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It also has been involved in numerous controversies because of its coverage of specific news stories and programming. In October 2014, the BBC Trust issued the "BBC complaints framework",<ref name=BBCComplaintsFW>{{cite web|title=BBC complaints framework|url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/protocols/2014/complaints_fr_work_ed_complaints.pdf|website=downloads.bbc.co.uk|publisher=BBC Trust|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105113145/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/bbctrust/assets/files/pdf/regulatory_framework/protocols/2014/complaints_fr_work_ed_complaints.pdf|archive-date=5 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> outlining complaints and appeals procedures. However, the regulatory oversight of the BBC may be transferred to [[Ofcom]]. The British "[[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport" recommended in its report "The Future of the BBC",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmcumeds/315/31510.htm#a48|title=House of Commons – Future of the BBC – Culture, Media and Sport|website=Publications.parliament.uk|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223248/https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201415/cmselect/cmcumeds/315/31510.htm#a48|archive-date=22 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> that OFCOM should become the final arbiter of complaints made about the BBC.<ref name=TrustToOfcom>{{cite web|last1=Deech|first1=Baroness|title=Out of the frying pan into the fire: the BBC to OFCOM|url=http://lordsoftheblog.net/2015/07/03/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire-the-bbc-to-ofcom/|website=lordsoftheblog.net|date=3 July 2015 |publisher=Lords of the Blog|access-date=6 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706223825/http://lordsoftheblog.net/2015/07/03/out-of-the-frying-pan-into-the-fire-the-bbc-to-ofcom/|archive-date=6 July 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The BBC has long faced accusations of [[liberalism|liberal]] and [[left-wing politics|left-wing]] bias.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/10/bbc-review-liberal-bias|title=BBC reporting scrutinised after accusations of liberal bias|newspaper=The Guardian|first=Josh|last=Halliday|date=10 October 2012|quote=The corporation has long faced accusations of liberal and leftwing bias from politicians and other sections of the media.|access-date=6 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807023223/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/10/bbc-review-liberal-bias|archive-date=7 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Accusations of a bias against the [[Premiership of Margaret Thatcher]] and the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] were often made against the BBC by members of that government, with [[Margaret Thatcher]] herself considering the broadcaster's news coverage to be biased and irresponsible.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/11313380/Margaret-Thatcher-conducted-covert-war-against-BBC.html | title= Margaret Thatcher conducted covert war against BBC | work= Telegraph Online | date= 30 December 2014 | access-date= 9 April 2018 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180411082401/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/margaret-thatcher/11313380/Margaret-Thatcher-conducted-covert-war-against-BBC.html | archive-date= 11 April 2018 | url-status= live }}</ref> In 2011, [[Peter Sissons]], a main news presenter at the BBC from 1989 to 2009, said that "at the core of the BBC, in its very DNA, is a way of thinking that is firmly of the Left".<ref>{{cite book|last=Sissons|first=Peter|title=When One Door Closes|publisher=Bite Back|year=2011}}</ref> Another BBC presenter, [[Andrew Marr]], commented that "the BBC is not impartial or neutral. It has a liberal bias, not so much a party-political bias. It is better expressed as a cultural liberal bias." Former BBC director [[Roger Mosey]] classified it as "liberal defensive."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3633619/The-BBCs-commitment-to-bias-is-no-laughing-matter.html | location=London | newspaper=The Daily Telegraph | first=Tom | last=Leonard | title=The BBC's commitment to bias is no laughing matter | date=27 October 2006 | access-date=5 April 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411115901/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/personal-view/3633619/The-BBCs-commitment-to-bias-is-no-laughing-matter.html | archive-date=11 April 2018 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6764779.stm | work=BBC News | first=Torin | last=Douglas | title=Does the BBC have a bias problem? | date=18 June 2007 | access-date=19 June 2015 | archive-date=19 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220319060745/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6764779.stm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11690479/BBC-accused-of-liberal-bias-by-former-director.html|title=BBC accused of liberal bias by former director|newspaper=Telegraph|first=Victoria|last=Ward|date=22 June 2015|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411214631/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/bbc/11690479/BBC-accused-of-liberal-bias-by-former-director.html|archive-date=11 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2022, the BBC chairman, [[Richard Sharp (BBC chairman)|Richard Sharp]], acknowledged that "the BBC does have a liberal bias", and added that "the institution is fighting against it".