Tag: corruption

With the best glasses donor money can buy, surely Starmer can see that this week has been a total disaster

I’m finding the angles on this quite hard to keep up with, but the general vibe of his No 10 operation is the sort of snakepit you may expect to find in the Kuntsevo Dacha 15 minutes after Stalin was discovered on the shagpile. Marina Hyde Can someone gift the prime minister a designer spade?… Read More With the best glasses donor money can buy, surely Starmer can see that this week has been a total disaster

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Stormy weather

Like all despots, major & petty, Mamata thrives on playing the victim. But now, faced with this horrendous instance of a genuine victim, her fake-victimhood shrivels up into a carbonised farce.. Just as global warming creates unpredictably cruel weather, corruption too creates its own hard rain. Ruchir Joshi On the evening of the day Rizwanur… Read More Stormy weather

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Beyond the Kolkata Rape And Murder, a history of medical corruption In West Bengal

The brutal rape-murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College and Hospital has an inescapable geography Saikat Majumdar The brutality of rape and murder elicits a reaction that is not only ethical and political in nature. It also evokes a response that is deeply aesthetic. By aesthetic I mean that visceral reaction to… Read More Beyond the Kolkata Rape And Murder, a history of medical corruption In West Bengal

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Five Madhya Pradesh judges named in exam fraud report continue to serve in district courts

The worrying revelation, that students who were identified to have cleared the university examinations in a fraudulent manner, and were thereby not in possession of a valid law degree, are presently serving as judges, has not merited any serious attention whatsoever. Nileena MS FIVE YEARS AFTER Abhay Kumar Gohil, a former judge at the Madhya Pradesh… Read More Five Madhya Pradesh judges named in exam fraud report continue to serve in district courts

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Supreme Court grants bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in Delhi excise policy case

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the corruption and money laundering cases linked to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, noting that he has been in custody for 17 months. A bench of justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said Sisodia has been in custody for… Read More Supreme Court grants bail to AAP leader Manish Sisodia in Delhi excise policy case

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Crisis at Tres Fronteras: how criminal syndicates threaten Amazon’s future

At the lawless triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Peru, drug trafficking, illegal logging and gangs jeopardise the ecological and social fabric of the rainforest Bram Ebus The area of the Amazon where Brazil, Colombia, and Peru meet – referred to as Tres Fronteras (triple frontier) – brims with wildlife and natural resources. It is also… Read More Crisis at Tres Fronteras: how criminal syndicates threaten Amazon’s future

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The optics get worse for Prime Minister Modi / UPSC Fraud & Modi Govt : चेयरमैन का अचानक इस्तीफ़ा..बहुत बड़ा फ्रॉड हुआ है ! / अग्निवीर बनने का संघर्ष और UPSC का चेयरमैन बनने का सौभाग्य

Bharat Bhushan Much as Prime Minister Narendra Modi has tried to project a continuity from his second term to his third, public perception does not seem in his favour. While photo-ops of the prime minister’s exaggerated familiarity with world leaders continue to flood the media, there are no substantive outcomes, and domestically the ground seems… Read More The optics get worse for Prime Minister Modi / UPSC Fraud & Modi Govt : चेयरमैन का अचानक इस्तीफ़ा..बहुत बड़ा फ्रॉड हुआ है ! / अग्निवीर बनने का संघर्ष और UPSC का चेयरमैन बनने का सौभाग्य

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