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Topic: Bribe

A Dubai-bound shipment & a ‘bribe for arranging MEA approval’—CBI’s case against Lt Col & his wife

Lt Col Deepak Kumar Sharma, who was posted in Dept of Defence Production, is currently in CBI custody. His wife, also a colonel, has been booked but not directly linked to alleged 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'.

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

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Too early to draw lessons from US-Israel & Iran war, India monitoring like a hawk—Navy chief

Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi said that the ongoing conflict in West Asia illustrates that speed is no longer merely an enabler of warfare but a distinct capability.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.