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At 39%, India has highest bribery rate in Asia: Transparency International

India also has the most number of people who use personal connections to get access to public services, according to a new report by the corruption watchdog

India lacks effective mechanism to tackle foreign bribery, probed zero such cases from 2016 to 2019: Report

The report said that despite India being under the UN Convention Against Corruption since 2011, it has yet to meet Article 16 obligations to define and criminalise foreign bribery.

Anti-corruption efforts in Afghanistan unable to succeed with 'weak and lawless government', says US watchdog

The report describes problems within the Anti-Corruption Justice Center (ACJC), established in 2016 by President Ashraf Ghani to prosecute corruption cases.

Indians put highest level of 'effective trust' in army, followed by SC; govt officials, political parties least trusted

In India, the army enjoys the highest level of "effective trust", followed by the Supreme Court (SC) and the high courts, according to a 2018 study.

Madhya Pradesh's Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana leaves cultivators fuming, farmers allege traders usurp benefits

The Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojana, which was introduced in the wake of simmering discontent among farmers in Madhya Pradesh, has only left them fuming.

India ranks 81st in global corruption perception index; among worst offenders in Asia Pacific for graft, press freedom

India has been ranked 81st in the global corruption perception index for 2017, released by Transparency International, which named the country among the "worst offenders" in terms of graft and press freedom in the Asia Pacific region

Americans perceive US has become more corrupt since Donald Trump became president, reveals survey

Americans believe the US society has become markedly more corrupt in the year since President Donald Trump rose to power, according to a survey released on Tuesday.

India has highest incidence of bribery in Asia Pacific: Transparency International Survey

Transparency International survey says 69% in India said they had to pay bribe to get public services. Japan had the lowest incidence of bribery in the region: 0.2%

Kashmir unrest: Handing out freebies to 'secessionist leaders' only damages the government's image

Only a headless chicken would reinstate the strategy of handing out incentives as state policy to secessionist leaders in Kashmir. For one thing, it presumes that these "leaders" are in charge of what is unfolding in Kashmir. They are not.

Demonetisation: Manmohan Singh writes a scathing critique of his own incompetence

Manmohan Singh fails to mention in his piece that what he failed to achieve in his various roles in public office for over four decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done in less than four years.