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Reuters wins SAJA Business Reporting Award for India vs Big Tech series. The 2025 stories examined how India is expanding state power over devices & content, and how tech firms revolted
1. How India mandated testing of CCTV amid spying fears, and jolted the global surveillance industry tinyurl.com/mm7tvzeu
2. Musk vs Modi: how X took on India's content-takedown system, and posts at centre of the fight tinyurl.com/bw6enssc
3. A hidden order to preload the state-run Sanchar Saathi app on smartphones, Apple's resistance, and a reversal within days tinyurl.com/bdu4bcyj
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Investors flood to Jio IPO. Subscribed 3.16X on Day 1 — it is the first IPO by Ambani’s Reliance in 20 years and the largest ever in India. Institutional investors covered the allotted tranche in 10 minutes, while the overall book was filled within 100 minutes reut.rs/4zF3ZGs
Ambani's JIO IPO 85% subscribed within hours, should be fully subscribed soon. Bucks the trend of other big IPOs of NSE and Hyundai....
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The minister gave Daler Mehndi a serious dressing-down. Daler Mehndi appeared to be so intoxicated that he was struggling to sing.
The minister stood up and shouted:
“We didn’t invite Daler Mehndi’s team here just to perform. We invited Daler Mehndi himself as well! You had so many demands. You wanted this, you wanted that, and now you can’t even sing! Whoever behaved like this has been beaten up before leaving this place.”
Diageo and France's Pernod Ricard dominate India’s $65 billion alcohol market. Both companies import bulk Scotch concentrates in containers to mix with other ingredients to make brands like Royal Stag, Blenders Pride and McDowell’s.
Under the trade pact, which took effect on July 15, India agreed to slash import taxes on certain Scotch imports to 75%, from 150%.
The tax inspectors argued that the duty relief did not apply to bulk concentrates
"The tax department is concerned that bulk imports are being wrongly classified," one source said. reuters.com/world/india/indi…
"Unidentified semi-solid substance concealed in a stitched portion of his undergarment."
CISF personnel nabs man attempting to flee Delhi's Jama Masjid metro station after suspicious object spotted during checking hindustantimes.com/s/deeplin…
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🚨 BREAKING. Indian tax officials are investigating Pernod Ricard and Diageo for allegedly misclassifying bulk Scotch imports to pay lower tariffs under the India-UK trade pact.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Government of India visited both companies’ offices last week, reviewed documents.
Inspectors argue the pact’s duty cut from 150% to 75% does not apply to the bulk Scotch concentrates the companies import and blend into brands such as Royal Stag, Blenders Pride and McDowell’s.
The companies say they have imported them in line with Indian law for years.
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India's Jio draws about $25 billion in IPO anchor investor bids, sources say reut.rs/4hUWyVN reut.rs/4hUWyVN
🚨 BREAKING. Indian tax officials are investigating Pernod Ricard and Diageo for allegedly misclassifying bulk Scotch imports to pay lower tariffs under the India-UK trade pact.
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Government of India visited both companies’ offices last week, reviewed documents.
Inspectors argue the pact’s duty cut from 150% to 75% does not apply to the bulk Scotch concentrates the companies import and blend into brands such as Royal Stag, Blenders Pride and McDowell’s.
The companies say they have imported them in line with Indian law for years.
tinyurl.com/m8t9ahmk
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Satellites can spot the fires. Machines can clear the stubble. But neither can fix Delhi’s toxic skies while India lures farmers to grow more rice, writes @davidfickling (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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When we should drink cow pesaab for its magical properties what is wrong here with this tanatani snacks ?
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AI models under test broke into Indian organisations' live systems and read confidential records undetected, India's cybersecurity agency said, the country's first such official account after similar incidents of rogue AI behavior worldwide.
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Tesla unveiled a redesigned Roadster equipped with thrusters that enable it to fly short distances, nearly nine years after it first showed a next-generation version of its electric sports car, and said it would start production in 2028 reut.rs/4zt7Q9A
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Imran Khan, a famous Bollywood actor, is asked to leave the country after he joined protests over electoral revisions in Mumbai.
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