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☆ An activist short-seller is making a name for itself by taking on Carl Ichan, Gautam Adani and others
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Anderson exposes corporate fraud and ponzi schemes through his company Hindenburg Research. Congress (IYC) staged a protest demanding a probe into the allegations of fraud made against the Adani group in the Hindenburg research report. Controversial practice Breakout Point has tracked 74 Hindenburg short bets it has opened since 2017. watch nowBiggest hits One of Hindenburg's biggest recent campaigns centered on a collection of businesses owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani. In January 2023, Hindenburg published a report accusing Adani Group companies of "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud."

Persons: Nate Anderson, Anderson, Carl Icahn, Gautam Adani, Ivan Cosovic, Hindenburg, LPP, Gautam Organizations: Hindenburg Research, Washington Post, The Washington Post, Getty, The, CNBC, Indian Youth Congress, Central, Indian Youth Congress Office, Congress, Hindustan Times, GameStop, Hindenburg's, Adani, Securities and Exchange Board of India Locations: The New York, NY, New York, DELHI, India, New Delhi, Gdansk, Russia, Ukraine

☆ Bangalore water crisis: India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ is running dry as residents urged to take fewer showers, use disposable cutlery
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

As layers of tarmac swept through the city, Bengaluru lost its ability to absorb water, Ramachandra said. One woman begins to hit the vessel to check its water levels. No one sparedWhile the city’s poorest are bearing the brunt of Bengaluru’s water crisis, it hasn’t spared the upper middle class either. Activists and BJP members hold empty water pots during a protest against the state government over the severe water crisis, in Bengaluru on March 12, 2024. Idress Mohammed/AFP/Getty ImagesYet, for the city’s residents, the tit-for-tat arguments mean little as they experience the worst of the shortages.

Persons: ”, Ram Prasat Manohar, Ramachandra, “, Karnataka Raj Bhavan, Arijit Sen, D.K, Shivakumar –, Vishwanathan, Idrees Mohammed, Kumkum, Idress Mohammed, Geeta Menon, hasn’t, India’s, Maher Taj Organizations: India CNN, Infosys, Wipro, Ecological Sciences, Bengaluru –, “, Hindustan Times, Getty, Private, Authorities, Susheela, CNN, Management, won’t, Reuters, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Congress Locations: Bengaluru, India, India’s, Bandepalya, Bengaluru –, Bangalore, ”, Karnataka Raj, Karnataka, Whitefield, AFP

☆ Asia markets set for mixed open as Wall Street rally falters; India wholesale inflation on deck
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Beautiful and colorful aerial view of Mumbai skyline during twilight seen from Currey Road, on February 16, 2022 in Mumbai, India. Pratik Chorge | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets are set for a mixed open after Wall Street's tech-fueled rally dissipated, with Nvidia falling 1.1%, Meta slipping 0.8% and Apple dropping 1.2%. On Thursday, investors will assess India's wholesale inflation, while also monitoring any news coming out of Japan's spring wage negotiations. Japan's wage negotiations wrapped up on Wednesday, with the first overall estimate due out on Friday. Japan's Nikkei 225 is set to fall following these reports as markets price in the possibility of the BOJ tightening policy.

Persons: Pratik Organizations: Hindustan Times, Getty, Nvidia, Apple, Bank of Japan, Japan's Nikkei Locations: Mumbai, India, Asia, Pacific, Chicago, Osaka, Australia

