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Topic: Bribe

Fame to shame—Odisha civil services topper ‘caught taking Rs 15,000 bribe’

2019 topper Aswini Kumar Panda, posted as Tehsildar in Jajpur district, allegedly sought bribe & had his driver collect it from a man for giving approval for land mutation, conversion.

ChatGPT (The Old Testament version) & pirates of the Mediterranean

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately. Also Read: Indian atheists fight...

CBI charges J&K ex-governor Satyapal Malik, 6 others in Kiru power plant kickbacks case

The CBI filed its charge sheet earlier last week in a Special CBI court in Jammu. Satyapal Malik is currently under treatment in Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi.

Tamil Nadu anti-corruption agency arrests ED officer for ‘Rs 20 lakh bribe to quash case’

Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, acting on a doctor's complaint, intercepted ED officer Ankit Tiwari’s car on a highway and 'found the bribe money'.

CBI arrests Kapurthala’s rail coach factory chief engineer for taking Rs 1 lakh bribe

According to CBI, the accused was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe from a contractor who undertakes work related to civil & horticulture of RCF in Kapurthala, Punjab.

Sweden’s Scania ‘bribed’ Indian officials for bus contracts, ‘falsified’ vehicle documents

Bribes of 65,000 euros were allegedly paid to state transport officials in 19 cases & documents of 100 trucks falsified to sell them to a coal PSU.

On Camera

Shah Rukh Khan’s India is about love, not hate. Chak De! India to My Name Is Khan

This year, Jawan and The Kerala Story both won National Awards. The irony was impossible to miss. One critiqued the system, the other endorsed its narratives. The dichotomy says more about India’s cultural schizophrenia than any film review ever could.

Consumer Price Index gets up to date. Airfare, OTT plans, e-commerce prices in new basket—MoSPI secy

New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.

Joint production, closer ties, emerging tech: The foundation of new defence pact between India & US

The agreement, signed after meeting between Rajnath and US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on sidelines of ADMM-Plus in Kuala Lumpur, aims to deepen bilateral ties in the critical sector.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.