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Samsung India Workers Form First Union After 7-Month Struggle in Tamil Nadu

January 27, 2025
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After 38 days of protest and 212 days of legal battle, the Tamil Nadu Labour Department registered the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)-backed Samsung India Workers’ Union (SIWU) on January 27, marking a victory for the labour movement. The union, Samsung India Thozhilalargal Sangam, registered under the Trade Unions

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How Adani Enterprises Engineered Tribal Consent for Mining in Protected Hasdeo Forest in Chhattisgarh

January 23, 2025
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For over 11 years, Hasdeo Arand, central India’s largest unfragmented forest and the last surviving pristine forest, has echoed with the cries of resistance and been stained with the blood of those who have dared to stand up for it. On the morning of October 17, 2024, the villagers of

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Hindenburg Research Shuts Down: All You Need to Know

January 16, 2025
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Amid widespread speculation and debate, US-based Hindenburg Research, known for its controversial short-selling practices, has decided to cease operations. The closure has raised questions about the firm’s practices, its impact on markets, and the possible reasons behind this sudden move. Hindenburg Research made international waves with allegations against billionaire Gautam

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Manmohan Singh Combined Market Liberalism and Nehruvian Welfarism to Craft Modern India’s Economic Vision

January 12, 2025
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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh when he received a special memento from K. Venugopal, Founder Editor of Businessline, in New Delhi on March 15, 2019. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang In the tributes paid to Manmohan Singh, he has been described as the architect of economic liberalisation since he was

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INTERVIEW | ‘Gujarat Model Undesirable, Should Be Replaced by Delhi Model’: Jasmine Shah, AAP leader

January 2, 2025
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On December 15, 2024, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Jasmine Shah’s book, The Delhi Model: A Bold New Road Map To Building a Developed India, was released ahead of the Delhi Legislative Assembly election scheduled for early 2025. It is an insider’s account of the making of the “Delhi model”

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Explained: The Fall of the Rupee, the RBI’s Response, and Current State of India’s Economy

December 13, 2024
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Things have taken a rocky turn for the Indian rupee this year and the Central Bank is worried about how the domestic currency is unspooling. Representational image.  | Photo Credit: REUTERS In what feels like chucking pails of water at a forest fire, the RBI has been selling dollars in

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Frontline Wrapped: Top Ten Defining Economics Narratives of 2024

December 12, 2024
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As the year comes to a close, Frontline has curated a list of our ten best economics stories of the year. | Photo Credit: By Special Arrangement India saw a flurry of economic activity in 2024, with major events unfolding throughout the year. From the Election Commission of India’s publication

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France in Turmoil: Prime Minister Michel Barnier Ousted in No-Confidence Motion Amidst Economic Crisis

December 5, 2024
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When Prime Minister Michel Barnier unveiled his deficit-reduction plan in October, promising to bring down the public deficit from around 6 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to 3 per cent in 2029, it was seen as an attempt to steer the French economy into calmer waters. But on

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Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED

December 4, 2024
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In 2019, the descendants of an erstwhile zamindar family entered into an “agreement of sale” for 91 acres of land to Azure Power Forty Pvt Ltd in Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Assam’s Nagaon district to build a solar power plant. The land deal directly affected the livelihoods of at

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Azure Power Accused of Land Grab for Solar Power Project in Assam | EXPLAINED

December 4, 2024
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In 2019, the descendants of an erstwhile zamindar family entered into an “agreement of sale” for 91 acres of land to Azure Power Forty Pvt Ltd in Mikir Bamuni Grant village in Assam’s Nagaon district to build a solar power plant. The land deal directly affected the livelihoods of at

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