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India’s Banking System: How Deep is the Rot?

The Nirav Modi-PNB scam and others before it have shown that lax corporate governance, dishonest officials and suave rogues have bled the banking sector, leading to huge NPAs. Nothing short of drastic...

India’s Banking System: The Anatomy of a Bank Scam

Satish K Nagpal, chief vigilance officer, PNB, receiving the Vigilance Excellence Award from Vice President Venkaiah Naidu in Delhi last year A senior vigilance officer with the SBI explains how Ni...

The Big Fight

The Congress is battling to retain power in the last big state under its rule even as the BJP tries to revive its victory march ~By Puneet Nicholas Yadav In a little over a month from now, the E...

Judicial Crisis: Striking Home

In the Economic Survey, the centre accepts the need to address backlogs in the judiciary. This and the inability to fill vacancies of judges may shake the confidence of citizens in democracy and the r...

The ‘Little’ Heroine

Above: Asma Jahangir/Photo Courtesy: Wikimedia Asma Jahangir, Pakistan’s frontline warrior for human rights passed away last week. Dilip Bobb recalls his encounters with the feisty and fearless la...

A Man Who Touched Many Lives

Above: (L-R) Senior advocate, Supreme Court, and Chairman, ILRF, Pradeep Rai; Rajshri Rai, Editor-in-Chief, APN; Dr Upendra Baxi; Justice Shiva Kirti Singh; Justice Gyan Sudha Misra; Subhash Kashyap; ...

Dead, Yet Alive!

Above: The cryogenic storage facility in Michigan, US. The legal status of bodies preserved here is debatable/Photo Courtesy: Cryonics Institute Cryogenic Preservation technology can help preserve ...

Crimes Against Women: Guided by Gender?

Above: All India Democratic Women’s Association members protest against rising rape cases in Delhi Increasing rape and gender cases bring to the fore the question whether male and female judges wou...

Gang Busting

Above: Lahoria group members, comprising mostly youngsters, posing with guns in Jalandhar/Photo: Facebook/Gounder gang With numerous gangs sprouting in Punjab, the Amarinder Singh government has pr...

On the Horns of a Dilemma

Above: Self-styled cow vigilantes have claimed nearly 30 lives in the past four years of BJP rule/Photo: UNI Though the apex court has issued contempt notices to Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Prades...

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