Ambani may still want Zee, and India’s embarrassing power crisis

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries was in talks to buy Zee. It may have not “proceeded” with the talks, but there are enough reasons to believe that Ambani cannot do without Zee. Separately, India’s power sector is going through an unprecedented shortage of coal. A shameful situation for a coal-rich country like ours. Who is to blame?

14 October, 202110 min
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