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Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Index Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games

A number of concerns and controversies surfaced before the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India, which received widespread media coverage both in India (the host nation) and internationally. [1]

160 relations: ABC Radio Grandstand, Agence France-Presse, Akhil Kumar, Alison Williamson, Andrew Lauterstein, Arindam Chaudhuri, Asafa Powell, Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Azim Premji, Azizulhasni Awang, Bangalore, BBC, Begging, Beijing National Stadium, Beth Tweddle, Bishan Singh Bedi, Bollywood, Botswana at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Boycott, Bradley Wiggins, Central Bureau of Investigation, Central Vigilance Commission, Chargesheet, Chetan Bhagat, Chief minister, Child labour, Chris Boardman, Chris Hoy, CNN, Colobinae, Comptroller and Auditor General of India, Concerns and controversies at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Condom, Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, Construction, Corruption in India, Corruption Perceptions Index, CounterPunch, Craig Hunter, Daily Mail, Dani Stevens, Dawn Fraser, Delhi Airport Metro Express, Delhi Development Authority, Dengue fever, Diana, Princess of Wales, Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation, East Coast Radio (South Africa), Emaar Properties, ..., Enforcement Directorate, Essel Group, First Information Report, Geraint Thomas, Glasgow, GlobalPost, Google News, Government of India, Habitat International Coalition, Head of mission, Human Rights Law Network, Indian Mujahideen, Indian National Congress, Indian Penal Code, Indian Premier League, International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge, Jama Masjid, Delhi, Jan Lokpal Bill, Jat people, Jauna Murmu, Jenny Meadows, Jessica Ennis-Hill, John Coates (sports administrator), Josiah Ng, Kaarle McCulloch, Keirin, Kevin Pietersen, King cobra, Kuala Lumpur, Labour law, Laura Turner, Limba Ram, List of Chief Ministers of Delhi, List of scandals in India, M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Mafia, Mafia Raj, Mani Shankar Aiyar, Manmohan Singh, Mark Arbib, Maruti Suzuki, Media of India, Metandienone, Methylhexanamine, Minister for Sport (Australia), Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Munich massacre, NDTV, New Delhi, Oludamola Osayomi, Olympic Games, Other Backward Class, Paan, Pakistan Olympic Association, Paula Radcliffe, Phillips Idowu, Poverty in India, Pressure cooker bomb, Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Prime Minister of India, Rebecca Adlington, Reliance Infrastructure, Rent-seeking, Reservation in India, Right to Information Act, 2005, Roland Schoeman, Ryerson University, Sally Pearson, Shane Perkins, Sheila Dikshit, Simon Burnett, Sini Jose, Spin bowling, SPM Swimming Pool Complex, Steve Moneghetti, Suresh Kalmadi, Syed Arif Hasan, Tasha Danvers, The Age, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, The Express Tribune, The Guardian, The Hindu, The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, The New Zealand Herald, The Straits Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times of India, The Vancouver Sun, Traveler's diarrhea, Trial, Union Council of Ministers, United World Wrestling, University of Delhi, Usain Bolt, Victoria Pendleton, Western world, Whistleblower, Yahoo! News, Z Communications, 2008 Mumbai attacks, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2010 Commonwealth Games, 2010 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, 2010 Winter Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2G spectrum case. Expand index (110 more) »

ABC Radio Grandstand

ABC Radio Grandstand is a live radio sports focused commentary and talk-back program which runs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation local radio network across Australia and on one digital-only station.

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Agence France-Presse

Agence France-Presse (AFP) is an international news agency headquartered in Paris, France.

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Akhil Kumar

Akhil Kumar (born 27 March 1981) is an Indian boxer who has won several international and national boxing awards.

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Alison Williamson

Alison Jane Williamson MBE (born 3 November 1971) is an athlete from Great Britain.

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Andrew Lauterstein

Andrew George Lauterstein (born 22 May 1987) is an Australian swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist.

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Arindam Chaudhuri

Arindam Chaudhuri is an Indian author and the director of IIPM Think Tank at Indian Institute of Planning and Management.

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Asafa Powell

Asafa Powell, CD (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres.

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Australia at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Australia competed at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India.

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Azim Premji

Azim Hashim Premji (born 24 July 1945) is an Indian business tycoon, investor, and philanthropist, who is the chairman of Wipro Limited.

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Azizulhasni Awang

Mohd Azizulhasni bin Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysian professional track cyclist.

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Bangalore

Bangalore, officially known as Bengaluru, is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.

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Begging

Begging (also panhandling or mendicancy) is the practice of imploring others to grant a favor, often a gift of money, with little or no expectation of reciprocation.

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Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium, officially the National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, is a stadium in Beijing.

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Beth Tweddle

Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle MBE (born 1 April 1985) is a retired British artistic gymnast.

