Tag: organised crime

Rio’s reporters risk death to reveal criminal ties between police, politicians and mafia

NB: The elephant in the drawing room: the criminalisation of the state, all over the world. DS Why do highly trained police officers embrace a life of crime?… The killing of councillor Marielle Franco has inspired a generation of journalists to probe the city’s dangerous underworld… “There is no separating crime, police and politics.” Tom… Read More Rio’s reporters risk death to reveal criminal ties between police, politicians and mafia

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What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

By Colin Gonsalves * After having read the 72nd report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on alleged irregularities in the conduct of studies using HPV vaccines by PATH in India, it was startling to see Bill Gates bobbing his head up and down and smiling ingratiatingly on prime time television while the Prime Minister lectured him in… Read More What’s Bill Gates up to? Have ‘irregularities’ found in funding HPV vaccine trials faded?

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Art of extracting money from loss-making firms, and more electoral bond stories

http://www.reporters-collective.in Check out Electoral Bonds Tracker page On Thursday, as SBI reluctantly parted with unique codes that link electoral bond donors to its recipients, it laid bare the secret give-and-take relationship between the corporate world and the political parties. The Reporters’ Collective bushwhacked through hundreds of corporate documents to make sense of the donations. Though officially… Read More Art of extracting money from loss-making firms, and more electoral bond stories

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Israeli Genocide Causing ‘Complete Psychological Destruction’ of Gaza Children

NB: Israel and its enablers, the Western establishment, led by the USA & UK have mutated into a global manifestation of the Ku Klux Klan. They are carrying out a mass lynching in front of our noses, in full view of the whole world, and the don’t give a damn. The atrocities they have committed,… Read More Israeli Genocide Causing ‘Complete Psychological Destruction’ of Gaza Children

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Electoral Bonds: Is India’s Democracy on Sale? / Ravish Kumar: चुनावी चंदे का भांडा फोड़ 

Electoral Bonds Tracker चुनावी चंदे का भांडा फोड़ A cursory glance at the data reflects a pervasive decay of democratic ethics of the political party in power… The quid pro quo trends appear to be coming out now despite the limited information shared in the data. Remember, the BJP is the largest beneficiary of the… Read More Electoral Bonds: Is India’s Democracy on Sale? / Ravish Kumar: चुनावी चंदे का भांडा फोड़ 

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Ravish Kumar: अरुण गोयल का चुनाव आयोग से इस्तीफ़ा | Arun Goel resigns from the Election Commission

बीजेपी का संपर्कवाद संविधानवाद पर हावी हो गया है। विपक्ष में परिवारवाद और बीजेपी का संपर्कवाद। आप देख नहीं पा रहे हैं लेकिन आपकी नाक के नीचे संस्थाओं के घाव का मवाद सड़कों पर बहने लगा है। अरुण गोयल का चुनाव आयोग से इस्तीफ़ा | Arun Goel resigns from the EC NB: A theme that… Read More Ravish Kumar: अरुण गोयल का चुनाव आयोग से इस्तीफ़ा | Arun Goel resigns from the Election Commission

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Supreme Court Gives State Bank of India a day to furnish Electoral Bonds data, Warns of Contempt Proceedings on Non-Compliance

The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed the application filed by the State Bank Of India (SBI) seeking more time to furnish Electoral Bonds data. The Supreme Court tells SBI’s counsel Harish Salve – “You are the largest bank of the country. Are you saying that you are finding it difficult to follow orders because information… Read More Supreme Court Gives State Bank of India a day to furnish Electoral Bonds data, Warns of Contempt Proceedings on Non-Compliance

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