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Virtual war
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 26/03/2018
» The battle lines have been drawn. On one side are the massed forces of the Indian government, represented by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), tax authorities and other state agencies, along with public and private-sector banks. On the other side are the proponents of an ever-expanding number of decentralised, stateless virtual currencies.
Golden loophole
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 09/10/2017
» When the American novelist Erin Bowman said "gold makes monsters of men", she probably did not have India's gold traders in mind.
Bit Boom
Asia focus, Narendra Kaushik, Published on 05/06/2017
» Akshat Gupta, 27, has become a multimillionaire -- he was only a millionaire earlier -- in the last two and a half months. A medical wholesaler and retailer based in South Delhi, he hopes to have another 700% growth in his fortune by 2030.