The Pandora papers is the third in a series of huge leaks of documents to the media following the Panama papers in 2016 and the Paradise papers in 2017.
As an international consortium of journalists unearths the ‘Pandora’ list of stashes in tax havens, accountability becomes the call of the day. But what we get instead is hypocrisy.
The investigation is based on nearly 12 million documents obtained by the International Consortium and Investigative Journalists. The list names several prominent Indians and world leaders.
Pandora Papers, an unprecedented leak of financial records, names former UK PM Tony Blair & Pakistan PM Imran Khan's ministers among world leaders who concealed millions from tax authorities.
On 29 May 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru defended adding 'reasonable restrictions' to Article 19, arguing that free speech must be balanced with national security and unity.
This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they’d seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe.
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