<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/03/bbc-chairman-criticises-emily-maitlis-newsnight-comments-on-dominic-cummings |title=BBC chairman criticises Emily Maitlis' Newsnight comments on Dominic Cummings |first=Nadeem |last=Badshah |date=3 December 2022 |work=The Guardian |location=London |access-date=4 December 2022 |archive-date=3 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221203233724/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2022/dec/03/bbc-chairman-criticises-emily-maitlis-newsnight-comments-on-dominic-cummings |url-status=live }}</ref> Conversely, writing for ''[[The Guardian]]'', the left-wing columnist [[Owen Jones (writer)|Owen Jones]] stated "the truth is the BBC is stacked full of rightwingers,"<ref>{{Cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/bbc-leftwing-bias-non-existent-myth |title=It's the BBC's rightwing bias that is the threat to democracy and journalism |first=Owen |last=Jones |date=17 March 2014 |work=The Guardian |location= London |access-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161221070448/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/17/bbc-leftwing-bias-non-existent-myth |archive-date=21 December 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> and cited as an example of bias its employment of "ultra-[[Thatcherism|Thatcherite]]" [[Andrew Neil]] as a politics presenter.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/11/bbc-andrew-neil-media-politics |title=If the BBC is politically neutral, how does it explain Andrew Neil? |newspaper=The Guardian |location= London |first=Owen |last=Jones |date=11 April 2018 |access-date=7 December 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123856/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/apr/11/bbc-andrew-neil-media-politics |archive-date=9 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> A 2018 opinion poll by BMG Research found that 40% of the British public think that the BBC is politically partisan, with a nearly even split between those that believe it leans to the left or right.<ref name=economist-20190109>{{cite news |url= https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/01/09/question-time-the-bbcs-flagship-political-show-gets-a-female-host |title=Question Time, the BBC's flagship political show, gets a female host |newspaper=The Economist |location= London |date=9 January 2019 |access-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190116004014/https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2019/01/09/question-time-the-bbcs-flagship-political-show-gets-a-female-host |archive-date=16 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Paul Mason (journalist)|Paul Mason]], a former Economics Editor of the BBC's ''[[Newsnight]]'' programme, criticised the BBC as "unionist" in relation to its coverage of the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|Scottish independence referendum]] campaign and said its senior employees tended to be of a "[[Neoliberalism|neo-liberal]]" point of view.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/news/1327809-channel-4s-paul-mason-says-bbc-sees-itself-as-a-unionist-institution/ |title=Channel 4's Paul Mason says BBC 'sees itself as a unionist institution' |website=STV News |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150925011707/http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/news/1327809-channel-4s-paul-mason-says-bbc-sees-itself-as-a-unionist-institution/ |archive-date=25 September 2015}}</ref> The BBC has also been characterised as a pro-[[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|monarchist]] institution.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9104784/BBC-accused-of-peddling-propaganda-for-the-monarchy.html |title=BBC accused of peddling "propaganda" for the monarchy |first=Gordon |last=Rayner |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180411131452/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/the_queens_diamond_jubilee/9104784/BBC-accused-of-peddling-propaganda-for-the-monarchy.html |date=24 February 2012 |archive-date=11 April 2018 |work=The Daily Telegraph |location= London |url-status=dead}}</ref> The BBC was accused of [[propaganda]] by conservative journalist and author [[Toby Young]] due to what he believed to be an anti-[[Brexit]] approach, which included a day of live programming on migration.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/16/the-bbcs-focus-on-immigration-was-a-whole-day-of-anti-brexit-pro/ |title=The BBC's focus on immigration was a whole day of anti-Brexit propaganda |last=Young |first=Toby |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411214625/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/05/16/the-bbcs-focus-on-immigration-was-a-whole-day-of-anti-brexit-pro/ |archive-date=11 April 2018 |url-status=live |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=16 May 2016 |access-date=24 September 2017}}</ref> [[Conspiracy theorists]] in Iran, led by Supreme Leader [[Ali Khamenei]], have regarded the BBC as an instrument of British political machinations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Torfeh |first=Massoumeh |date=30 October 2017 |title=What is behind Iran's war on the BBC? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/10/30/what-is-behind-irans-war-on-the-bbc |website=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |language=en |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=12 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012141338/https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2017/10/30/what-is-behind-irans-war-on-the-bbc/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Minister of Culture [[Hossein Saffar Harandi]] declared [[BBC Persian TV]] illegal in 2009, citing "the BBC's history of creating chaos in Iran, and its efforts to set the various strata of Iranian society against each other".