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Supreme Court clears way for ArcelorMittal to acquire Essar Steel

Upmanyu Trivedi -
The Supreme Court allowed ArcelorMittal to complete its acquisition of Essar Steel India Ltd. by setting aside NCLAT’s order that gave secured and unsecured creditors equal right over sale proceeds.

Allowing new players to sell petrol, diesel needs more reforms to succeed

A K Bhattacharya -
Modi govt has taken a major step towards liberalising its policy on petroleum retail. Now, refinery pricing needs to be made more transparent.

ArcelorMittal plans to bid for Essar power plant in MP along with Resurgent

Baiju Kalesh -
Arcelor and Resurgent have held preliminary talks on a potential joint bid for the 1,200-megawatt Essar power plant in Madhya Pradesh.

India turns a bad-loan tragedy into a bankruptcy farce

Andy Mukherjee -
It'll be unfortunate if India's next steel king is decided not on the wrestling mat  — but via walkovers.

ArcelorMittal heads to court in battle over India’s steel market

Swansy Afonso -
Billionaire Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal will challenge the eligibility of the VTB-led Numetal Ltd. group in bidding for Essar Steel India Ltd. 

Russia’s top bank willing to buy out India’s sick Essar in a $6 billion race

George Alexander -
The VTB-led consortium’s bid will be in contest with that of Lakshmi Mittal’s ArcelorMittal, which submitted a higher offer than the VTB investor group last month.

2G scam judgment tells India the judicial system won’t hold the influential accountable

Prashant Bhushan -
I don’t know on what basis the court said there was no evidence. In at least 40 pages of the judgment, the court has reproduced the evidence.

Paradise Papers: Parking money in tax havens biggest threat to democracy in the world

Prashant Bhushan -
In most cases, funds were siphoned from domestic companies to offshore tax havens by over-invoicing and under-invoicing, through intermediary shell companies .

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Economy

India has enough coal stocks to meet power demand, says govt as war pushes up mining costs

Udit Bubna -
LPG supply eased for more industries, govt says coal gasification is next growth avenue. Centre welcomes US-Iran ceasefire but asks Indians to leave Iran.

Defence

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

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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