☆ Mark Zuckerberg got major timepiece envy over Anant Ambani's Richard Mille watch
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Zuckerberg says he "never really wanted to get a watch" until he saw Anant Ambani's. "After seeing that, I was like, watches are cool," Zuckerberg said while admiring Ambani's watch. Ambani told Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan that he was sporting a Richard Mille watch. Zuckerberg was seen admiring Reliance Industries' heir, Anant Ambani's luxury timepiece in a video circulating on social media. Mark Zuckerberg & his wife Priscilla was surprised to see Anant Ambani's watch.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Anant Ambani's, Zuckerberg, Ambani, Priscilla Chan, Richard Mille, —, didn't, Anant, Chan, Priscilla, — Nibraz Ramzan, @nibraz88cricket, Ambani's, Bill Gates, Donald Trump's, Ivanka, Rihanna Organizations: Service, Reliance Industries, Hindustan Times, Indian, Business, Microsoft, Business Insider Locations: Asia, Japan, South Korea, India

☆ Why Zuck, Ivanka Trump and the world's rich and famous are flocking to a lavish party in India
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and other CEOs and celebs are at a wedding pre-party in India this weekend. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The centibillionaire's grip on domestic commerce makes him a powerful partner for Western companies trying to break into the Indian market. Vital growth frontierUS executives are eager to cozy up to Ambani and Reliance because they see dollar signs when they look at India.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Mukesh, —, Sundar Pichai, Ivanka Trump, Mukesh Ambani's, Ambani, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Anant, Radhika Merchant, Mukesh Ambani, Nita, Prodip Guha, Tim Cook, Cook, Apple's, Ted Sarandos, Meta Organizations: Apple, Microsoft, Netflix, Service, Reliance Industries, Bloomberg, Qualcomm, Intel, Hindustan Times, Amazon, Indian Locations: India, China, New Delhi

☆ Gulmarg: Snow has returned to Asia’s highest ski resort. Here’s what visitors going there now can expect
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-20 | by ( Ramaa Reddy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —In early January, anyone who visited the ski resort village of Gulmarg in Indian-administered Kashmir with hopes of actually skiing was out of luck. A severe snow shortage, blamed on dry weather, threatened to derail the entire winter season, leaving both travelers and tourism operators disappointed. Regardless of whether you’re a full-time athlete or someone who enjoys skiing and snowboarding for fun, Gulmarg offers a winter experience like no other. Today, travelers headed for Asia’s highest ski resort can enjoy over 1,330 vertical meters (4,363 feet) of skiable terrain, with lifts offering access to four separate skiing zones on Mount Apharwat. Many of those visitors don’t ski but just ride up the gondola to play in the snow and take in the views at the top.

Persons: Mukhtar Ahmad, Nanga Parbat, ”, Brian Newman, Newman, “, ” Mehmood Ahmad Lone, –, nans, Kababs, Rogan Josh, Kati, It’s, Mount Apharwat, Colonel Mirza Zahid Baig, Gulmarg, Javedh Ahmad Reshi Organizations: CNN, El, El Nino, Adventure, Hindustan Times, Newman’s, US Department of State, Warfare, USA Locations: Gulmarg, Kashmir, India, Mount Apharwat, British, Apharwat, Nanga, Colorado, Europe, North America, Pakistan, Khyber, Highland, Hilltop, Kashmir’s, Srinagar, Mount

☆ India's Paytm shares pop 8% after Ambani's Jio Financial denies deal talks for wallet business
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-06 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A restaurant advertises the use of the Paytm digital payment system in Mumbai, India, on Saturday, July 17, 2021. It comes after Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Jio Financial Services denied media reports it was buying Paytm's wallet business. Hindustan Times reported Monday that Jio Financial, owned by Ambani's conglomerate Reliance, would acquire Paytm's wallet business. The report sent shares of Jio Financial up as much as 16.5% on an intraday basis yesterday. Jio Financial issued a statement to the exchange late Monday to confirm it was not in talks to buy Paytm's digital wallet business.

Persons: Mukesh Ambani's, Paytm Organizations: Financial Services, Communications, India's National Stock Exchange, Reserve Bank of India, Paytm Payments Bank, Hindustan Times, Jio Locations: Mumbai, India

☆ India's moment has arrived — but many hurdles remain
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Spriha Srivastava | Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

India's economy is expected to expand by 6.5% this year, according to IMF forecasts. The world's most populous nation was keen to talk up its prospects at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Advertisement"India has seized the moment," proclaimed housing minister Hardeep Singh Puri with confidence during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos last month. The 10-strong group of emerging market nations now accounts for 45% of the world's population and 28% of global GDP. AdvertisementSome economists have criticized the government's narrative as a "false growth story," highlighting discrepancies in the data and criticizing the methods used to calculate economic growth.

Persons: —, Hardeep Singh, Smriti Irani, BI's Spriha Srivastava, that's, Narendra Modi's, Cash, Modi, SAJJAD HUSSAIN, I've, Andy Baldwin, EY, Narendra Modi, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dan Kitwood, Getty, ISRO Goldman Sachs, Ashoka Mody, Rajesh Kumar Singh, Vladimir Putin, Singh Organizations: Economic, Service, BI, IMF, Business, Apple, ISRO, Princeton University, World Bank, US, of, Hindustan Times, Harvard Business Locations: Davos, India, China, Japan, Brazil, China India, India's, Ukraine

☆ India's finance minister touts unlikely export growth in a world of uncertainty
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the media after the interim budget on February 1, 2024 in New Delhi, India. So a lot of new people are accessing India," Sitharaman said, while touting that India was able to showcase its digital public infrastructure at the G20 summit it hosted in New Delhi last year. Sitharaman, when asked about what economic issues will define the vote, said "if economic issues are to dominate the election, it would be the recipients of the beneficiaries themselves coming out to say, 'I'm empowered now'." "If anything, for us it will be performance on the economic issues, good performance, inclusive growth that we've offered." The interim budget is typically a stop-gap financial plan during an election year, aimed at meeting immediate financial needs before a new government is formed.

Persons: Nirmala Sitharaman, Sitharaman, CNBC's, CNBC's Sri Jegarajah, Narendra Modi's, Pranjul Bhandari, Bhandari, Anantha Nageswaran Organizations: Hindustan Times, Getty, India's, CNBC's Sri, Mar, CNBC, India's Finance Locations: New Delhi, India, Europe, America, Brazil, Africa, Indonesia

☆ Hunger is India’s ‘biggest problem’ — one of the world's largest food producers leaves millions hungry
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A labourer works inside a mill of refined wheat flour at Khanna in India's Punjab state on May 18, 2022. "Hunger is the biggest problem in India," a representative of global agribusiness Bunge told CNBC on the sidelines of the Commodity Trading Week held in Singapore. If they are getting the food, it's not nutritious," said Amit Sharma, Bunge's global trade execution team leader. India's Department of Food and Public Distribution did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesIndia's food problem is also compounded by the fact that the rising middle class is on course to demand for more food — and better quality food as well.

Persons: Sajjad Hussain, Bunge, There's, Amit Sharma, Sharma, India's, Garima, Louis Dreyfus, Vipin Kumar, Jain, It's Organizations: AFP, Getty, CNBC, Logistics, International Trade Administration, U.S . Commerce Department, India's Department of Food, ITA, Hindustan Times Locations: Khanna, India's Punjab, India, Singapore

Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty ImagesIndia is set to release its interim budget for 2024 on Thursday, ahead of the country's highly anticipated general elections. The interim budget is seen as a stop-gap financial plan during an election year, aimed at meeting immediate financial needs before a new government is formed. Typically, the interim budget won't include big and sweeping policy announcements. Fiscal deficit targetIndia's fiscal deficit stands at 6.4% of gross domestic product for the 2023-2024 financial year. TaxesDon't expect significant shifts in taxation as this is only an interim budget, analysts say.

Persons: Vipin Kumar, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nomura, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Nilesh Shah, Shah, it's, Bathini, Modi, India's Organizations: Hindustan Times, Getty, India, Bharatiya Janata Party, Goldman, Mahindra Asset Management, CNBC, Capital, WealthMills Securities, India's Finance, BJP Locations: New Delhi, India, China, Japan, Germany

☆ Fact Check: Video of burning aircraft predates November 4 attack at Pakistan air base
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

An old video of a dummy fighter jet set ablaze by supporters of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in May 2023 in Mianwali, Pakistan, has been falsely captioned as showing scenes from a November 2023 attack at an air base in that city. A post on X (archived), formerly known as Twitter, shared the video on the day of the militant attack captioned: “Pak Airforce fighter jets up in flames. Meanwhile, Mianwali airbase attack still ongoing.” The video was also shared on Facebook (archived). Police arrested hundreds of supporters of ousted Prime Minister Imran Khan for violence following Khan's arrest on corruption charges in May, including attacks on state-owned buildings and vehicles. A video of a burning airplane is from protests in Mianwali, Pakistan, in May 2023, not from a militant attack in November.

Persons: Imran Khan, Read Organizations: Pakistan, Pakistan Air Force Training, Reuters, Twitter, “ Pak Airforce, Facebook, Hindustan Times, YouTube, Police, Thomson Locations: Mianwali, Pakistan, Shenyang

☆ New Delhi air pollution: Why can’t India’s capital clean up its toxic air like Beijing?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“It’s an invisible killer,” said Jyoti Pande Lavakare, author of “Breathing Here is Injurious to Your Health: The Human Cost of Air Pollution” and co-founder of clean air non-profit Care for Air. China’s capital has since cleaned up its act, which begs the question: if Beijing can clean up its toxic air, why can’t India too? A key moment in China’s fightback came in 2013, when the government started to invest billions of dollars into a national air pollution action plan. Hundreds of thousands of lives savedChina’s raft of clean air policies have been so successful, they have saved hundreds of thousands of lives, research has shown. They say Kejriwal’s team has done little in terms of implementing effective policies to clean New Delhi’s air.

Persons: “, ”, Jyoti Pande Lavakare, Arun Sankar, China’s, –, Wang Zhao, China’s fightback, Frank Christian Hammes, IQAir, Sunil Dahiya, Dahiya, Stringer, Arvind Kejriwal, Kejriwal, Virendra Sachdeva, Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sudhanshu Dhulia, Raj K Raj, “ You’re Organizations: CNN, Health, Pollution, Air, Getty, United, Global, Energy, Institute, University of Chicago, Centre for Research, Clean, Bloomberg, Beijing, Care for Air, Aam Aadmi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party, AAP, Ministry of Environment, Hindustan Times Locations: Delhi, Beijing, India, ”, AFP, United States, China, Swiss, New Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, New, Indonesia, Malaysia, Care, CREA, IQAir

☆ Toxic foam coats sacred river near New Delhi as Indian capital battles hazardous pollution
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A thick layer of toxic foam has once again coated parts of a sacred river near New Delhi as the Indian capital battles an acrid and noxious smog that has settled across the city. The pungent foam contains high levels of ammonia and phosphates, which can cause respiratory and skin problems, according to experts. Yamuna river covered with a thick layer of toxic foam due near Kalindi Kunj, on September 10, 2023 in New Delhi, India. The river is most polluted in areas surrounding Delhi, owing to the area’s dense population and high levels of waste. Pictures from September also showed toxic foam forming on the Yamuna.

Persons: Salman Ali, Surya Organizations: CNN, Press Trust of India, Hindustan Times Locations: New Delhi, India’s, Tamil Nadu, Kalindi, India, Delhi, Oslo, Beijing, Kolkata, Mumbai

☆ Choking New Delhi smog shutters schools and shrouds Cricket World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A throat-searing blanket of smog has enveloped New Delhi, forcing schools to shut and disrupting the Cricket World Cup as officials rush to contain a pollution crisis that has become an annual occurrence in the Indian capital. New Delhi started the week with a PM 2.5 concentration nearly 80 times the World Health Organization’s recommended limit, according to Swiss air quality company IQAir. Traffic moves on a road enveloped by fog and smog in New Delhi, India, on November 3, 2023. The study also found that every single one of India’s 1.4 billion residents endure annual average pollution levels that exceed guidelines set by WHO. A passenger plane ready to take off at IGI Airport amid heavy smog on November 5, 2023 in New Delhi, India.

Persons: ”, Prachi, Health Organization’s, Awesta Chaudhary, “, Chaudhary, Vipin Kumar, Suranjit Chatterjee Organizations: CNN, Cricket, Health, Bangladesh, Arun, Authorities, Energy, Institute, University of Chicago, WHO, IGI, Hindustan Times, Internal Medicine, Apollo Hospital Locations: New Delhi, Delhi, . New Delhi, India, Sri Lanka, New, “

☆ Indian economy regains its swagger as China stumbles
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Diksha Madhok | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

New Delhi CNN —India’s economy is like an elephant. India’s economy is currently worth nearly $3.5 trillion, making it the world’s fifth largest. “India’s economy is comfortably placed to grow at an annual rate of at least 6% in the coming few years,” Barclays said. But even as India’s heft is increasing, it is far from recreating the economic miracle China unleashed decades ago. It will, no doubt — though it won’t be enough to shield the world economy should China’s economy stumble badly,” they added.

Persons: Narendra Modi, ”, Eswar Prasad, Modi, Prasad, Ludovic Marin, Mukesh Ambani’s, Gautam Adani’s, Willy Shih, Frederic Neumann, Justin Feng Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Economic, Cornell University, International Monetary Fund, China, Barclays, IMF, ” Barclays, Hindustan Times, Modi, bonanza, Unified, Bharat, Getty, Bank, Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries, Apple, Harvard Business School, HSBC Locations: New Delhi, India, Switzerland, Davos, ”, ’, China, ” New Delhi, Sewri, Mumbai Bhushan, AFP, Beijing, Washington

☆ Modi's government and some of India's elites are battling for control of one of the country's most elite private clubs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The Delhi Gymkhana Club is one of the oldest and most elite private clubs in India. AdvertisementAdvertisementMembers of the Delhi Gymkhana — one of the oldest private clubs in India — are trying to wrest back control after India's far-right government seized it in 2022. The club was first established by British colonists in 1913 as a sporting club called the Imperial Delhi Gymkhana, according to its website . Some of the club's members say that the government takeover is part of the BJP's broader agenda to control the country's social institutions. Ajai Shukla, a former army colonel, said the takeover reflects motivations to control "instruments of privilege and hand them out as favors."

Persons: —, Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party —, Ajai Shukla, Atul Dev, Dev Organizations: Delhi Gymkhana, Service, Imperial Delhi Gymkhana, Salute Magazine, Financial Times, Bharatiya Janata Party, Hindustan Times Locations: Delhi, India, Imperial

☆ I worked as an engineer on merchant vessels and my ship was held hostage by pirates for 8 months. I still cherish my career at sea.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Chirag Bahri worked as an engineer on merchant vessels during a nearly decade-long career at sea. In 2010, his chemical tanker was held hostage by pirates for eight months. I had just joined the crew and I really needed to be on the ship to earn money. I was in the engine room when I got the call that pirates had boarded the ship. I still cherish the time I spent working onboard ships and I would encourage people to look at seafaring as a very positive, rewarding profession.

