Commodity Markets India The shallow commodity markets in India are being blatantly manipulated by industry cartels and big brokers who through hoarding and circular trading are jacking up the prices of crucial agricultural commodities. Note last prices of guar gum and guar seed had gone up by an astounding 10x as some powerful agri-trading firms […]
MCX, NSE, BSE – Stock Exchange Wars A major price war has started between the stock exchanges in India with MCX sharply cutting the prices of transactions on its equity cash and futures platform to lure traders and brokers from the market leaders NSE and BSE. The Financial Technologies owned MCX-SX has also reduced the […]
Problem of Transport in India India’s major urban centers of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai popularly known as metro cities are not adequately covered by transport links. The increasing costs of airplane fares and bankruptcy of a major airline has further aggravated the transport situation. Note these cities which are strategically located in 4 different […]
No Freedom of Expression in Democracy? Indian citizens are shocked by the actions of the judiciary and police in Maharashtra who have jailed a cartoonist under the draconian sedition law for allegedly hurting the national sentiments by drawing a cartoon depicting the Indian parliament and emblem. The cartoonist who is part of the Indians against […]
Future of Nuclear Plants in India The new nuclear power plants that are coming up in India are facing strong protests by local people worried about the potential radioactive fallout due to a nuclear accident. This has become a regular occurrence in which the heavy hand of the state intervenes leading to violence and killings […]
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