Who is the real Gautam Adani? How did the Adani Group grow so fast? Is there a correlation between the Adani Group’s growth and the BJP government's rise at the helm? Are concerns about Adani Group's debt unwarranted? What about the Hindenburg fallout? Is this the beginning of the end for Gautam Adani or a blip? Read to find the answers!

Prime minister of India Manmohan Singh has been accused of changing ministerial portfolios at the behest of the Reliance group. There have been claims that the group deliberately squatted on reserves of natural gas and curtailed production in anticipation of higher prices that are administered by the government, to the detriment of the interests of the countrys people. Spokespersons of the group deny these alligations and contend that gas output from the Krishna-Godavari basin came down on...

Hamish McDonald is Asia-Pacific Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. He has been a foreign correspondent in Jakarta, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing and New Delhi, where he was bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review. He has twice won Walkley awards, and has had a report on Burma read into the record of the US Congress. He is the author of books on Indonesia and India, and was made an inaugural Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs in 2008.

Whether it is politics, journalism or literature the most talked about topic today is undoubtedly corruption. This book deals with it throughout.Each page of Bleeding Mountains of Nepal is a ghastly tale of how the country is run by people whose unsaturated greed and avarice for power and perks and their dereliction of duty may be unmatched by anyone anywhere in the world.The book is a verification of how national resources, funds and revenue, foreign loans and ass...

A timely call to reshape government through technology, from Nandan Nilekani and Viral Shah, two leading experts in the field.For many aspects of how our countries are run - from social security and fair elections to communication, infrastructure and the rule of law - technology can play an increasingly positive, revolutionary role. In India, for example, where many underprivileged citizens are invisible to the state, a unique national identity system is being impl...

This is the riveting story of one of the wealthiest families in the world. Dhirubhai Ambani was a rags-to-riches Indian tycoon whose company Reliance, which emerged from the textile industry, is now one of India's major corporations. His sons Anil and Mukesh took over after his death in 2002 and their respective arms of the company are bigger than the parent ever was. The brothers are now worth $43 billion and $42 billion respectively, largely from petrochemicals, telecommunications, and e...

Vir Sanghvi is probably the best-known Indian journalist of his generation. Founder editor of Bombay, his career has included editorship of Imprint, Sunday and The Hindustan Times. Sanghvi also has a parallel career as an award-winning TV interviewer and has hosted various successful shows on the Star TV network and on the NDTV news channel. One of India's premier food writer, his book Rude Food won the Cointreau Award, the international food business's Oscar, for Best Food Literature Book...

CTC’s International Tax Compendium is a collection of incisive & in-depth articles on international taxation, which serves as a reference manual and indeed, a practice guide for its readers. The current edition of the compendium is more current, more incisive, covers a broader range of topics, and like its previous three editions, promises to be another very useful tool for the following: • Tax Professionals both in India and Overseas• Judiciary and Tax administrato...

India may widely be acknowledged as one of the fastest-growing major economies in the world, but how can this vast, diverse and heavily populated nation sustain growth prospects? Game India offers a decisive answer.Through chapters, at once ambitious and engaging, it outlines seven key unrealized opportunities India can pursue to remain a leading player on the world economic superhighway: solar power; an enviable coastline and waterways; milk; agriculture; a huge population...

PREFACEThis book will give you winners mentality & will give you necessary skills for winning. It will show you clear path in life. The Biographies of Billionaires will give you insight to their life.This book consists of two parts. First 7 chapters cover billionaire mind set & their stories. Next 18 chapters will give you various life skills, which if implemented will transform your life.This book will give you positive thoughts, confidence & energy to face the rea...

The Civil Services are the most prestigious and responsible services in India. It is a major attraction for the educated youth. Every youth desires to become a Civil Servant. In a population of over 125 crores, merely 1,000 Civil Servants are selected every year from amongst several lakhs of candidates who apply. From these figures, one can easily understand the superiority and importance of the services.The candidates who apply for the services have to undergo a three-phase selection proc...

The India Briefing Guide to Doing Business in India introduces one of the fastest growing economies in the world. The guide provides a thorough overview of India’s key demographics and business opportunities and infrastructure by region. Also included is information on FDI trends, business establishment procedures, economic zones and labor and tax considerations, analysis of Indian business etiquette and culture, and details of procedural, operational and tax differences between India and ...