Aggam Walia
@aggam_walia
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Journalist tracking India’s political economy
New Delhi
Joined October 2018
🚨Rajasthan Govt’s Tender Spot For Adani Yet again, the Rajasthan government tailors a power procurement tender that favours the Adani group I investigate for @reporters_co
https://t.co/uYAwNmGlq9
reporters-collective.in
Yet again, the Rajasthan government tailors a power procurement tender that favours the Adani group
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Rajasthan Govt’s Tender Spot for Adani: Yet again, the Rajasthan government tailors a power procurement tender that favours the Adani group. Investigation by @aggam_walia. (1/3) https://t.co/DfKVr2o1JB
reporters-collective.in
Yet again, the Rajasthan government tailors a power procurement tender that favours the Adani group
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Report in The Indian Express– https://t.co/qF6ax459on
indianexpress.com
Transmission authority rejects bid for connection via nearby substation, approves link through Lakhisarai.
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A year ago, @ravish_journo referenced my story on how Adani’s Godda plant secured approval to sell power within India just days after political upheaval in Bangladesh. Sharing the clip + links to the video and report amid fresh orders to take down content on the Adani group.
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Utter failure of urban planning. Situation in rural areas is also very bad. Hearing of commercial losses in Jalandhar too.
People of Punjab are battling floods but industrial city Ludhiana is witnessing “black floods”. Polluted, toxic, stinking water laden with industrial chemicals, from Buddha Nullah has entered colonies, forcing people to undergo saza~e~kaala paani in modern times @IndianExpress
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“The striking fact is that Indian business has been unable to mount even a pro-capitalist critique of monopoly power. It has acquiesced in the consolidation of oligarchic dominance, even when that dominance rests on the expropriation of rivals.” https://t.co/5Q3t8VhzEm
indianexpress.com
For decades, businesses blamed the state for stifling potential. Now they reveal their innate inability to invest, build, or imagine the future
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Pakistan seeks US loan to develop mega copper mine with Canadian partner Project already backed by World Bank, ADB https://t.co/N21YE9ZikK
indianexpress.com
With World Bank, ADB on board, Pakistan now turns to US for Reko Diq mine funding
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Nearly 200 journalists have been killed in Gaza, more than in any other conflict or any single place since CPJ (@pressfreedom) began keeping track in the '90s. Nearly all were Palestinians managing their own family struggles while bearing witness @rudoren
nytimes.com
We look at a deadly strike — and explore the challenges of reporting from the enclave.
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Alaska Summit: Trump and Putin call for deeper economic ties despite 25% US tariff on India over Russian oil imports https://t.co/NkfafB240F
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Data from the US International Trade Commission (ITC) shows bilateral goods trade between Russia and US surged by 38 per cent year-on-year to $2.5 billion between February and June 2025, after Trump...
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🚨New: We went through a number of Trump's tax forms and found that India has become a major source of revenue for his real estate empire, where he earns a fee for lending his name. More in the story @IndianExpress I report with @aggam_walia @mazoomdaar
https://t.co/gUMc3IlTdv
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In today’s paper: Since first term, Trump real-estate footprint in India expands 3-fold to 11 million sq feet in 6 cities @imsoumyarendra @mazoomdaar
https://t.co/F274gTvrbs
indianexpress.com
Until last year, The Trump Organization earned at least Rs 175 crore from projects; since 2024, Brand Trump has been on an aggressive expansion drive
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Just days after Donald Trump’s win last November, the Trump Organization floated four new firms to license the Trump brand to real estate projects in Gurugram, Noida, and Pune. In 2024, the family-run conglomerate raked in $12 million from India in development and licence fees.
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As Trump berates India on Russian oil, US imports from Russia jumped 23% in Jan-May—fueled by uranium, palladium https://t.co/HJ4IKvZC73
indianexpress.com
At $806 million, US fertiliser imports from Russia between January and May 2025 were up 21 per cent y-o-y and 60 per cent higher than the $503 million imported in the same period of 2021.
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Amid slow EV growth, NITI Aayog proposes ‘soft mandates’ to boost adoption, avoid ‘backlash’ ✍️@aggam_walia
https://t.co/joHOolYQFO
indianexpress.com
The report titled ‘Unlocking a $200 Billion Opportunity: Electric Vehicles in India’ said it is “evident that continuation of incentives alone may not help” India reach the 2030 target.
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Real estate, infra sectors short of 20 lakh skilled workers, says NAREDCO chair Hiranandani https://t.co/sUWF4VX6Z7
indianexpress.com
Earlier, in June, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) chairman S N Subrahmanyan had said the group’s construction business is facing a shortage of 25,000-30,000 labourers
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More than minimum: Why govt is mulling ‘living wage’, and what it could mean for women at work https://t.co/iNRQmc05Ov
indianexpress.com
While living wage standards would benefit all workers, the impact could be more significant for women, who face higher opportunity costs
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#China breaks ground on $170 billion dam near Arunachal—why #India is concerned, and what it plans to do @aggam_walia reports https://t.co/YEavi2hruJ
indianexpress.com
While around 30 per cent of the Brahmaputra’s waters originate in China, the majority comes from rainfall within India’s catchment areas.
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Erratic rain, high base drag April-June power use in 8 of top 10 states https://t.co/kybQVfvGdT
indianexpress.com
Still, despite the dip in Q1 FY26, India’s power consumption has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7 per cent since Q1 FY22.
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India’s ‘green’ power capacity overtakes thermal: Why it matters, the challenges posed, and what’s next https://t.co/abTfow7HO5
indianexpress.com
When the Paris Agreement on climate change was signed in 2015, India had committed to reaching 40 per cent non-fossil fuel capacity by 2030. This target was raised to 50 per cent in 2022.
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