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Topic: Café Coffee Day

When CCD founder VG Siddhartha went missing

Rukmini Rao -
In 'Coffee King', journalists Rukmini Rao and Prosenjit Datta examine how VG Siddhartha's mega enterprise began to collapse.

Year after founder’s death, Cafe Coffee Day set to get new investors, rebuild brand

Rohini Swamy -
CCD founder V.G. Siddhartha died of apparent suicide last year, and the brand has suffered another hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown.

Probe finds Rs 2,000 crore missing at Café Coffee Day after founder Siddhartha’s suicide

Saritha Rai -
The probe examined financial transactions of Coffee Day and its dealings with dozens of private companies owned by V.G. Siddhartha.

Coffee Day’s tech park sale to Blackstone stalls as it waits for Yes Bank’s NOC

Baiju Kalesh -
Coffee Day Enterprises has been trying to sell its assets to repay its debt after the unexpected death of its founder- chairman V.G. Siddhartha.

ITC considers buying stake in Cafe Coffee Day following cafe chain founder’s death  

Baiju Kalesh -
A successful bid will help ITC diversify its business to reduce dependence on cigarettes as India raises taxes on tobacco, as well as help Coffee Day pare down its borrowings.

Trump offers ‘mediation’ in Ayodhya dispute as Kashmir govt ‘flashes gun’ to ease panic

Soham Sen -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

What CCD founder Siddhartha’s suicide shows – India can’t become $5 trillion economy this way

Seshadri Chari -
The attitude of the government, which looks at profit-making as the anti-thesis of socialism, has not changed in the last 25 years.

SC registry faces ‘traffic’ and Muslims demand ‘My Food My Choice Bill’

Pia Krishnankutty -
The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

NewsX to Republic: Siddhartha’s death shows how sensitive TV media can be when it wants

Shailaja Bajpai -
Everyone should ask TV reporters and anchors: how would you like it if your loved ones appeared on television news in a similar state?

VG Siddhartha’s death shows how bad India’s cash crunch has become

Ari Altstedter -
The apparent suicide of Siddhartha has touched a nerve as business leaders face mounting strain from an economy-wide cash crunch & slowing growth.
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Economy

India bond yields rise as RBI moves to drain liquidity, lift overnight rates

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New Delhi: India’s sovereign bond yields rose after the central bank announced its first step this year to drain cash from the banking system,...

Defence

Army promotes Col Purohit, acquitted in 2008 Malegaon blast case, to Brigadier; to not retire yet

Snehesh Alex Philip -
This means he will serve Indian Army for a minimum of another 2 years as Brigadier, unless he picks up the next rank of Major General.

National Interest

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

Shekhar Gupta -
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.

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