Corruption In India
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India drops to 93rd place on Transparency International’s corruption index for 2023
While the country’s ranking fell by eight places as compared to 2022, its score dropped by one point.
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AAP MP Sanjay Singh’s bail plea dismissed in Delhi liquor policy case
The Rajya Sabha member has been in prison since October 4.
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Corruption: 51% Indians paid bribes in last one year, down from 56% in 2018, says survey
However, the figure for 2019 was higher than it was in 2017.
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Trending
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These innovations have made Amrik Sukhdev Dhaba in Murthal the truck drivers’ favourite since 1967
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Thriller: A serial killer is on the loose, murdering India’s famous nuclear scientists one by one
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What a regal South Indian ornament in a famous Rossetti painting tells us about the British Raj
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View from Nepal: India’s reaction to new currency note betrays patronising outlook to its neighbour
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The numbers show the idea of Muslim population explosion is nothing but political propaganda
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Rajya Sabha passes amendments to anti-graft law that would make giving bribes an offence
The amendment bill had been first floated in 2013 by the Congress-led government at the Centre.
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Supreme Court scraps illegal Haryana land deals, takes the plots away from private builders
With ‘mala fide exercise of power’, the Bhupinder Singh Hooda government had allowed various entities to make ‘unnatural gains’ from the Gurugram plots.
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India slips two ranks – 81 among 180 – in Transparency International’s index on corruption in 2017
Countries with the least protection for the press and NGOs ‘tend to have the worst rates of corruption’, the report said.
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Video
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Watch: Stunning Northern Lights spotted in unexpected places around the world
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Supreme Court asks Chhattisgarh government to show files related to AgustaWestland chopper purchase
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government allegedly got commissions for a helicopter deal in 2007.
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Get any investigation done against Robert Vadra, Congress tells government
The BJP had earlier asked the Congress to break its silence over allegations against the businessman.
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Anna Hazare sits on day-long hunger strike, criticises Narendra Modi for not acting on corruption
The social activist attacked the government for not enforcing the Lokpal and Lokayukta bills even after three years in power.
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The Reel
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‘Murder in Mahim’ review: A crime as unjust as wrongful death
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‘Srikanth’ review: An inspiring tale of remarkable achievement
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‘The Boy and the Heron’ review: An animation legend rolls out enchantment and emotional resonance
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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The enduring influence of the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ on Telugu cinema
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CBI special court defers hearing in 2G spectrum scam to October 25
The court said the date of judgment will be finalised on the next date of hearing.
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Tamil Nadu starts seizing properties connected with Jayalalithaa’s disproportionate assets case
Collectors of six districts were instructed to take possession of 68 of 128 pieces of land.
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Coal scam: Former Coal Secretary HC Gupta and two others sentenced to two years in prison
Managing director of Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Ltd PK Ahluwalia will have to serve a three-year jail term in the same case.
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The Field
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The Man, the Machine: Merab Dvalishvili in Mumbai
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Wrestling, World Olympic Qualifiers: Nisha Dahiya wins Paris quota in women’s 68kg
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: Neeraj Chopra shows a spark in season opener
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IPL 2024: Gill and Sudharsan’s tons help Gujarat beat Chennai and stay in playoff hunt
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League as it happened: Neeraj Chopra finishes second; Kishore Jena ninth