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The CBI FIR naming nearly the entire top management of ICICI Bank besides Chanda Kochhar for the loans to Venugopal Dhoot’s Videocon Industries will make private sector bankers more risk-averse and delay the decision-making process. This will, in turn, reduce credit flow to large corporates and ultimately hurt the economy.
IAF jet crash yet another wake-up call for HAL
The deadly crash of an Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter plane in Kushinagar and a slew of similar crashes in recent months are, once again, alarming reminders of crucial upgrades pending of India’s depleting fighter aircraft. It is imperative HAL wakes up and ends this chronic delay in delivery schedules.
IB note on eminence tag for universities not just dangerous but diabolical
The IB red-flagging anti-Modi patrons at universities that seek the eminence tag shows government agencies are happily propagating a political culture of quashing debate and dissent. This is not just dangerous but diabolical. The eminence tag isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on if it’s a certificate for political devotion.
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