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Nikhil Gupta's guilty plea, grading top bureaucrats, and online gang influence
Published 3 days, 3 hours ago
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First, we speak to The Indian Express’ Divya A about Nikhil Gupta, the Indian national who has pleaded guilty in a US court in the assassination plot against Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun.
Next, we turn to a first-of-its-kind experiment inside the Indian government. The Indian Express' Harikishan Sharma explains how the Cabinet Secretariat has begun grading Union Secretaries using a 100-mark administrative scorecard and what this could mean for bureaucratic accountability. (11:12)
And in the end, we look at how social media accounts linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang allegedly influenced young men arrested in the firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence. (23:05)
Hosted by Ichha Sharma
Produced by Niharika Nanda and Ichha Sharma
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar
Next, we turn to a first-of-its-kind experiment inside the Indian government. The Indian Express' Harikishan Sharma explains how the Cabinet Secretariat has begun grading Union Secretaries using a 100-mark administrative scorecard and what this could mean for bureaucratic accountability. (11:12)
And in the end, we look at how social media accounts linked to the Lawrence Bishnoi gang allegedly influenced young men arrested in the firing outside filmmaker Rohit Shetty’s residence. (23:05)
Hosted by Ichha Sharma
Produced by Niharika Nanda and Ichha Sharma
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar