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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Topic: Lokpal

Parrikar death displaces elections as news of the day

Your daily news capsule.

Former SC judge P.C. Ghose likely to be India’s first Lokpal

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act was notified in early 2014, but no one has been appointed to the post.

SC gives Attorney General 10 days to decide date for Lokpal selection committee meeting

The Lokpal search committee has so far recommended three panels of names to the selection committee for appointment of chairperson, judicial and non-judicial members.

Anna Hazare to launch hunger strike from Wednesday on Lokpal

Anna Hazare will launch the agitation in his village Ralegan Siddhi in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra, he said in a letter addressed to Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis.

Anna Hazare to go on fast from January 30 for delay in appointment of Lokpal at Centre

Anna Hazare alleged that the Modi government was not listening to the decisions of the constitutional bodies over implementation of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

Supreme Court asks Lokpal search panel to recommend names by next month

The search committee is headed by former apex court judge Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai.

Maggi row signals India’s casual approach to food safety issues

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Move to amend laws like RTI ‘ill-conceived’: Former Delhi HC chief justice writes to PM

Among other laws, Justice A.P. Shah points to amendments made to Finance Act last year on political funding, says they only make the process ‘less transparent’.

With anti-corruption law amended, bureaucrats can no longer shirk decision-making

Enforcement agencies will have a more effective framework based on which they can go after offenders.

Why the anti-corruption bill has drawn so much criticism

Critics say the proposed amendments will only end up helping the corrupt rather than punishing them.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.