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Topic: Hawala Racket

Exclusive: Pizzas, kebabs & ‘Jimmy Portugal’—Gangsters’ Portuguese hawala trail runs through Indians

Probe into multiple extortion cases revealed that gangster networks have tapped into hawala networks abroad used by Indian workers to send part of their savings back home, it is learnt.

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India’s aviation oligopoly is a regulatory failure, not just a problem of airport contracts

Of course, the bigger concern here is how the aviation sector has been allowed to become a playground for a couple of private-sector entities in the country’s airport business.

Ethanol or a supply crunch? What’s behind the sudden rush in India’s sugar prices

Retail prices crossed Rs 63 a kg amid lower production, festive demand & speculative buying. Some blamed govt’s E20 push, claiming it forced mills to divert sugarcane, causing sugar shortage.

India ramps up plan to procure more Martlet missiles from UK, set to be biggest customer after Ukraine

While the two countries had, in October 2025, announced signing of MoU for £350 mn govt-to-govt deal for the LMM, British officials say the numbers have gone up significantly since then.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.