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Topic: illegal trade

NHRC takes action against illegal organ trade in India

The commission has asked the Chief Secretaries of the Governments of Haryana and Rajasthan to prepare a report within four weeks.

Phones, booze — illicit trade in 5 sectors costs India 16 lakh jobs, Rs 58,000 cr tax, says FICCI

According to a report released by FICCI CASCADE, the illicit trade of mobile phones, alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, FMCGs were valued Rs 2.6 lakh crore for the year 2019-20.

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From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.