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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
The former civil aviation minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader’s business relationship with the conglomerate over a decade ago largely went unnoticed. It could have had a bearing on him switching allegiance to the BJP recently.
Gautam Adani is considered to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s closest ally in the corporate world. Much has been said and written about his Adani group’s relationship with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and how its rise has mirrored that of the party’s.
Away from the media glare—and hence not as well known—the Ahmedabad-based conglomerate shares close links with another political figure. These links go back a long way. To 2008, which was when Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Union minister Praful Patel entered into a substantial business association with the Adani group. In fact, it is the nature …
Influence cannot be manufactured through diaspora networks, carefully branded events or political donations. It requires honesty and credibility.
A regulatory easing could see the billionaire’s conglomerate move from running airports to owning an airline—an idea he is warming up to, with multiple options open.
After a strong listing, Vedanta Aluminium Metal is running into some headwinds. Aluminium prices are easing, but the sharper challenge is rising competition from Kumar Mangalam Birla and Gautam Adani.
