Page 4 - Sai Manish

Laxmi Prasad: Air India bidder who tried to buy everything under the sun

Prasad is putting his financial muscle behind the employees' resolve to run the airline

BS READS: Baba in jail, business gone for a toss - the curious case of Ram Rahim

Revenues of his movie business have dropped to zero, while his FMCG business, which was touted as a rival to Patanjali, is on the brink of extinction

BS Reads: Why buying property in Kashmir may not be as easy as it looks

Multiple claims over the same real estate, doubling of official circle rates and issues regarding sale of industrial land are key hurdles 'outsiders' could encounter

BS READS: How Kerala shot itself in foot in battle with Adani for Trivandrum airport

The state govt made allegations it couldn't substantiate and drew parallels that were summarily dismissed while seeking to cancel Adani's contract

Ground Zero: New agriculture law may not spell the end of commission agents

The last of a two-part series finds how farmers in Punjab depend on commission agents for credit

Corporates vs Commission Agents: India's farmers really have no choice

The first of a two-part series finds out why farmers in Punjab are spooked by the new legislation

The Rs 16 question: How Kerala lost Thiruvananthapuram airport to Adani

While Adani's bid was almost thrice as much as GMR's, the Kerala govt's KSIDC would still have won the airport if it had quoted Rs 16 more. Sai Manish explains how

BS Reads: 1 in 4 flyers in India to land or take off from an Adani airport

While questions may arise over the dominance of a single corporate group in running airports, it pretty much fits into the govt's plan to exit this space and earn revenue without working for it

How Covid-19 gives India's private airlines a chance to go international

Private airlines in India are battling losses. The crisis gives them an opportunity, but there are challenges, too. Sai Manish lists the challenges for an Indian private airline to fly international

BS READS: Manipur, TN, Sikkim IAS officers among biggest property owners

Business Standard examined immovable property returns of close to 5,000 IAS personnel and found each officer has declared owning property worth Rs 58 lakh on average

BS READS: Political rhetoric, Chinese money are drowning out India in Nepal

Even as the Nepalese PM theologises on the nationality of Hindu gods, China is outspending India, buying Indian companies and increasing its cultural presence in Nepal

SAD faces existential crisis; Shah holds key to Badals' political survival

Thanks to the Narendra Modi factor, in the 2019 general elections, the Akali Dal won two seats, the same as the BJP. Now the key to the Badals' survival lies with Home Minister Amit Shah

Covid-19:Is RAT testing hiding Delhi's true pandemic story?

After rapid antigen tests (RATs) adoption, Delhi's positivity rate has come down. Earlier WHO had warned that RAT might not detect more than half the positive cases

Covid-19 slowdown: PM Modi's pet UDAN scheme faces major headwinds

Future of many regional airlines looks uncertain if the fund that underwrites their operations dries up due to massive drop in traffic between bigger cities

Coronavirus impact: Hindu priests with body cameras & new temple economics

India's biggest, richest and most sacred Hindu temples may have to change themselves for the sake of their devotees

Chinese 'psychological' therapy for coronavirus and lessons for the world

With panic attacks, resentment, delirium being observed, psychotropic drugs and psychological techniques were used to treat patients

Bureaucracy's 'Subramaniam Swamy'

The book details the nightmares of a bureaucrat who dares to reform a rotten system and innovate in a rigid bureaucracy

Coronavirus: The new fear of flying could change face of global aviation

People occupying seats within a metre of the infected person on an plane have the highest chance of getting infected but airlines would prefer airports, and not aircraft, to change

Cocaine, cannabis and conscience

The book provides the reader fascinating insights of the drug wars and politics in six nations, from Honduras in Latin America to the UK and Australia

Delhi's riot-hit areas: Provoked, poor, young, and significantly Muslim

Northeast Delhi's socio-economic profile shows it was a communally sensitive area where sparks lit by some irresponsible statements led to one of the worst riots in the city's post-1950 history