Election Results: A Powder Keg for India's $5 Trillion Stock Market? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7eQGCPQotM Moneylife May 30, 2024 
The upcoming Indian election results are creating a calm in the stock market, but past events caution against overconfidence. With a surge in new investors, many inexperienced in market downturns, the potential impact of political statements on the market's $5 trillion value is significant. The rise of online trading has led to a surge in investors, with many having only experienced a bullish market. Mutual funds play a major role in sustaining the bull run, but there's concern about what could happen if investors suddenly pull out. Speculative trading in derivatives is rampant, despite high losses among active traders. The market is vulnerable to sudden crashes triggered by political events or concerted selling by foreign entities.

Vasai Laywer Booked For Sharing Dhruv Rathee Video Criticising PM Modi On WhatsApp Group https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/vasai-laywer-booked-for-sharing-dhruv-rathee-video-criticising-pm-modi-on-whatsapp-group 
Advocate Bansode, terming the FIR illegal, stated that the due legal process was not followed by the police before filing the FIR under Section 188 of the IPC. . The FIR mentions that the video shared by the accused violated the prohibitory orders of the Commissioner of Police, as its message made false claims about candidates and attempted to influence voters.

ध्रुव राठी का वीडियो शेयर करने पर FIR? सत्ता से सवाल करने वालों से इतना डर बीजेपी? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vWmMTvVXfc  Abhisar Sharma May 30, 2024 

Modi's Newest Gem: On Gandhi https://news.abplive.com/videos/news/india-pm-modi-on-abp-here-s-what-pm-modi-has-to-say-on-mahatma-gandhi-abp-news-1691024

PM Modi On ABP: Here's What PM Modi Has To Say On Mahatma Gandhi | ABP News
PM Narendra Modi Exclusive: Ahead of the last phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave an exclusive interview to ABP News during which he spoke on a long range of issues concerning him, his party, and the country. PM Modi unveiled his personal sentiments towards opposition leaders in an exclusive interview with ABP News. When asked which leader he likes among the opposition, the PM maintains a diplomatic stance, declining to disclose specific names but acknowledging cordial relations. Reflecting on his interactions, he mentions reaching out multiple times to former Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee during the 2019 elections. Modi also cites instances such as extending support during Sonia Gandhi's health concerns.

Here, 1:38 mins. onward, he says, "Mahatma Gandhi was a great soul in the world. In these 75 years, was it not our responsibility to inform the world about Mahatma Gandhi? No one knew about him. Forgive me, but the first time there was curiosity about him in the world was when the film 'Gandhi' (made by Richard Attenborough, in. 1982. No, he didn't even attempt to mention his name. It probably would have been quite a spectacle had he done so.) was made. We did not do it." So, India (i.e., by implication, his constant bugbear Nehru) failed to project Gandhi -- severely impeded by a slave-like mentality -- the way Martin Luther King (jr) or Nelson Mandela (a name that was eagerly provided to him by one of his interviewers(!) when he was just fumbling) has been projected.

गांधी पर क्या कह गए मोदी?? | No one knew Gandhi before the film: PM Modi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zUNXKvncgY May 29, 2024

गांधी फिल्म से पहले गांधी जी को कोई नहीं जानता था। यह प्रधानमंत्री ने एक चैनल से कहा है। इतनी तेज़ गर्मी है और उसमें भी प्रधानमंत्री रोज़ चार-चार इंटरव्यू दे रहे हैं। बोलने के लिए कुछ है नहीं, पूछने के लिए तो और भी कुछ नहीं है तो ज़ाहिर है प्रधानमंत्री कुछ न कुछ बोलेंगे ही, नहीं तो इंटरव्यू की चर्चा कैसे होगी। हम भी कितना रिसर्च करें, अब बस कीजिए मोदी जी।

Modi's Biggest Plan : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9zQiRdziEY Corporate response and maneuveurs 

 फँसने वाला है जनादेश..कॉरपोरेट को तैयार रहने का ऑर्डर !

Punya Prasun Bajpai

EC ने मुख्य सचिव को किया सस्पेंड 20000 शिकायतों पर चुप क्यों? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUd7X91mh0s DESH NEETI 
May 29, 2024

European Union banks seek RBI approval for third-party transaction model https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/indian-financial-regulators-not-to-give-in-to-europes-auditing-demands-report-3506303 
Credit Agricole, Societe Generale, Deutsche Bank, BNP Paribas aim to resolve deadlock between their home authorities and Indian policymakers

The European banks face hurdles in trading Indian government bonds and derivatives since the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) de-recognised the Clearing Corp of India (CCIL) in October 2022.
ESMA's decision resulted from the RBI's refusal to grant audit and inspection rights over CCIL, which oversees local government bond trading and ensures settlement.

