state to work out a solution.

MELBOURNE, 14 JUNE. The operators of cafes in Richmond and Brunswick have back-paid 26 employees $24,947 and will be under close scrutiny for three years after a Fair Work Ombudsman investigation.

NEW DELHI, 14 JUNE. In a major crackdown by the Railway Protection Force (RPF), as many as 387 touts were arrested across more than hundred cities to check misuse of the facility of train e-ticketing and tatkal, said a railway official on Friday.

I was fortunate to have late Krishna Arora OAM as my mother-in-law. She not only imparted wisdom and a sense of being useful to the community but also having foresightedness in arranging her personal affairs. Long ago, she organised her Will and the enduring power of attorney for both financial and medical. In her later years, she developed dementia and slowly lost her ability to make decisions on her own. Those instruments helped us to navigate through the administrative hurdles with ease.

MUMBAI, 16 JUNE. Suman Rao from Rajasthan has won the Femina Miss India World 2019 beauty pageant during a star-studded ceremony at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium here.

PATNA, 12 JUNE. The Bihar Cabinet gave the green signal to a proposal to jail those who are guilty of either abandoning their elderly parents or not taking care of them. What this effectively means is that it will become compulsory for people to ensure proper care of their elderly parents, their health, happiness and welfare.