<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 January 2009 |title=Iran declares BBC Persian TV illegal |url=https://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/iran.bbc.persian/ |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331213116/http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/01/21/iran.bbc.persian/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, Intelligence Minister [[Heydar Moslehi]] said the BBC's real identity was "[[Baha'i]] and Zionist" and he accused it of helping direct the [[2009 Iranian presidential election protests]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 September 2011 |title=Iranian official blasts the BBC after filmmakers' arrests |url=https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/25/world/asia/iran-bbc-arrests/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |language=en |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731114639/https://www.cnn.com/2011/09/25/world/asia/iran-bbc-arrests/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[BBC Persian]] journalists have faced online attacks allegedly linked to Iran's government,<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 October 2017 |title=BBC complains to U.N. over alleged harassment by Iran of its Persian staff |language=en |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-iran-bbc-idUSKBN1CU217 |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731114626/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-iran-bbc-idUSKBN1CU217 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2015 |title=The Iranian Hacking Campaign to Break into Activists' Gmail Accounts |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvyyx/inside-the-iranian-hackers-campaign-to-break-into-activists-gmail-accounts |website=[[Vice.com]] |language=en |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731114626/https://www.vice.com/en/article/qkvyyx/inside-the-iranian-hackers-campaign-to-break-into-activists-gmail-accounts |url-status=live }}</ref> which has led the BBC to file 4 complaints to the UN addressing the issue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 March 2022 |title=BBC files 'urgent appeal' to UN over 'Iranian abuse of female journalists' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-persian-bbc-news-facebook-bbc-world-service-b2042179.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220709052054/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/bbc-persian-bbc-news-facebook-bbc-world-service-b2042179.html |archive-date=9 July 2022 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref> A 2021 poll from the [[Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland]] had fewer respondents in Iran rating news from the BBC as accurate, compared to news from domestic TV and social media.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Gallagher |first1=Nancy |last2=Ramsay |first2=Clay |last3=Mohseni |first3=Ebrahim |date=18 October 2021 |title=Iranian Public Opinion At the Start of the Raisi Administration |url=https://cissm.umd.edu/research-impact/publications/iranian-public-opinion-start-raisi-administration |website=[[Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland]] |language=en |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=4 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704231923/https://cissm.umd.edu/research-impact/publications/iranian-public-opinion-start-raisi-administration |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Connor |first=Tom |date=22 October 2021 |title=Iranians losing faith in Biden and the West, have hope for Raisi and the East: Poll |url=https://www.newsweek.com/iranians-losing-faith-biden-west-have-hope-raisi-east-poll-1641841 |website=[[Newsweek]] |page=39 of the posted questionnaire |language=en |access-date=31 July 2022 |archive-date=31 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220731114626/https://www.newsweek.com/iranians-losing-faith-biden-west-have-hope-raisi-east-poll-1641841 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2008, the BBC was criticised by some for referring to the men who carried out the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks]] as "gunmen" rather than "terrorists".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/14mumterror-mj-akbar-slams-bbc-for-biased-coverage-of-mumbai-terror-attack.htm |title=The BBC cannot see the difference between a criminal and a terrorist |work=Rediff.com |first=Sheela |last=Bhat |access-date=24 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908211553/http://www.rediff.com/news/2008/dec/14mumterror-mj-akbar-slams-bbc-for-biased-coverage-of-mumbai-terror-attack.htm |archive-date=8 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/british-biased-corporation-terrorists-in-london-gunmen-in-mumbai/393560/ |title=British Biased Corporation? Terrorists in London, gunmen in Mumbai |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |first=Mihir S. |last=Sharma |date=3 December 2008 |access-date=24 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205092422/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/british-biased-corporation-terrorists-in-london-gunmen-in-mumbai/393560/ |archive-date=5 December 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> In protest against the use of the word "gunmen" by the BBC, journalist [[M. J. Akbar|Mobashar Jawed "M.J." Akbar]] refused to take part in an interview following the [[November 2008 Mumbai attacks|Mumbai terror attacks]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Biased Broadcasting Corp also known as BBC |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/144904/Biased-Broadcasting-Corp-also-known-as-BBC.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090609210854/http://www.dailypioneer.com/144904/Biased-Broadcasting-Corp-also-known-as-BBC.html |archive-date=9 June 2009 |access-date=16 September 2010 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]]}}</ref> and criticised the BBC's reportage of the incident.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=102417 |title=Biting the BBC bullet |first= M.J. |last= Akbar |date=22 December 2008 |work= The Daily Star |location=Dhaka |access-date= 28 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121212111342/http://www.international.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=102417 |archive-date=12 December 2012|df= dmy-all}}</ref> British parliamentarian [[Stephen Pound]] supported these claims, referring to the BBC's whitewashing of the terror attacks as "the worst sort of mealy mouthed posturing. It is desperation to avoid causing offence which ultimately causes more offence to everyone."