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Bishan Singh Bedi

Bishan Singh Bedi (sometimes spelt as Bishen Singh Bedi; born 25 September 1946) is a former Indian cricketer who was primarily a slow left-arm orthodox bowler.

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Bollywood

Hindi cinema, often metonymously referred to as Bollywood, is the Indian Hindi-language film industry, based in the city of Mumbai (formerly Bombay), Maharashtra, India.

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Botswana at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

Botswana competed in the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010.

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Boycott

A boycott is an act of voluntary and intentional abstention from using, buying, or dealing with a person, organization, or country as an expression of protest, usually for moral, social, political, or environmental reasons.

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Bradley Wiggins

Sir Bradley Marc Wiggins, CBE (born 28 April 1980) is a British former professional road and track racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2001 and 2016.

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Central Bureau of Investigation

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India.

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Central Vigilance Commission

Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is an apex Indian governmental body created in 1964 to address governmental corruption.

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Chargesheet

A chargesheet is a preparation document of accusation prepared by law-enforcement agencies in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

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Chetan Bhagat

Chetan Bhagat (born 12 April 1974) is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker, known for his English-language dramedy novels about young urban middle class Indians.

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Chief minister

A chief minister is the elected head of government of a sub-national entity, for instance a administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity.

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Child labour

Child labour refers to the employment of children in any work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.

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Chris Boardman

Christopher Miles Boardman, MBE (born 26 August 1968) is a British former racing cyclist who won an individual pursuit gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, broke the world hour record three times, and won three stages and wore the yellow jersey on three separate occasions at the Tour de France.

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Chris Hoy

Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy, MBE (born 23 March 1976), known as Chris Hoy, is a British racing driver and former track cyclist who represented Great Britain at the Olympics and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.

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CNN

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television news channel and an independent subsidiary of AT&T's WarnerMedia.

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Colobinae

The Colobinae are a subfamily of the Old World monkey family that includes 61 species in 11 genera, including the black-and-white colobus, the large-nosed proboscis monkey, and the gray langurs.

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Comptroller and Auditor General of India

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is an authority, established by Article 148 of the Constitution of India, which audits all receipts and expenditure of the Government of India and the state governments, including those of bodies and authorities substantially financed by the government.

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Concerns and controversies at the 2008 Summer Olympics

A number of concerns and controversies surfaced before, during, and after the 2008 Summer Olympics, and which received major media coverage.

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Concerns and controversies at the 2010 Winter Olympics

A number of concerns and controversies at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, surfaced before and during the Games, and which received media coverage.

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Condom

A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device, used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI).

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Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF) (literally "Construction & Other Railway Services") is a Spanish publicly-listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment. It is based in Beasain in the Basque Country. Equipment manufactured by Grupo CAF includes light rail vehicles, rapid transit trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as variable gauge axles that can be fitted on any existing truck or bogie. Over the 20 years from the early 1990s, CAF benefitted from the rail investment boom in its home market in Spain to become a world player with a broad technical capability, able to manufacture almost any type of rail vehicle. CAF has supplied railway rolling stock to a number of major urban transit operators around Europe, the US, South America, East Asia, India and North Africa.

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Construction

Construction is the process of constructing a building or infrastructure.

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Corruption in India

Corruption is an issue that adversely affects India's economy of central, state and local government agencies.

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Corruption Perceptions Index

Transparency International (TI) has published the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) since 1995, annually ranking countries "by their perceived levels of corruption, as determined by expert assessments and opinion surveys." The CPI generally defines corruption as "the misuse of public power for private benefit".

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CounterPunch

CounterPunch is a magazine published six times per year in the United States that covers politics in a manner its editors describe as "muckraking with a radical attitude".

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Craig Hunter

Craig Hunter is a musician and teacher living in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-marketPeter Wilby, New Statesman, 19 December 2013 (online version: 2 January 2014) tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London.

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Dani Stevens

Dani Stevens (née Samuels, born 26 May 1988) is an Australian discus thrower who in 2009 became the youngest ever female world champion in the event.

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Dawn Fraser

Dawn Fraser, (born 4 September 1937) is an Australian freestyle champion swimmer and former politician.

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Delhi Airport Metro Express

The Airport Express Line (एयरपोर्ट एक्सप्रेस लाइन) or Delhi Airport Metro Express is a Delhi Metro line from New Delhi Metro Station to Dwarka Sector 21, linking the Indira Gandhi International Airport.

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Delhi Development Authority

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) was created in 1955 under the provisions of the Delhi Development Act "to promote and secure the development of Delhi".

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Dengue fever

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus.

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Diana, Princess of Wales

Diana, Princess of Wales (born Diana Frances Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was a member of the British royal family.

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Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation

The Directorate General of Income Tax Investigation is the law enforcement agency under the Ministry of Finance responsible for investigating violations of India's tax laws, including fraud, evasion and money laundering.

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East Coast Radio (South Africa)

East Coast Radio, East Coast Radio, also known as ECR, is a KwaZulu-Natal commercial radio station with an audience of approximately 1.5 million.

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Emaar Properties

Emaar Properties is a real estate development company located in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

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Enforcement Directorate

The Directorate of Enforcement (Hindi: प्रवर्तन निदेशालय) is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India.

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Essel Group

Essel Group is an Indian conglomerate company presently headed by Dr.

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First Information Report

A First Information Report (FIR) is a written document prepared by police organizations in countries like Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan when they receive information about the commission of a cognisable offence, or in Singapore when the police receives information about any criminal offence.

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Geraint Thomas

Geraint Howell Thomas, MBE (born 25 May 1986) is a Welsh professional racing cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam, Wales and Great Britain.

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Glasgow

Glasgow (Glesga; Glaschu) is the largest city in Scotland, and third most populous in the United Kingdom.

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GlobalPost

GlobalPost is an online US digital journalism company that focuses on international news founded on January 12, 2009 by Philip S. Balboni and Charles M. Sennott.

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Google News

Google News is a news aggregator and app developed by Google.

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Government of India

The Government of India (IAST), often abbreviated as GoI, is the union government created by the constitution of India as the legislative, executive and judicial authority of the union of 29 states and seven union territories of a constitutionally democratic republic.

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Habitat International Coalition

Habitat International Coalition (HIC) is an independent, nonprofit alliance with hundreds of organizations and individuals, which has been working in housing and human settlements for more than 30 years.

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Head of mission

In diplomatic usage, head of mission (HOM) or chief of mission (COM) from the French "chef de mission diplomatique" (CMD) is the head of a diplomatic representation, such as an ambassador, high commissioner, nuncio, chargé d'affaires, permanent representative, and to a consul-general or consul.

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Human Rights Law Network

The Human Rights Law Network (HRLN) is a collective of Indian lawyers and social activists who provide legal support to the vulnerable and disadvantaged sections of society.

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Indian Mujahideen

The Indian Mujahideen is a terrorist group led by Abdul Subhan Qureshi.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indian Penal Code

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) is the main criminal code of India.

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Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League (IPL), officially Vivo Indian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is a professional Twenty20 cricket league in India contested during April and May of every year by teams representing Indian cities and some states.

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International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité International Olympique, CIO) is a Swiss private non-governmental organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, which is the authority responsible for the modern Olympic Games.

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Jacques Rogge

Jacques Jean Marie Rogge, Count Rogge (born 2 May 1942) is a Belgian sports administrator and physician who served as the eighth President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) from 2001 to 2013.

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Jama Masjid, Delhi

The Masjid-i Jahān-Numā (Persian/Urdu: مسجدِ جہاں نما, Devnagri: मस्जिद जहान नुमा, the 'World-reflecting Mosque'), commonly known as the Jama Masjid devnagrii: जामा मस्जिद, Urdu: جامع مسجد) of Delhi, is one of the largest mosques in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan between 1644 and 1656 at a cost of 1 million rupees, and was inaugurated by an Imam from Bukhara, present-day Uzbekistan.The mosque was completed in 1656 AD with three great gates, four towers and two 40 metres high minarets constructed with strips of red sandstone and white marble. The courtyard can accommodate more than 25,000 people. There are three domes on the terrace which are surrounded by the two minarets. On the floor, a total of 899 black borders are marked for worshippers. The architectural plan of Badshahi Masjid, built by Shah Jahan's son Aurangzeb at Lahore, Pakistan, is similar to the Jama Masjid.

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Jan Lokpal Bill

The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, is an anti-corruption bill drawn up by civil society activists in India seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body to investigate corruption cases.

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Jat people

The Jat people (also spelled Jatt and Jaat) are a traditionally agricultural community in Northern India and Pakistan.

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Jauna Murmu

Jauna Murmu (born 16 August 1990) is an Indian sprint runner and hurdler from Odisha who specializes in 400 metres and 400 metres hurdles.

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Jenny Meadows

Jennifer Brenda "Jenny" Meadows (born 17 April 1981 in Wigan, Greater Manchester) is a British athlete.

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Jessica Ennis-Hill

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill (born 28 January 1986) is a retired British track and field athlete from England, specialising in multi-eventing disciplines and 100 metres hurdles.

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John Coates (sports administrator)

John Dowling Coates (born 7 May 1950) is an Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman.

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Josiah Ng

Josiah Ng Onn Lam (born 2 February 1980) is a retired Malaysian professional track cyclist.

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Kaarle McCulloch

Kaarle McCulloch (born 20 January 1988) is an Australian professional track cyclist.

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Keirin

– literally "competition ring" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer.

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Kevin Pietersen

Kevin Pietersen (born 27 June 1980) is a former English cricketer.

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King cobra

The king cobra (Ophiophagus hannah), also known as the hamadryad, is a venomous snake species in the family Elapidae, endemic to forests from India through Southeast Asia.

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Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur), or commonly known as KL, is the national capital of Malaysia as well as its largest city in the country.

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Labour law

Labour law (also known as labor law or employment law) mediates the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions and the government.

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Laura Turner

Laura Kate Turner-Alleyne (born 12 August 1982) is a British sprinter, who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Olympics, in the 4 × 100 m relay and the 100 m. She was part of the British 4 × 100 m relay team that finished 4th at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics in Osaka (along with Montell Douglas, Joice Maduaka and Emily Freeman).

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Limba Ram

Limba Ram is an Indian archer who represented India in international competitions, including three Olympics.

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List of Chief Ministers of Delhi

The Chief Minister of Delhi is the chief executive of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in north India.

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List of scandals in India

The following is a list of alleged scams and scandals in India since independence.

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M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

The M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, is a stadium owned by the Government of Karnataka.

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Mafia

A mafia is a type of organized crime syndicate whose primary activities are protection racketeering, the arbitration of disputes between criminals, and the organizing and oversight of illegal agreements and transactions.

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Mafia Raj

Mafia Raj (Hindustani: माफ़िया राज, مافیا راج, mafia regime) refers to a criminalised nexus (or "mafia") of government officials, elected politicians, business interests and other entities (such as law-enforcement authorities, non-governmental organisations, trade unions or criminal organisations).

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Mani Shankar Aiyar

Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 10 April 1941) is a former Indian diplomat turned politician.

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Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh (born 26 September 1932) is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014.

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Mark Arbib

Mark Victor Arbib (born 9 November 1971) is a former Australian politician and trade unionist, who was an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian Senate from 1 July 2008 to 5 March 2012, representing the state of New South Wales.

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Maruti Suzuki

Maruti Suzuki India Limited, formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited, is an automobile manufacturer in India.

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Media of India

Media of India consist of several different types of Indian communications media: television, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines, and Internet-based Web sites.

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Metandienone

Metandienone, also known as methandienone or methandrostenolone and sold under the brand name Dianabol among others, is an androgen and anabolic steroid (AAS) medication which is mostly no longer used.

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Methylhexanamine

Methylhexanamine (trade names Forthane, Geranamine) or methylhexamine, commonly known as 1,3-dimethylamylamine (1,3-DMAA) or simply dimethylamylamine (DMAA), is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as an inhaled nasal decongestant from 1944 until it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in 1983.

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Minister for Sport (Australia)

The Australian Minister for Sport is Senator the Hon. Bridget McKenzie, since 20 December 2017.

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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, a branch of the Government of India, which administers Department of youth affairs and Department of Sports in India.

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Munich massacre

The Munich massacre was an attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, in which the Palestinian terrorist group Black September took eleven Israeli Olympic team members hostage and killed them along with a German police officer.

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NDTV

New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV) is an Indian television media company founded in 1988 by Radhika Roy, a journalist.

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New Delhi

New Delhi is an urban district of Delhi which serves as the capital of India and seat of all three branches of Government of India.

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Oludamola Osayomi

Oludamola Bolanle ("Damola") Osayomi (born 26 June 1986 in Ilesha, Osun State) is a Nigerian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Other Backward Class

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Paan

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Pakistan Olympic Association

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Paula Radcliffe

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Phillips Idowu

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Poverty in India

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Pressure cooker bomb

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Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

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Prime Minister of India

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Rebecca Adlington

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Reliance Infrastructure

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Rent-seeking

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Reservation in India

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Right to Information Act, 2005

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Roland Schoeman

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Ryerson University

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Sally Pearson

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Shane Perkins

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Sheila Dikshit

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Simon Burnett

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Sini Jose

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Spin bowling

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SPM Swimming Pool Complex

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Steve Moneghetti

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Suresh Kalmadi

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Syed Arif Hasan

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Tasha Danvers

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The Age

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The Australian

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The Daily Telegraph

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The Express Tribune

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The Guardian

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The Hindu

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The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

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The New Zealand Herald

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The Straits Times

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The Sydney Morning Herald

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The Times of India

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The Vancouver Sun

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Trial

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Union Council of Ministers

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United World Wrestling

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University of Delhi

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Usain Bolt

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Western world

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2008 Summer Olympics

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2010 Winter Olympics

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2012 Summer Olympics

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2014 Commonwealth Games

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2G spectrum case

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_over_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games

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