India Will Not Let Europe Audit Domestic Financial Settlement Firms: Report https://www.ndtvprofit.com/business/indian-financial-regulators-not-to-give-in-to-europes-auditing-demands-report-3506303 NDTV Profit Desk 10 Nov 2022

Leaflet by Leaflet, a Few Aging Activists Fight India’s Tide of Bigotry https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/28/world/asia/india-activists.html
As politicians stoke religious hatred online, these veterans of social causes deliver their messages in person: “Talk to each other. Don’t let anyone divide you.”

As Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his deputies have vilified the country’s minorities in a yearslong campaign that has escalated during the current national election, the small band of aging activists has built bridges and preached harmony between religious groups... More than three dozen human rights defenders, poets, journalists and opposition politicians face charges, including under antiterrorism laws, for criticizing Mr. Modi’s divisive policies, according to rights groups..... “Despite a crackdown, they are refusing to cow down, leading them to hold placards, distributing fliers, to revive a message that once was taken for granted.”

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The space for activism may completely vanish, Ms. Verma said, as his party becomes increasingly intolerant of any scrutiny.

For now, she said, activists “are, sadly, just giving proof of our existence: that we may be demoralized, but we are still alive. Otherwise, hatred has seeped so deep it will take decades to rebuild trust.”

'Indian economy has rung 3 alarm bells, the new govt must deal with it within 100 days' https://youtu.be/fFH2No5Ebq0 29th May 2024  Sharad Raghavan
The new government should not be blinded by the strong GDP growth numbers that will come out at the end of this month. There are 3 economic alarm bells ringing, which need urgent attention, Deputy Editor TCA Sharad Raghavan argues in 

https://theprint.in/opinion/standard-deviation/indian-economy-has-rung-3-alarm-bells-the-new-govt-must-deal-with-it-within-100-days/2104294/
Modi govt's GDP growth data for 2024-25, expected this month, must not overwhelm the senses of the new government that comes to power in June.
The first alarm bell is the sheer exuberance in the stock markets. Speak to any analyst, and they will tell you it is being driven by investments in small and mid-cap stocks. That is, small investors are putting their money in small — and often volatile — stocks.

second alarm bell. People taking loans for survival.  data from the central bank shows that these loans are still growing at strong double-digit rates. These are not loans to buy houses, cars, or appliances. These are also not education-related loans. These are credit card spends, and desperate loans taken for what the RBI classifies as ‘other personal loans’ but which are, in actuality, loans for survival.

third alarm bell, is foreign direct investment into the country.FDI has been falling for a few years now, as has India’s share in global FDI, which shows foreign companies are increasingly choosing other countries. One of the major reasons is difficulty in procuring land and dealing with India’s labour.

The solutions? The first is for the Centre to repair its increasingly fractured relationship with the states. State governments must remember that FDI might be tracked at a national level, but it actually comes to the states. There are huge economic benefits to working cohesively with the Centre on attracting more foreign investment instead of treating it as attracting investment despite the Centre

The other two solutions are to do with land and labour, both issues that have plagued India’s economy for decades. Procuring land needs to be easier, and hiring labour less fraught

21 int'l bodies ask CJI for early resolution of Adani coal imports case https://www.business-standard.com/companies/news/21-int-l-bodies-ask-cji-for-early-resolution-of-adani-coal-imports-case-124052400702_1.html 27 May 2024  

Contending that they stand firmly against the continued use of fossil fuels, the organisations said the Financial Times report provided fresh and detailed evidence of the passing off of "low-quality coal as far more expensive cleaner fuel" by the Adani Group in transactions with Tamil Nadu's Tangedco.

While the Adani Group has denied all allegations, the news report has been cited by opposition leaders, including former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, to demand a joint parliamentary committee probe into the alleged wrongdoing. 

for full text of letter see:   https://thewire.in/rights/profits-at-the-expense-of-air-quality-21-global-ngos-urge-cji-to-expedite-adani-case-resolution The letter cited the apex court’s judgment in M.K. Ranjitsinh and Others v. Union of India, saying that India’s commitment to transitioning to non-fossil-fuels was “not just a strategic energy goal but a fundamental necessity for environmental preservation.” It emphasised that the Adani case involves the “dirtiest and most polluting coal being burned, and under false representation by the corporation concerned.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zpacHKacrQ Desh Neeti