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कर्नाटक परिणाम : बीजेपी के अहंकार-मूर्खता को देखते हुए कांग्रेस को बहुत उत्साहित नहीं होना चाहिए

नई दिल्ली में सत्तारूढ़ शासन के प्रतिनिधियों ने पिछले कुछ महीनों में अहंकार से अंधे होकर एक के बाद एक कई बड़ी गलतियां की हैं। यहां पर इन गलतियों की एक छोटी सूची है जैसे कि बीबीसी डॉक्यूमेंट्री पर प्रतिबंध लगाना और फिर उस संस्थान में इनकम टैक्स अधिकारियों को भेजना; गौतम अडानी के कॉर्पोरेट समूह के कामकाज के बारे में उठाए गए आरोपों पर चुप्पी बनाए रखना; लोकसभा के रिकॉर्ड में राहुल गांधी के भाषण को सेंसर करना; दिल्ली के उपमुख्यमंत्री को जेल में डालना; आम चुनाव से पहले फरवरी 2019 में हुए पुलवामा

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Critical gaze: Review of ‘India is Broken’ by Ashoka Mody

Title: India Is Broken—And why it’s hard to fix: A People Betrayed, 1947 to Today Author: Ashoka Mody Publisher: Juggernaut Pages: 512 Price: ₹899 For an academic and international civil servant to write a magnum opus that takes a broad sweep of India’s contemporary history and political economy, in a language that is understandable to the lay reader, is not an easy endeavour. When Professor Ashoka Mody was asked by an interviewer why he published his book at this juncture, nearly nine years...

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Impact of Karnataka Election Results on National Politics: Congress should shun euphoria

The outcome of the elections to the Karnataka legislative assembly has predictably led to euphoria in the Congress and other political parties opposed to the Bharatiya Janata Party. Some have gone to the extent of arguing that Saturday’s results signify the beginning of the end of the authoritarian rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It would be premature to jump to such a conclusion. The next Lok Sabha elections are ten months away. Much could happen in this period. Still, Karnataka is...

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2022 Redux: Adani Group will make most of Haryana’s long, hot summer

During a heat wave in the Indian state of Haryana in 2022, the Adani Group supplied less power than it was contracted to and also diverted power away from Haryana to the state of Gujarat. This summer, Adani Power can officially supply less power to Haryana and get paid more for each unit, despite a Supreme Court judgment which said there is no justification for hiking tariffs. Here, we report on how Haryana’s chief minister has overridden a long-term, binding power contract with Adani, even...

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Digging Diamonds From Banks: The Untold Story of Fugitive Diamantaire Jatin Mehta - 2

Gurugram/London/Bengaluru: In 2018, the Congress party had alleged that the Narendra Modi government had turned a blind eye to Jatin Mehta’s alleged misdemeanours, allowing him to leave India and delaying the filing of cases against him. It had asked whether the “protection” for him had anything to do with his “close relationship with an industrial house closest to Narendra Modi through marriage of his son”. This industrial house is, of course, the Adani Group. In Part 1 of this two-part series...

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Digging Diamonds From Banks: The Untold Story of Fugitive Diamantaire Jatin Mehta – I

Long before allegations of fraud levelled by banks against Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi made headlines in the media in India and the world, another diamantaire from Gujarat, Jatin Mehta, and his group of companies had caused a major loss to Indian and international banks and became the one of the largest wilful defaulters of loans, together with Kingfisher Airlines headed by Vijay Mallya – all four of them are currently outside India. Unlike the cases of Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya...

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Inclusive vision

Book: Guru to the World: The Life and Legacy of Vivekananda Author: Ruth Harris Publisher: Belknap Price: ₹799 This nuanced and detailed account of the life and times of Narendranath Datta (1863-1902), better known as Swami Vivekananda, by a professor of European history at the University of Oxford has come at a time when the century-long target of achieving a Hindu rashtra by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is arguably at its closest. Ruth Harris’ book on the saffron-robed ascetic, who inspired...

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EXCLUSIVE: Adani Group’s China connection allegedly implicated in the coal-procurement scam

criminal investigation against Adani Enterprises Limited and others registered in India’s capital New Delhi by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been pending for three years. The filing of a first information report (FIR) by the CBI in the designated CBI court in New Delhi relates to allegations about rigging of tenders for procurement of coal for power stations owned by the Andhra Pradesh Power Generation Corporation that involve a 'proxy' company named Vyom Tradelinks, which has a...

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বড় বিস্ময় জাগে: আদানি গোষ্ঠীর সাফল্যের গতি, নিয়ন্ত্রণের পরিমাণ তুলনাবিহীন

ভারতের ইতিহাসে বড় শিল্পপতি এবং তাঁদের আকাশছোঁয়া সাফল্যের নিদর্শন কম নয়। বিভিন্ন সময়ে এঁদের অনেকেরই ব্যবসা-সাম্রাজ্য প্রসারিত হয়েছে তীব্র গতিতে। হাতের কাছেই উদাহরণ— টাটা গোষ্ঠী, বিড়লা গোষ্ঠী (বিশেষত বিভাজনের আগে), অম্বানী গোষ্ঠী ইত্যাদি। কিন্তু সম্ভবত এঁদের সেই গতিকেও ছাড়িয়ে গিয়েছে গৌতম আদানির নেতৃত্বে আদানি ঘরানা। যে ভাবে আদানি গোষ্ঠীর ব্যবসা ভারতের অর্থ-ব্যবস্থার আলাদা আলাদা ক্ষেত্রে ডানা মেলেছে, তার মধ্যে অনেক ক্ষেত্রে তাদের একটা ‘দখল’ বা নিয়ন্ত্রণ তৈরি হয়েছে, তা সত্যি বলতে অনেককে আশ্চর্য...

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Exclusive: Was Adani’s associate in China involved in violating UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea?

There is evidence indicating that an entity linked to the Adani Group financially supported a company that violated sanctions imposed by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on trade with North Korea. The sanctioned company was owned by sons of Chang Chung-Ling, an Adani Group associate who appeared in the Hindenburg report due to his directorship of Adani entities under scrutiny in that report. At the heart of this issue is a tanker that transferred oil products to a North Korean ship in...

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