Persons: Bahri, —, Marguerite, Farah Abdi Warsameh, I'm, Bahri's, Dharmesh Gohil, Sattish Bate, Chirag Bahri, Dierk Lindemann, there's Organizations: Service, Chirag Bahri, International, International Seafarers Welfare, Assistance, Regional, South, Maritime, Google, International Maritime Bureau, AP, Hindustan Times, Getty, Asphalt Venture, Chirag Locations: South Asia, India, Belgium, Aden, Asia, East, Europe, Somalia, English, al, Shabab, South Somalia, Salalah, Chirag

☆ Apple's center of gravity is China, not Cupertino
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | Huileng Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Apple might be headquartered in Cupertino but its heart is in China. AdvertisementAdvertisementApple's leadership may operate from the 175-acre, tree-covered campus in sunny Cupertino, California but, in reality, the company's center of gravity is in China. Roughly 95% of Apple products including iPhones, AirPods, Macs and iPads are reported to be made in China . And multiple media outlets reported that China had banned iPhones for government staffers, knocking its share price. Apple CEO Tim Cook likes to present the company's decades-long involvement with China as a cause for celebration.

Persons: —, Research, Tim Cook, Anshuman, Gene Munster, Jay Newman Organizations: Apple, CCP, Service, Hindustan Times, Deepwater Asset Management, Elliott Management, Huawei, China, Forum Locations: Cupertino, China, Cupertino , California, iPhones, India, Taiwan, Beijing

☆ India's moon landing made history at a low cost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Michael Sheetz | In Michaeljsheetz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

ISROThe list is grim reading: Stuck, failed, missed, failed, failed, stuck, failed, crashed, missed, crashed, crashed. Even in the modern era — with nine lunar landing attempts since 2013 — the track record is still shaky. Before India's success Wednesday, missions by China, India, Israel, Japan and Russia were three for eight in the past decade. School students watching the live telecast of Chandrayaan-3 landing on the Moon at Sector 20 Brahmananda Public School on August 23, 2023 in Noida, India. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of India's moon landing is the shoestring budget — by government standards — with which the country achieved the mission.

Persons: Jonathan McDowell, Sunil Ghosh, Jim Bridenstine, Bridenstine, They've, who's Organizations: ISRO, Soviet Union's, Harvard - Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Gravity, India, School, Hindustan Times, NASA, CNBC, Indian Space Research Organization, U.S, Payload Services, Space Foundation Locations: China, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Noida, U.S, India's, United States

Violence erupted in the northern state of Harayana state on Monday after a right-wing Hindu organization led a religious procession in the Muslim dominated region of Nuh. However, opposition politicians and activists have called the attack a “hate crime” that targeted India’s Muslim minority population. Increase in hate crimesThe latest communal violence come against a broader rise in hate crimes against minority groups. Last month, the BJP chief minister of the state of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma, blamed Muslims for the soaring prices of tomatoes. Some cities named after historic Muslim figures have also been renamed to reflect India’s Hindu history.

Persons: Parveen Kumar, Narendra, Modi, Yogi, Asgar Ali, Mohammed, Ali, haven’t, Police haven’t, Asaduddin, ”, Jairam Ramesh, ” Asim Ali, Deepankar Basu, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Barack Obama, “ Hussain Obama ”, Obama, Adityanath, Donald Trump’s, Rana Ayyub Organizations: New Delhi CNN, Extra, Hindustan Times, Haryana Police, CNN, ” Police, Police, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Dal, NDTV Locations: New Delhi, India, Harayana, Nuh, Gurgaon, Gurugram’s, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Haryana, Nuh Chowk, Gurugram, Hindustan, Delhi, Manipur, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, today’s India

