The Adani bribery case could upend Indian business and politics
The allegations against the corporate champion may end up being resolved diplomatically rather than in court
IN THE COMING months, Mumbai will open a new airport and start to redevelop its largest slum. To the north, in the state of Gujarat, the first phase of what is billed as the world’s biggest copper smelter will become fully operational. Northwards still, near Pakistan’s border, power generation will start at a wind-solar plant that, when finished, will be the world’s largest green-energy site. Near India’s southern tip, meanwhile, a new port will open in Kerala with sufficient depth to create the country’s first global transshipment hub. And in nearby Sri Lanka, the port of Colombo will inaugurate a new terminal designed to compete with a Chinese-operated one next door.
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