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T20 WC 2026 Final Shock: Urgent SIT Sought to Dismantle ₹10,000‑Crore Betting Syndicate
Reports of a ₹10,000‑crore illegal betting syndicate during the T20 World Cup 2026 final have prompted Surajya Abhiyan to demand an urgent Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe. This analysis explains how such rackets operate through high‑tech apps, offshore servers, and complex payment layering via mule accounts, hawala, and crypto. It outlines the Indian legal framework—from…
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India’s GDP Puzzle, Decoded: Formal–Informal Shifts, Volatile Deflators, and Smarter Metrics
India’s strong GDP prints often feel out of sync with daily experience. A simple two-sector lens—formal jackets and informal juices—clarifies how Nominal versus Real GDP, base-year choices, and deflator arithmetic shape the headline number. Since 2011, lower inflation, rapid digitisation and formalisation, and shifting consumption patterns have strained older methods and proxies. As visibility of…