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Ayush Joshi & Paranjoy Guha Thakurta In India’s intricate and highly-regulated financial system, virtually every bank, large or small, a scheduled commercial bank or an NBFC (non-banking financial company), has to perforce answer to a single, omnipotent referee: the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the country’s central bank and apex monetary authority. Among other things, the RBI regulates banks’...
পশ্চিমবঙ্গে এবারের বিধানসভা নির্বাচন অভূতপূর্ব কেন?
ই লেখাটা যখন লিখতে বসেছি তার আগে ২৩ এপ্রিল পশ্চিমবঙ্গে প্রথম দফার নির্বাচন হয়ে গেছে। নানা দিক থেকে এই বিধানসভা নির্বাচন অভূতপূর্ব, অনেকগুলি ঘটনা ঘটেছে যা আমাদের দেশে আগে কখনও ঘটেনি। আমার ব্যক্তিগত ধারণা ছিল পশ্চিমবঙ্গে এবারের নির্বাচনে শাসক দল তৃণমূল কংগ্রেস ও বিরোধী ভারতীয় জনতা পার্টির মধ্যে একটি তুল্যমূল্য সংঘর্ষ হবে, হিন্দিতে যাকে বলে একেবারে কাঁটে কি টক্কর! আমি ভেবেছিলাম, এমন একটা নির্বাচনী...
In September 2006, a 1,320-megawatt (MW) thermal power plant was proposed to be set up in Dhenkanal district in east-central Odisha by the Hyderabad-based Lanco Group. The proposal followed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed the same month with the then Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government of Odisha, headed by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. A subsidiary of the Lanco Group, Lanco Babandh Power...
Published : Apr 08, 2026 22:06 IST Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, Ayush Joshi A company set up 28 years ago with public money to facilitate imports of natural gas for India’s industries and households is now caught in uncertainty amidst the war in West Asia. When the government established Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) in 1998, it kept a calculated loophole in the ownership structure. (LNG stands for liquefied...
Sourya Majumder Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Updated: Monday, April 06, 2026, 09:15 PM IST Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal has founded three companies worth over a billion US dollars before turning 40—Ola Cabs (now OLA Consumer), Ola Electric and Krutrim AI. A consumer court in Goa asked the Bengaluru police to arrest him earlier this year. It was a mundane affair. A man bought an Ola S1 Pro scooter, which...
Greetings, I am Paranjoy. Elections will be held soon in West Bengal. It has been almost 15 years since Mamata Banerjee has been the Chief Minister of this state. Are we seeing anti-incumbency sentiments against the West Bengal government? If not, what are the reasons? In this state, political polarisation has taken place, including along religious lines. There are many allegations against the...
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