No UAPA for Interpol.

"India ranked 107 out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2022 with its child wasting rate at 19.3% percent, being the highest in the world. ET. "With a score of 29.1, the level of hunger in India has been labeled serious." The "Ministry of Women and Child development 'rejected' the ranking, claiming there were serious methodological flaws in how the research was conducted." DH. "We continue to rank low on the human development index (132 out of 191 countries), and are the bottom of the ladder of the global gender gap report (135 out of 146 countries) in addition to our abysmal ranking on the GHI. A World Bank report concluded that 80% of those who fell below the $2.15/day poverty line were Indians." The government's Press Information Bureau hinted at a conspiracy, as "a consistent effort is yet again visible to taint India's image as a nation," wrote Alok Sheel. "The unfortunate fallout of such politically charged debate on global indices such as the Global Hunger Index, Global Freedom Scores, World Press Freedom Index, Democracy Index, V-Dem Index, etc, is that policymakers end up expending their intellectual energies on worsting the indices rather than using the data as valuable inputs for policy corrections, such as in the case of nutritional deficiencies. Ironically, the same policymakers highlight global indices that show us in good light." They can try to trash global indices but how do they suppress the deaths of innocent children? "The deaths of nearly 70 children in The Gambia, linked to cough syrups made in India, are being investigated amid concerns about effective regulation of the manufacture and trade in medicines." BBC. The WHO confirmed that the syrups contained "unacceptable levels of diethylene glycol and ethylene glycol as contaminants". Indians dare not complain. The Supreme Court may have stayed the infamous Section 124A, which labeled any protest as sedition, but there is no respite for Indians as "There has been a 72% increase in UAPA cases in the last five years." DH. The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Amendment Act (UAPA) has "stringent requirement for the grant of bail, coupled with how criminal trials take years, even decades, to complete, mean that individuals spend long periods in jail without being found guilty of any crime. Indeed, a 2% conviction rate shows how, in an overwhelming number of UAPA cases, it is the process that is the punishment." HT. "Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman defended the actions of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on private capital and civil societies and negated that it is being used as a political weapon." Mint. "ED is completely independent in what it does." she said. The oracle has spoken. So it must be alright. No surprise that "The International Criminal Police Organization,or Interpol, has rejected India's request to issue a Red Corner Notice on terror charges against Khalistan separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun." The Wire.  Meanwhile, "Asia's second-wealthiest man Reliance Industries Ltd Chairman Mukesh Ambani, is setting up a family office in Singapore, according to people familiar with the move." ET. In 2021, he bought Stoke Park for $79 million in Britain. HT. Never know when you might need a bolt-hole. Sadly, there is no shelter for us ordinary Indians.