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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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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Husna Bai: The tawaif who made Hindustani music a respectable profession for women artists
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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Is the 2024 Lok Sabha election India’s last chance before the point of no return?
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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: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Watch: Dogs wag their tails to ‘conduct’ classical music orchestra
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Watch: Glimpses of Indian singer Sid Sriram’s debut performance at Coachella 2024
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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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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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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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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go
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Hockey: Salima Tete 2.0 – a speedster who is adding confidence and creativity to her improving game
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IPL 2024: Suryakumar, bowlers help Mumbai Indians seal thriller against Punjab Kings
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Cricket: Meg Lanning opens up about struggle with food and exercise that led to her early retirement