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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence : Case Details

Eight people, including four farmers and a journalist, were killed on October 3 during a farmers’ protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district. An SUV, allegedly belonging to Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra, ran over them. The Union minister’s son Ashish Mishra is accused of driving the car. Multiple videos show …

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National Monetisation Pipeline: Pave a way to Privatization in future

What is monetisation? In a monetisation transaction, the government is basically transferring revenue rights to private parties for a specified transaction period in return for upfront money, a revenue share, and commitment of investments in the assets. Real estate investment trusts (REITs) and infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs), for instance, are the key structures used to …

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Pegasus Spyware: Breach of Privacy

A report published by news organisations across the world on Sunday, 18 July, revealed that Israel-made spyware Pegasus was believed to have been used to snoop on at least 300 Indian phone numbers, including those of several journalists, politicians, government officials and rights activists. Pegasus, a product of Israeli cyber weapons company NSO Group, was …

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