-The Times of India GHAZIABAD: Shaqueel's body was sent for Postmortem by Ghaziabad police to ascertain the cause of death. A murder case has also been registered. Police sources say a preliminary examination of the autopsy suggests he was suffering from a chronic illness, which combined with the stress he was under after the arrest, had led to his death. Police say they will come down heavily on any official found...
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498 Indians hold offshore A/Cs in tax havens
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: A database of one lakh offshore entities in tax havens owned by, among others, 498 Indians with addresses in upscale enclaves in major cities, generated a huge buzz on Saturday with agencies expected to try and decipher the disclosures. The last tranche of disclosures came out in April, among them were names of industrialists Vijay Mallya and Ravikant Ruia and Congress MP Vivekanand Gaddam, although nothing...
More »Six people who pulled strategic levers to open up political parties' finances -Soma Banerjee
-The Economic Times If India is now debating opening the books and operations of political parties to the public, it's because of these six people who pulled strategic levers and applied relentless pressure. Soma Banerjee traces a four-year effort that converted intent to action Balwant Singh Khera, a politician from Hoshiarpur in Punjab, is not a name that will strike a chord in mainstream politics or social discourse today. It might in...
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-The Hindu India's paradox of fast economic growth across several years and chronic malnutrition in a significant section of the population is well known. It has vast numbers of stunted children whose nutritional status is so poor that infectious diseases increase the danger of death. About 34 per cent of girls aged 15 to 19 are stunted in the country, according to a major review of global undernutrition by The Lancet....
More »We trust indian manufacturing norms: USFDA -Divya Rajagopal
-The Economic Times MUMBAI: The United States Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), widely considered the world's most stringent regulatory authority, has said India's share in generic exports to the US over the years is an indication of the good manufacturing norms practised by Indian drugmakers. As the Ranbaxy scandal threatens to tarnish India's image as a hub of manufacturing world-class generic drugs, the statement, by USFDA's spokesman Chris Kelly in an...
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