The resignation of Allahabad High Court judge Yashwant Varma last month, amid parliamentary proceedings to remove him over allegations that burnt wads of unaccounted cash were found at his Delhi residence in 2025, has brought into focus how the judiciary holds itself to account. Aaratrika Bhaumik reports on the opacity surrounding complaints against judges, the routine rejection of information requests, and the shrinking space for criticism
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· click + to track"Socalj" for Borderland Beat The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned more than 20 individuals and companies involved in the global supply chain of chemical precursors and the production of synthetic drugs that have collaborated with the Sinaloa Cartel, specifically Los Chapitos and Los Mayos. The precursor chemicals for producing both fentanyl and methamphetamine were shipped from India through Guatemala, to Sinaloa and Guadalajara in Mexico.
How India's pharmaceutical pipeline is fueling West Africa's opioid crisis Sierra Leone, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria and several more countries in West Africa are in the midst of an overlooked opioid crisis that's crippling the population and devastating families. The drugs that are fueling this crisis aren't made in makeshift labs, but imported by the millions from India's pharmaceutical industry.
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