Above the Fold: Top stories of the day
1. The Modi government might bring back the consent clause to the Land Acquisition Bill.
2. The CAG thinks the Haryana government showed “undue favours” to Robert Vadra.
3. The government earned Rs 1.1 lakh crore from the sale of 900 Mhz spectrum in important circles.
4. Saudi Arabia has begun an air assault on Yemen in order to to stop the advance of Shiite Houthi rebels.
5. An audio recording from the black box of the Airbus A320 that crashed on Tuesday shows the pilot was locked out of cockpit.
The Big Story: India versus Australia World Cup semifinal
India have had a dream run in the tournament so far, a performance that’s surprised even the team’s most ardent fans. Its played seven matches and is yet to be beaten.
But now’s the big mauka: the Australia match. In spite of India’s form, Australia seem to be marginal favourites with the bookies.
There is already a battle of sorts on, even before the match has started, on stadium seating. With the large population of Indian origin in Australia, it is estimated that 70% of tickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground have been bought by India fans. This has led to Australia captain Michael Clarke and teammate David Warner canvassing for Australian supporters to turn up in larger numbers.
In the unfortunate event that you don’t have access to a television set, never fear the internet is here: there are a number of options to stream the match. Just be careful to pretend to be working when your boss comes around to your desk. Or, of course, you could just call in sick.
The Big Scroll: Scroll.in on the day's biggest story
The massive pressure around the India-Australia semifinal seems to be finding an expected if not-so-pleasant outlet: sl*dging. Australians, with a proud history of this art, have already set expectations with both Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson promising to let of some verbal fireworks but even Rohit Sharma thinks it’s “part of the game” and then, of course, there’s Virat Kohli.
Politicking & Policy-ing
1. The AAP rift seems to be going from bad to worse.
2. Manmohan Singh has moved to the Supreme Court against his summons in the Coal scam.
3. Against the backdrop of the the bitter politics between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is to meet the Prime Minster today to ask for more funds from the Centre.
4. A delegation of Jat leaders will meet the Prime Minster and BJP President Amit Shah today, to discuss the recent Supreme Court order cancelling OBC reservation for Jats.
Giggle
Punditry
1. In The Hindu, Sukanya Natarajan lays out the background for the India-Bangladesh border dispute.
2. Raju Mukjerji recaps Jagmohan Dalmiya’s colourful career as a cricket administrator in The Telegraph, against the backdrop of Jagu da making a comeback as BCCI president.
3. In Mint, Salil Tripathi explains how Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore, the ideal entrepot.
4. MD & CEO of Vodafone India, Marten Pieters argues in The Economic Times that the spectrum auction might have bought in the big bucks for the government but could be detrimental for the country’s broadband rollout in the long run.
5. In The Hindu, Suhrith Parthsarthy explains how the 66A judgment was a hugely important landmark in the Supreme Court’s history.
Don’t Miss
The Enforcement Directorate has charged the Yash Birla Group with money laundering, viz., diverting investor funds raised for a power project into unrelated land transactions. The investigation comes at an awkward time for the conglomerate: its chairman, Yash Birla’s name was recently found on the leaked list of HSBC Swiss accounts.
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1. The Modi government might bring back the consent clause to the Land Acquisition Bill.
2. The CAG thinks the Haryana government showed “undue favours” to Robert Vadra.
3. The government earned Rs 1.1 lakh crore from the sale of 900 Mhz spectrum in important circles.
4. Saudi Arabia has begun an air assault on Yemen in order to to stop the advance of Shiite Houthi rebels.
5. An audio recording from the black box of the Airbus A320 that crashed on Tuesday shows the pilot was locked out of cockpit.
The Big Story: India versus Australia World Cup semifinal
India have had a dream run in the tournament so far, a performance that’s surprised even the team’s most ardent fans. Its played seven matches and is yet to be beaten.
But now’s the big mauka: the Australia match. In spite of India’s form, Australia seem to be marginal favourites with the bookies.
There is already a battle of sorts on, even before the match has started, on stadium seating. With the large population of Indian origin in Australia, it is estimated that 70% of tickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground have been bought by India fans. This has led to Australia captain Michael Clarke and teammate David Warner canvassing for Australian supporters to turn up in larger numbers.
In the unfortunate event that you don’t have access to a television set, never fear the internet is here: there are a number of options to stream the match. Just be careful to pretend to be working when your boss comes around to your desk. Or, of course, you could just call in sick.
The Big Scroll: Scroll.in on the day's biggest story
The massive pressure around the India-Australia semifinal seems to be finding an expected if not-so-pleasant outlet: sl*dging. Australians, with a proud history of this art, have already set expectations with both Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson promising to let of some verbal fireworks but even Rohit Sharma thinks it’s “part of the game” and then, of course, there’s Virat Kohli.
Politicking & Policy-ing
1. The AAP rift seems to be going from bad to worse.
2. Manmohan Singh has moved to the Supreme Court against his summons in the Coal scam.
3. Against the backdrop of the the bitter politics between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal (United) in Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is to meet the Prime Minster today to ask for more funds from the Centre.
4. A delegation of Jat leaders will meet the Prime Minster and BJP President Amit Shah today, to discuss the recent Supreme Court order cancelling OBC reservation for Jats.
Giggle
#IndvsAus #IndiaJeetega #CWC15. My #cartoon pic.twitter.com/ukRM7lgNXx
— MANJUL (@MANJULtoons) March 26, 2015
Punditry
1. In The Hindu, Sukanya Natarajan lays out the background for the India-Bangladesh border dispute.
2. Raju Mukjerji recaps Jagmohan Dalmiya’s colourful career as a cricket administrator in The Telegraph, against the backdrop of Jagu da making a comeback as BCCI president.
3. In Mint, Salil Tripathi explains how Lee Kuan Yew built Singapore, the ideal entrepot.
4. MD & CEO of Vodafone India, Marten Pieters argues in The Economic Times that the spectrum auction might have bought in the big bucks for the government but could be detrimental for the country’s broadband rollout in the long run.
5. In The Hindu, Suhrith Parthsarthy explains how the 66A judgment was a hugely important landmark in the Supreme Court’s history.
Don’t Miss
The Enforcement Directorate has charged the Yash Birla Group with money laundering, viz., diverting investor funds raised for a power project into unrelated land transactions. The investigation comes at an awkward time for the conglomerate: its chairman, Yash Birla’s name was recently found on the leaked list of HSBC Swiss accounts.
