As I scroll through the paper the first news that hits me is that of course ARGENTINA WON!!
And god helped them do it.That's right Maradona is coach,god,slightly scary man but still god!
So that's not really news is it? It's more on the lines of breaking news,but it has been more or less handled by the Indian media! Any average Indian (I say average cos I mean an everyday Indian) is hardly aware of football's existence but the Indian news channels have benn screaming hoarse about how Messi is the next Maradona and how he will save Argentina,but in all this news there is not one mention of another very very interesting news.
It's related to the recent Ambani brothers dispute settlement. There's an article in HT that tells that the Ambani brothers have been holidaying together in Kruger National Park, and how after years they have finally buried the hatchet. What nobody seems to realize is that the whole affair from start to finish was stage managed. The ambani brothers in this case Mukesh,got a contract to supply gas to NTPC at 2.34$ per unit. This bid was also equaled by international bidders however NTPC awarded the contract to Reliance Industries who were to supply gas from Kg-D6 field to fuel the expansion of two Gujarat plants. In the meantime RIL enters in a deal with Anil Ambani led RNRL to supply gas for 17 yrs at 2.34$ per unit based on heat value. Now RIL claims that since the government which had recently reviewed the price of the Kg-D6 field to 4.20$ per unit they will supply the gas to RNRL at 4.20$ per unit. This whole development is based on a simple model called develop,own and transfer which is usually seen in road development.Now at the new price RIL stood to earn 1,00,000 cr more!!
1,00,000 cr. is a lot even for the Ambani brothers and they started a dispute. A dispute in which mud was flung everywhere. What everyone forgot or rather didn't give importance to is that NTPC would also have to pay 4.20$ for the gas if RIL won against RNRL. And the agreement that RIL and NTPC had would be null and void.
Now suddenly after the settlement the family has reconciled? They are BROTHERS living in the same building! Of course they might have some problems, but the sudden purchase of INFOTEL which incidentally won the broadband spectrum bid! That seems really fishy!
It seems more or less orchestrated. So the thing is would the Ambani brothers do this for 1,00,000cr? In my opinion yes because they have done so for a lot less.