☆ India’s opposition is uniting to unseat Modi in next year’s election. Should he be worried?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But despite previous personality clashes and power ambitions, the 26 opposition leaders appear unified in one goal: to overturn Modi. India's opposition leaders announce their alliance in Bengaluru, India, July 18, 2023. APGathering of important partiesCoined to evoke a sense of nationalism ahead of the 2024 general election, the INDIA alliance in a statement last week emphasized its goal of upholding the country’s democratic institutions. Modi described the INDIA alliance as a “hardcore corruption convention,” adding the BJP was on course to clinch another victory in 2024. Sanchit Khanna/Hindustan Times/Getty ImagesNo clear leaderWhile the BJP can bank on the popularity of Modi, the INDIA alliance has not yet put forward a leader to challenge him next year.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, Indira Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, ”, Niranjan Sahoo, PM Modi, tabling, “, Gilles Verniers, Sahoo, ” Sahoo, ” Rahul Gandhi, Sanchit Khanna, Gandhi, India’s, INIDA, shivers Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Developmental Inclusive Alliance, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, INDIA, Indian National Congress, Analysts, PM Modi’s BJP, New Delhi’s Observer Research Foundation, PM, Samajwadi Party, Aam Admi Party, Ashoka University and Co, Trivedi, Political, Congress, Ashoka University, Hindustan Times, Modi, Observer Research Foundation Locations: New Delhi, India, INDIA, Bengaluru, BJP, restive, Manipur, West Bengal, India’s, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Lok, Karnataka

☆ Bollywood film ‘Bawaal’ accused of trivializing Holocaust and demeaning victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

They travel to Europe to prominent World War II sites, where their love for one another deepens. And we want what others have.”In another scene in the film, she says: “Every relationship goes through their Auschwitz”. The dialogue and plot has sparked outrage with the SWC calling on the Amazon Prime to stop monetizing the film. Tiwari, Kapoor and Dhawan have not publicly addressed the SWC statement. Dhawan said he respected everyone’s opinion, adding that critics are harder on Hindi movies and give more leeway to Western films.

Persons: New Delhi CNN —, Simon Wiesenthal, Nitesh Tiwari, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Kapoor, We’re, Adolf Hilter’s Nazi, Dean, Rabbi Abraham Cooper, “ Nitesh Tiwari, India’s, Shantanu Das, “, Tiwari, Dhawan, ”, ” Kapoor Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Amazon Prime, Nazi, SWC, Prime, Global, CNN, Hindustan Times, ” Locations: New Delhi, Indian, Europe, India

☆ A married woman searched YouTube to find a route into India to be with a lover she met on a popular video game: 'She was not impressed by his work, but by his PUBG skills,' police said
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A Pakistani woman took her four kids and made a dangerous trek to India to be with her lover. The woman met the man through the popular video game PUBG, NYT reported. In about a month, their cross-border love briefly put them in jail, The New York Times reported. Haider met Meena in person for the first time in Nepal without her children in March, the Times reported, citing police officials. The couple was caught on Tuesday after a lawyer notified authorities, the Times of India reported.

Persons: Seema Ghulam Haider, Sachin Meena, Haider, Meena, Ghulam Haider, There's, Sudhir Kumar, Haider's, Mir Jan Jhakrani Organizations: Service, New York Times, Hindustan Times, BBC, Times, Indian Express Locations: India, Wall, Silicon, PUBG, Delhi, Saudi Arabia, Pakistani, Pakistan, British India, Nepal, Greater Noida, New Delhi

☆ India and China are buying new tanks designed to fight on one of the world's highest battlefields
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Benjamin Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Both countries are also investing in new light tanks designed for high altitudes and rough terrain. Consequently, India is planning to developing its own light tank to level the playing field. The Type 15A Type 15 tank on display at the Beijing Exhibition Center in October. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty ImagesChina has coped with these issues by deploying its Type 15 light tank, one of the few modern light tanks produced in the 21st century. India has tried on and off since 1983 to develop a new light tank but has never settled on a model.

Persons: —, NOEL CELIS, Arjuna, Ajay Aggarwal, hasn't, Danish Ismail, Narendra Modi's, Toubro, Zorawar Singh Organizations: Service, US Army, Bilderwelt, Beijing Exhibition Center, Getty Images, Abrams, Getty, Hindustan Times, Indian Ministry of Defense, REUTERS, Danish, India's Ministry of Defense, Larsen, Rolls Royce Locations: India, Bologna, China, Japan, Ladakh, AFP, Getty Images China, Russia, Western, People's Republic of China, New Delhi, Pakistan, Indian, Belgian

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