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bbc-flayed-for-not-terming-mumbai-gunmen-as/393175/ |title=BBC flayed for not terming Mumbai gunmen as terrorists |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=2 December 2008 |access-date=24 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222043653/http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bbc-flayed-for-not-terming-mumbai-gunmen-as/393175/ |archive-date=22 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> A BBC World Service newsreader who presented a daily show produced for [[Kyrgyzstan]] was claimed to have participated in an opposition movement with the goal of overthrowing the government led by president [[Kurmanbek Bakiyev]].<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC newsreader quits 'after claims he helped foment revolution in Kyrgyzstan'|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bbc-newsreader-quits-after-claims-he-helped-foment-revolution-in-kyrgyzstan/|website=Press Gazette|date=8 April 2011 |access-date=17 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054902/http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/bbc-newsreader-quits-after-claims-he-helped-foment-revolution-in-kyrgyzstan/|archive-date=18 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The BBC presenter resigned from his post in 2010 once the allegations of his participation in the [[Kyrgyz Revolution of 2010|revolution]] became public.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Orange|first1=Richard|title=BBC newsreader steps down over Kyrgyzstan revolution claims|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8436435/BBC-newsreader-steps-down-over-Kyrgyzstan-revolution-claims.html|access-date=17 March 2018|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=8 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318204809/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8436435/BBC-newsreader-steps-down-over-Kyrgyzstan-revolution-claims.html|archive-date=18 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2021, following Ofcom's decision to cancel the licence of [[China Global Television Network]] (CGTN) and the BBC's coverage of the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs in China, the Chinese authorities banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country. According to a statement from China's National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), BBC World News reports on China "infringed the principles of truthfulness and impartiality in journalism" and also "harmed China's national interests".<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Philip |last2=Hallam |first2=Jonny |date=11 February 2021 |title=BBC News banned in China, one week after CGTN's license withdrawn in the UK |website=[[CNN International]] |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/11/media/bbc-news-banned-china/index.html |access-date=16 February 2021 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215224401/https://edition.cnn.com/2021/02/11/media/bbc-news-banned-china/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[RTHK|Radio Television Hong Kong]] (RTHK) suspended BBC World News the day after the ban took effect on the mainland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=12 February 2021 |title=RTHK pulls plug on BBC after mainland ban |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1575376-20210212.htm |website=RTHK |access-date=16 February 2021 |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215125324/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1575376-20210212.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, the BBC's offices in New Delhi were searched by officials from the Income Tax Department. The move came after the BBC released a documentary on Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. The documentary investigated Modi's role in the [[2002 Gujarat riots]], which resulted in more than 1,000 casualties. The Indian Government banned viewing of the documentary in India and restricted clips of the documentary on social media.<ref>{{Cite web |date=14 February 2023 |title=Indian officials search BBC offices after Modi documentary |url=https://apnews.com/article/bbc-modi-new-delhi-india-entertainment-4c0c5029ded8a56783e051dcdf162c38 |access-date=14 February 2023 |website=AP NEWS |language=en |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214081554/https://apnews.com/article/bbc-modi-new-delhi-india-entertainment-4c0c5029ded8a56783e051dcdf162c38 |url-status=live }}</ref> While the BBC accused the Modi government of press intimidation by referring to reports of various organisations such as Amnesty International and Reporters Without Border, in June 2023, the BBC acknowledged that they had underpaid tax liabilities in India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 February 2023 |title=BBC India offices searched by income tax officials |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64634711 |access-date=7 June 2023 |archive-date=14 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230214095440/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-64634711 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Livemint |date=6 June 2023 |title=BBC acknowledges it paid lower taxes in India |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bbc-acknowledges-it-paid-lower-taxes-in-india-11686024335513.html |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=mint |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607014155/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bbc-acknowledges-it-paid-lower-taxes-in-india-11686024335513.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2023 |title=BBC 'intends to pay' tax to I-T dept after alleged irregularities |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/bbc-intends-to-pay-tax-to-i-t-dept-after-alleged-irregularities-8649369/ |access-date=7 June 2023 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=7 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607071307/https://indianexpress.com/article/business/companies/bbc-intends-to-pay-tax-to-i-t-dept-after-alleged-irregularities-8649369/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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