Aakar Patel

Best of BS Opinion: Increasing responsibilities, the governor's role & more

Here is the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

Nearly half of investigations under FEMA were pending till 2021-22

Issuance of show cause notices as a proportion of investigations has declined in 2018-19

ED slaps Rs 51 cr penalty on Amnesty India, Rs 10 cr on ex-CEO Aakar Patel

The Enforcement Directorate said the show cause notice of penalty was issued as the funds received "violated" Foreign Exchange Management Act provisions

Rules for no-fly lists

Citizens should be informed

Delhi court upholds order asking CBI to drop lookout notice for Aakar Patel

Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann, however, set aside the direction issued to the CBI director to make a written apology to Patel for the agency's action against him.

Media dissent at home and abroad

There could be further leaks on Pegasus in the American media, following the one in the New York Times in January

Delhi court directs CBI to withdraw LOC against Aakar Patel and apologise

"We are not demanding for arrest. We are saying he should not cross the country," the agency said

Aakar Patel stopped at Bengaluru airport, says not allowed to fly out to US

Former Amnesty India says a Gujarat court order had granted him permission 'specifically' for the US trip.

Price of the Modi Years: A useful guide to Modi govt's track record

Aakar Patel's book, Price of the Modi Years, is a laborious compendium of such highlights of Modi's tenure as prime minister

An irrational fear of civil society

Through a series of innovative measures, the government has succeeded in kneecapping NGOs, if not finishing them off entirely

So long, the idealist

Pride in quality work, the spirit and energy of a newsroom and the sense of participation in big events made it worth being in journalism

The writings on the wall

All of us have things about our home that reveal something about us