Brazil’s PCC: How a Prison Gang Expanded into a Transnational Criminal Network Brazil's organised crime landscape has undergone a major transformation over the past three decades. Groups that originally emerged within the country's prison system have developed wider networks, ex...
GVK and Mumbai Airport Case: Understanding the ₹805 Crore Allegations, CBI Probe and Adani Takeover The ownership and development of Mumbai International Airport became the centre of a major corporate and legal dispute involving the GVK Group, Adani Group, international investors and Indian investig...
Jio Platforms IPO: GIC’s ₹341 Crore Anchor Investment and What Retail Investors Should Know The initial public offering of Jio Platforms became one of the most closely watched events in India’s capital markets in October 2026. The issue attracted substantial interest from domestic and intern...
India’s New Airfare Rules 2027: Government Gets Power to Intervene in Extraordinary Situations India’s aviation sector is preparing for a new regulatory framework that could change how airline fares are monitored and presented to passengers. The government has notified the Bharatiya Vayuyan Niy...
Paul Biya’s Geneva Hotel Stays: The Cost, Controversy and Questions Over Public Accountability Reports about Cameroon’s President Paul Biya’s luxury stays in Geneva have renewed debate over presidential travel costs, financial transparency and accountability to citizens. Introduction When a nat...
Why Jamnagar Matters in India–US Energy Relations: Reliance, Oil and Global Trade India’s refining capacity, Reliance Industries’ global energy role and a proposed Texas refinery project are bringing energy security and investment into sharper focus. Introduction Energy is no longe...
The 21 Extra Days That Saved Him — And Why He Almost Didn’t Need Them By the third week of September, Kunal Arora’s finance team was working late every evening. His distribution business was covered by the tax-audit requirements, and the original deadline for furnishing...
The Billing Software That Was Quietly Reporting Less Than It Should Arjun Khanna had operated a successful family restaurant for four years. Every table order was entered into a point-of-sale system. Customers received printed or digital bills, UPI payments reached th...
The 6 Reasons CBDT Picks a Tax Return for Scrutiny — And Why One Business Didn’t See It Coming Vikram Sethi operated a profitable engineering-components business with a modest team and a limited presence outside his home state. His income-tax returns were filed on time, the company’s accounts w...
The Appeal He Almost Lost — Because He Filed It the Old Way When business owner Raghav Malhotra received an unfavourable appellate order, he immediately asked his chartered accountant to challenge it before the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT). The dispute...
The Business Partner Whose Numbers Never Quite Added Up Meera Sethi and Raghav Malhotra had built a successful distribution company together. Meera managed customers, operations and growth. Raghav controlled finance, vendor payments and banking. Their resp...
The Vendor Ledger That Hadn’t Been Touched Since the Business Opened When Neeraj Kapoor started his manufacturing business, bookkeeping was not his highest priority. The company had only a few suppliers, payments were managed through internet banking and invoices were ...