The Bill to amend India's Prevention of Corruption Act has flaws that may make prosecuting many types of corruption a lot more challenging that it already is.
A just order – The Hindu: Discusses the Supreme Court order on evergreening the patent for Gilvec and makes the argument for opening up corporate accounts when it comes to protecting patents.
After winning right to spend, political groups fight for secrecy – latimes.com: This article by the LA Times argues that large private donors in the US are making an argument to keep details about their political funding a secret, arguing that privacy (read secrecy) is democratic.
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They Rule: A social network graph that aims to visualize the relationships between corporate leaders and politicians i.e. the ruling class. It takes as its focus the boards of some of the most powerful U.S. companies, which share many of the same directors.
UIDAI’s not-so-‘clean’ partners and their tainted executives: Argues that one of the contractors has a long-line of ex-CIA officials, including George Tenet. Questions if surveillance information should be available to private companies, and to foreign ones at that.