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M Rajshekhar
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Number crunch: Is India putting more money into renewables or fossil fuels?
Investment announcements do not always work out. A deep dive into the numbers reveals much about where India is putting its money.
M Rajshekhar
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In Bihar, an absent State has pushed its people into coming up with imperfect replacements
Why bahubalis and coaching centres thrive – and why dubbed Tamil and Telugu films are so popular.
M Rajshekhar
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From 2014 to 2019: How the Adani Group funded its expansion
In three of its six listed companies, cash flows from financing activities like lending and borrowing are larger than those from investing or operations.
M Rajshekhar
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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From 2014 to 2019: How the Adani Group’s footprint expanded across India
Not only is the conglomerate growing at a time when other infrastructure companies are shedding assets, it is growing despite relatively small profits.
M Rajshekhar
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How a legal loophole allows BJP MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar to hide his full wealth from election panel
Missing from the businessman-turned-politician’s affidavit is the largest company he controls.
M Rajshekhar
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Adani power project was on the brink of bankruptcy – but the BJP government in Gujarat saved it
Even the Union government was complicit in a decision that will result in consumers in the state paying higher electricity prices.
M Rajshekhar
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Five reasons why claims by forest dwellers for their land are low – and rejections are high
The Supreme Court is wrong in its view that people whose claims under the Forest Rights Act have been rejected are bogus claimants.
M Rajshekhar
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Centre’s weak legal defence of forest act means ten lakh families could be evicted, say activists
The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been accused of failing to brief its team adequately in a case about the constitutionality of the Forest Rights Act.
M Rajshekhar & Sruthisagar Yamunan
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Scroll Investigation: The curious case of Russian oil deals that benefited Essar, hurt ONGC
The transactions involve Kremlin-controlled Rosneft.
M Rajshekhar
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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Interview: ‘We have underestimated the extent of India’s jobs crisis. It is far more serious’
This is not just about low job creation but also about the worsening quality of jobs, says Himanshu, associate professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
M Rajshekhar
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P Chidambaram interview: Minimum income plan aims to wipe out poverty, MGNREGA had limited objective
On January 28, Congress president Rahul Gandhi announced his party will launch a minimum income guarantee for every poor person.
M Rajshekhar & Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
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Three ways in which the Modi government is ruining the Ganga
Three projects will reduce water flows into the river, pollute it, denude its catchment areas and endanger its biodiversity.
M Rajshekhar
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go