By Shantanu Guharay Ajai Chowdhry, father of India’s electronic hardware and mobile telephony, has a habit of surprising his guests. At a conference in the Indian Capital, he remarked India's electronics import bill had long ago surpassed the nation’s oil import bill. Those in the audience were stunned. They did…
A journalist investigating the mass poisoning of thousands of schoolgirls in Iran has been seized by state security forces. Photo shows Ali Portbatabaei, undated. He was reportedly arrested on Sunday, March 5, 2023, for reporting on the poison attacks targeting schools in the central city of Qom, Iran. (Newsflash) The…
A prominent Syrian journalist has died along with 12 members of his family after the devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria last week. Photo shows the Syrian journalist Yaman Khatib, undated. Khatib passed away under the rubble of his home in Hatay, Turkey, alongside around 12 family members,…
A nine-year-old boy who draws his dream castles in the tiniest detail around the basic shape of everyday items like aubergines or an ear of corn has become an online sensation. https://vimeo.com/795611746 The boy, who has not been named, has attracted the attention of the netizens with these videos recorded…
Last month saw the return to London of the OffshoreAlert conference on intelligence, investigations, and recovery in high-value international finance after the enforced break of over two years due to the Covid pandemic. The conference brings together lawyers, fraud investigators, bankers, regulators, law enforcement, journalists and victims from all over…
