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FATF red flags opioids fuelling global black money flows

FATF red flags opioids fuelling global black money flows

December 2, 2022

In a new report, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force, an international watchdog mandated to curb money laundering and other international financial crimes has said that organised crime has made fentanyl and other opioids as an easy way to not just expand their illicit bus...

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Top 5 highest-grossing Bollywood blockbusters of 2016

Top 5 highest-grossing Bollywood blockbusters of 2016

December 23, 2016

Over the last couple of years, Indian cinema has witnessed its directors slowly wafting away from the regular conventional rom-coms and leaning in towards a flood of biopics and thrillers, and the diverse Indian audience seems to enjoy it, as the box-office collections of these f...

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Child trafficking ring busted in West Bengal

Child trafficking ring busted in West Bengal

November 29, 2016

Among a growing number of instances, a child trafficking racket was busted by local authorities in the state of West Bengal in India.

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Indian state sees rise in sweets consumption after prohibition, says its CM

Indian state sees rise in sweets consumption after prohibition, says its CM

November 14, 2016

After a liquor ban in Bihar, India, the Chief Minister of the state has claimed that sale of a sweet known as rasgulla has shot up.

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India ranks 66 in Rule of Law index

India ranks 66 in Rule of Law index

October 20, 2016

India has been placed at 66 out of 113 countries in the world for upholding the rule of law according to a freshly released report by World Justice Project.

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Is New Delhi India’s stalking capital?

Is New Delhi India’s stalking capital?

October 10, 2016

New Delhi has been witnessing a lot of chaos in regard of stalking and rapes in the recent years. The number of stalking cases in the Indian capital have increased from 542 in 2014 to 1,128 in 2015 and the numbers have already reached to 670 this year until September, according t...

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Zee Mundo introduced in the US Spanish market

Zee Mundo introduced in the US Spanish market

September 20, 2016

Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE), one of India's leading television media and entertainment companies, launched a Spanish-language Bollywood movie channel, 'Zee Mundo’ targeting Hispanics audiences in the US.

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Indian girl raped again by same men after three years

Indian girl raped again by same men after three years

July 20, 2016

The protestors in the streets of Rohtak, Haryana (North India) are filled with rage after a girl was raped again by the same five men who raped her in 2013 and are out on bail since then.

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Stolen traffic lights batteries lead to increased accidents and jams in New Delhi

Stolen traffic lights batteries lead to increased accidents and jams in New Delhi

July 18, 2016

The increased traffic jams and road accidents in the Indian capital New Delhi can also be blamed on the traffic signals batteries theft, according to the local police.

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Italian marines – Indian fishermen 2012 death case

Italian marines – Indian fishermen 2012 death case

May 27, 2016

India’s Supreme Court cleared the decks for the Italian marine Sergeant Major Salvatore Girone – who along with Chief Master Sergeant Massimiliano Latorre, is accused of killing two Indian fishermen off Kerala’s coast in South India in February 2012 – to l...

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