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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
And why Brahma Chellaney should replace him.
Editor's note: Who is the second most powerful figure in the Indian government? If you answered Amit Shah, you are wrong. That position belongs to Ajit Doval, India’s national security advisor. In the hierarchy of the Indian state, the office of the NSA, inaugurated in the 1990s, has evolved into an institution that is second only in stature to the Prime Minister’s Office. Within its relatively short history, Doval—who was granted a second successive term with a promotion to the cabinet by the prime minister three years ago—has consolidated himself as the most predominant bureaucrat in India’s republican history. What sets Doval apart is not only his influence but also his fame: in the annals of Indian officialdom, he is the first celebrity. More than a celebrity, actually: trailed by groupies, fawned over by Delhi hacks and memorialized in memes, Doval is closer to a head of a personality cult. And his biography, as detailed by members of the cult, is a fabulous chronicle of impossibly intrepid bravado. There he is, at the beginning of the 1980s, going for a stroll inside …
And why Brahma Chellaney should replace him.
Editor's note: Who is the second most powerful figure in the Indian government? If you answered Amit Shah, you are wrong. That position belongs to Ajit Doval, India’s national security advisor. In the hierarchy of the Indian state, the office of the NSA, inaugurated in the 1990s, has evolved into an institution that is second only in stature to the Prime Minister’s Office. Within its relatively short history, Doval—who was granted a second successive term with a promotion to the cabinet by the prime minister three years ago—has consolidated himself as the most predominant bureaucrat in India’s republican history. What sets Doval apart is not only his influence but also his fame: in the annals of Indian officialdom, he is the first celebrity. More than a celebrity, actually: trailed by groupies, fawned over by Delhi hacks and memorialized in memes, Doval is closer to a head of a personality cult. And his biography, as detailed by members of the cult, is a fabulous chronicle of impossibly intrepid bravado. There he is, at the beginning of the 1980s, going for a stroll inside …
The most valuable Mideast fintech is expanding beyond buy-now, pay-later into financial services across Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
August was the best month this year for Dubai hotels, a crisis in the kingdom, and Mubadala gets a piece of Luckin.
Elon Musk’s satellite internet promises a new way to get online. How will it coexist with the country's telecom giants?
The most valuable Mideast fintech is expanding beyond buy-now, pay-later into financial services across Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
August was the best month this year for Dubai hotels, a crisis in the kingdom, and Mubadala gets a piece of Luckin.
Elon Musk’s satellite internet promises a new way to get online. How will it coexist with the country's telecom giants?
