"Punjab`s drugs epidemicIndia court overrules cuts to filmStraight Life: India`s recovering drug addictsManjit, 28, died in June last year because of a drug overdose. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Border security officials routinely seize drugs near India`s border with PakistanBut why are its youth so susceptible? Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Hundreds of rehab centres have opened across Punjab"Heroin, synthetic drugs - you name it, I`ve done it all. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Mukhtiar Singh wants Mr Modi to form a policy against drug abuseThe inmates come from a variety of backgrounds. The BBC`s Sanjoy Majumder travelled there to find out why one of India`s most prosperous states is in danger of losing an entire generation to drug abuse.

The defection of Thae , North Korea`s erstwhile deputy ambassador to the U.K., with his wife and children last August was one of the most high-profile cases in recent years. "The traditional structures of the North Korean system are crumbling," Thae Yong Ho said at a press conference in Seoul, according to the New York Times . "Thae called on foreign powers to continue sanctions against North Korea, and argued that the dissemination of outside information would be the best way to spark a rebellion within the North. He also said the elites were becoming disillusioned with Kim Jong Un, and predicted that " more defections of my colleagues will take place, since North Korea is already on a slippery slope. His words come on the heels of a video , released by the country`s state-run television station, depicting the North Korean leader watching a missile test launch.