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‘Encounter specialist’ as Bengal poll guardian: When an observer becomes a ‘viral hero’

In a News18 India segment posted on X today, the thumbnail read: “Singham Ki Entry: Kiski Hogi Victory” (Singham's entry: Whose victory will it be?). On one side sat a cutout of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee; on the other, a stylised, cinematic-style photo of IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma racking…

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Philips and AOC's upcoming 5th-gen OLED gaming monitors were a feast for my eyes and a dire threat to my wallet

My bank won't return my calls.

PC Gamer

Tax day: US taxpayers spend hundreds more on military as Trump pushes for vast increase

As Americans race to file their federal taxes before Wednesday’s deadline, new analysis breaks down where the money goes

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Cadre vs deputation: The quiet legislative move to keep CAPF leadership an IPS-only club

A quiet administrative proposal has, almost unexpectedly, reopened one of the more delicate questions in India’s security architecture. At the centre of it is the long-standing arrangement under which officers of the Indian Police Service (IPS) occupy senior leadership positions within the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF), and whether that…

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‘Raid madam’ to BJP councillor: The story of Kerala’s first woman IPS officer

Years ago, while she was still in the police force, R Sreelekha walked into a sari sale in Thiruvananthapuram. Spotting the other women there, she said with a laugh: “Well, I wonder where to start [shopping] from.” The remark immediately put everyone at ease.

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‘Have they given enough? No’: Melinda French Gates rips into billionaire class, saying Giving Pledge has fallen short

The billionaire philanthropist says there’s more work to be done to get the wealthy to donate.

Fortune

98 Palestinians died in Israeli detention since 2023 in a ‘systematic policy of killing’

A human rights charity says unprecedented number have died in custody since the war began, and describes torture and medical neglect

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Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight

Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse deprived of natural light since January, and teenager held for nine months

The Guardian - UK

The return of VC Sajjanar: How India glorifies encounter killings

VC Sajjanar, the IPS officer who led the 2019 “Disha encounter,” is now Hyderabad’s new Police Commissioner. In this episode of Let Me Explain, Pooja Prasanna looks at what his rise says about India’s dangerous glorification of encounter killings, and how cinema, media, and public adulation have helped turn cops…

Newslaundry

Two years in an Israeli jail without charge. He came home to find his family dead and home destroyed

ON THE GROUND: Palestinians coming back to Gaza after being held without charge in Israeli prisons tell Nedal Hamdouna and Bel Trew how their families have been decimated and claim abuse at the hands of IDF soldiers

The Independent UK

IPS officer’s ‘suicide’: Pressure mounts on Haryana govt after ‘weak’ FIR, no autopsy

The controversy over Haryana IPS officer Y Puran Kumar’s death refuses to die down.

Newslaundry

'We Are Witnessing The Rise Of Two Americas,' Says Bernie Sanders. 'One For The Billionaire Class And One For Everyone Else'

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is calling attention to the growing economic inequality in the U.S., arguing that the system is not just broken but collapsing for most working people.

Benzinga

Over 250 Billionaires Took Warren Buffett And Bill Gates' Pledge to Give Away Half Their Wealth — 15 Years Later, Only One Living Couple Has

When Bill Gates, Melinda French Gates, and Warren Buffett unveiled the Giving Pledge in 2010, it sounded almost radical: convince the world's richest to part with at least half their fortunes for the greater good.

Benzinga

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett's Giving Pledge after 15 years: Only 9 of the 256 billionaires actually followed through on giving away half their wealth

The Giving Pledge invites the world’s wealthiest to publicly commit to giving away at least 50% of their wealth. The Institute for Policy Studies has the receipts.

Fortune

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Scapegoat vs systemic change: Why governments can’t just blame a top cop after a crisis

Recently, the Bengaluru bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal quashed the suspension of an IPS officer following the RCB stampede. Police officers are only human, the tribunal said, and not “bhagwan”.

Newslaundry

1876 to 2025: Why civil services age reforms always hit a wall

In an opinion piece published in The Times of India, D Subbarao, former IAS officer and former RBI governor, on Wednesday called for lowering the upper age limit for the civil services examination to 27 years and reducing the number of attempts to three. Last month, following the declaration of…

The Guardian - UK

‘They don’t want them to know anything’: Gaza civilians held in Israel not told families had been killed

A nurse, a civil servant and a teacher, among thousands of Palestinians detained without charges, were not informed their relatives had died in Israeli attacks

The Independent UK

Inside Israel’s ‘torture’ jails where Palestinians held without charge tell of brutal treatment

SPECIAL INVESTIGATION: A special investigation by chief international correspondent Bel Trew and Rateb al-Qaissy reveals allegations of brutal treatment of Palestinians in Israeli facilities including rape, torture, medical neglect and death. Israel rejects all accusations of wrongdoing

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Explained: How a ‘concerned mother’ used public resources to surveil her daughter

This week, Newslaundry and The News Minute published a joint investigation uncovering how in 2003 decorated IPS officer Kiran Bedi used Delhi police to run a four month-long surveillance operation on her daughter Saina Bedi and her then partner Gopal Suri.

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Nearly 25% of India cops back mob violence, 18% think Muslims naturally prone to crime: Report

One in four police personnel in India support the idea of mobs acting as judge, jury and executioner in matters they consider grave. And 22 percent of police personnel believe that killing ‘dangerous criminals’ is better than giving them a legal trial.

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Bureaucracy: Three dozen IPS officers transferred in Uttar Pradesh

In a significant development, UP Govt has announced the transfers of many IPS officers. Read further on Dynamite News: