Five must-read stories—February 15  

Bribe us! Late Arunachal CM’s suicide note damns top law officers

Late Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Kalikho Pul’s 60-page suicide note that was written on August 7, 2016, has forced two central probe agencies to turn their lens on four highly placed members of the top-most levels of India’s legal fraternity, who allegedly demanded bribes in crores from him, reports The Quint.

India tops list of countries in ozone pollution deaths

India's deepening pollution problem has a death toll second only to China's, and together the two nations account for over half the world's deaths from pollution. According to the State of Global Air 2017 report, as many as 2.54 lakh deaths occurred in 2015 on account of exposure to ozone and its impact on chronic lung disease, reports The Times of India.

‘Zero’: Centre’s appraisal rating for Magsaysay award-winning civil servant

In the year that whistleblower Indian Forest Service officer Sanjiv Chaturvedi was conferred the Ramon Magsaysay Award for battling corruption, the Centre gave him an effective “zero” in his annual appraisal report. An Indian Express report.

Flynn's departure is a serious setback for India

Michael Flynn resigning as US national security adviser on Monday night is a serious setback for India. The Narendra Modi government had concluded that it had gained a strategic foothold within the Trump administration after its national security adviser, Ajit Doval, had the most exhaustive meeting yet, says The Telegraph.

BBC faces government blacklist for film on killing of Kaziranga ‘poachers’

Calling its reporting “grossly erroneous", the Environment Ministry has severely criticised the BBC and recommended the blacklisting of its South Asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt for a documentary that highlights the government’s “ruthless anti-poaching strategy” for the Kaziranga tiger reserve, reports The Indian Express.