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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicAnti-graft body

Topic: Anti-graft body

Pakistan grants extra detention powers to anti-graft body probing Imran Khan, reports media

Legal tweaks involved granting National Accountability Bureau the ability to issue arrest warrants and detain suspects for 30 days if they did not cooperate with probe.

How Lokayuktas lost their teeth: Seats empty in some states, powers diluted in others

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act was passed in 2013, but over the years, many states have weakened the office of the ombudsman and today it carries the burden of ‘toothless’ tag.

Jammu and Kashmir is India’s most corrupt state, says anti-graft body chairman

In an interview, SAC chief justice Bashir Ahmad Khan speaks about corruption and issues plaguing the higher judiciary.

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Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

As IDF unveils robotic combat task force, Israeli maker says open to working with India

Using this technology, IDF carried out fully robotic combat missions, drastically reducing risk to Israeli troops. The robotic combat task force also enhanced situational awareness.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.