Dharavi, Asia’s largest shantytown, made famous by the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, and home to nearly a million people, is slated for demolition and redevelopment by the Adani Group. With their homes and jobs at risk, the people are fighting back.
A grab by the Adani Group for power-transmission licences in Mumbai and a satellite of new Delhi is part of a wider push for privatisation of the power-distribution sector, according to electricity unions. Industrial action in January 2023 prompted government officials to consider this concern. However, the ultimate decision-making authority lies with a regulatory body. Unions protesting about Adani’s move are concerned the company will ‘cherry pick’ its customers.
An attempted ‘interference’ in a legal dispute associated with Mukesh Ambani’s residence prompted an explosive protest by attorney general KK Venugopal before the Supreme Court. The connection has been ignored by the mainstream media although all averments are in the public domain. Newsclick connects the dots in this exclusive analysis.
A firm owned by a long-time friend of Gautam Adani is running lucrative covid tests at Adani-run airports in India. The firm appears to have charged rates that are substantially higher than those charged by laboratories at other airports. The company, North Star Diagnostics Private Limited, is owned by Adani’s long-time buddy Dr Malay Ramesh Mahadevia and his immediate family members, including his wife Sonali Mahadevia and his two daughters Tulsi and Bansari.
The survivor stated in his testimony that “as young queer folks, who are exploring our sexuality, and politics, we often tend to stay quiet, and let people of power exploit us”. An Internal Complaints Committee instituted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences issued recommendations against an individual accused of sexually assaulting a former male student.
