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Friday, November 28, 2025
TopicNirav Modi

Topic: Nirav Modi

In WhatsApp forwards on Nirav Modi, PM Modi is the selfless hero & Congress the villain

The Whatsapp forwards create the impression that the truth is something other than what the mainstream media is presenting.

We’ll fly you back to India, CBI tells Nirav Modi. I’m too busy, he replies

CBI informs him it is mandatory for a suspect to respond to summons and join the probe, he doesn’t reply to the second email.

Punjab National Bank discussed fraud prevention in 2016, but didn’t introduce safeguards

A report to the central government says Punjab National Bank had debated putting in place safeguards to prevent fraud in 2016, but put no systems in place. 

Abhishek Manu Singhvi: BJP’s latest bugbear in the Congress

BJP claimed Nirav Modi was a tenant in commercial property owned by Abhishek Singhvi’s family company; the Congress spokesperson called it ‘cheap politics’.

How blockchain could have prevented a PNB-Nirav Modi scam

There were plenty of systems in place to prevent the Punjab National Bank-Nirav Modi case, but they failed. A blockchain-based system might have been more effective at preventing it. 

30 public sector and co-op banks are susceptible to PNB-like fraud

Despite RBI warnings about the risks of the SWIFT messaging system, these banks have not linked it to their core banking systems.

We have not seen the last of bank scams. Put the entire diamond industry under the scanner

Though Rs. 11,000 crores is a large number, it is not a single credit or operations risk event but a bubble built over years. 

TalkPoint: Is it impossible to fix India’s disastrous PSU banks?

Experts weigh in on the astounding 11,000 crore fraud in Punjab National Bank and how it reflects on the state of public sector banks in India.

We can’t do away with bank scams. But we can aim for an India where they are fewer

Money is about accounting entries. Modern scams are all about stealing accounting entries, when the system has a “reconcilement” problem.

The Nirav Modi case has played out before in this book

A case of an Indian celebrity jeweller named Nirav accused of being involved in banking fraud has taken place before: in a recent book.

On Camera

No country built rare earths resilience alone. India must take lessons from Japan, Taiwan

Ventures by Japan, South Korea and Taiwan illustrate how the race for REE security is accelerating, powered by both geopolitical tension and industrial strategy.

Karnataka startups feel the chill as global funding winter sets in. Fintech emerges as sole bright spot

The state raises just $2.7 billion in first nine months of 2025 compared to $4.5 billion last year, with late-stage investments hit hardest.

What’s expected from Putin’s India visit in December—Defence Secretary explains

ThePrint had previously reported that India & Russia are talking about 5 more regiments of the S-400, but no contracts are to be signed during the Russian president's visit.

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.