I was annoyed by this headline (India is arguably the world's best cricketing nation) but then I read Tej Parikh's irritatingly good set of arguments and had to concede. >>> Why is India so bad at sports? ft.com/content/4d8e01… via @ft

India’s Adani Group has warned Bangladesh’s new government that its backlog of overdue payments has become “unsustainable”, as the country falls $500mn behind on dues from a contentious power project. ft.com/content/176b68…

Kenya’s High Court suspended a government plan to allow Adani to manage the country’s main airport following intense local opposition, marking the latest setback to the conglomerate’s overseas expansion | ft.com/content/1628a0… w/Andres Schipani

#Maldives hunts for bailout to avoid first Islamic sovereign debt default w/ ⁦Arjun Neil Alim⁩ ⁦Joseph Cotterill⁩via Financial Times on.ft.com/3B0IS8F

Pressures mount in India’s delivery market for anything, anytime - “eventually there will be pressure on a lot of these quick commerce platforms to drive profitability.” on.ft.com/3TpOrne via Financial Times

Does #India’s “anything, anytime” quick delivery model have staying power? ⁦Chris Kay⁩ reports on.ft.com/3TpOrne

India’s grocery delivery market for anything, anytime is madly intense. The pressure on players is now mounting, says Chris Kay ft.com/content/31075d…

Rise of the Indian tourist: travel industry pivots to next big market. “IndiGo Airlines and Air India ordered 500 and 470 new aircraft, respectively, last year, the two biggest orders in aviation history.” With ⁦Eri Sugiura⁩ on.ft.com/3zpmPb2

Ford to reboot a mothballed plant in India for export three years after the carmaker quit the country. US firms “struggled because they couldn’t localise,” says a banker. “India is a cost-sensitive market, if you can’t get that right you cannot survive” ft.com/content/f40cef…

illuminating interview here with Natarajan Chandrasekaran, head of the Tata Group, on how the conglomerate is evolving - by Anjli Raval Chris Kay ft.com/content/a80637…

In an Financial Times interview, Sanjiv Bajaj downplayed concerns over a rise in bad loans. He also said it was an “open question” whether Bajaj Finance would float its brokerage business after the blockbuster home loan IPO. on.ft.com/3ZpGxxW

“The truth is madder than fiction” - Dave. Our Financial Times India bureau chief John Reed actually interviewed today’s suspected Trump gunman last year.

Scoop: Revolut prepares for 2025 India launch “India is being treated as a critical expansion market,” the fintech's India CEO Paroma Chatterjee tells Financial Times. “We will have to earn our right to win this market” ft.com/content/c8b137…

Businesses in Pakistan are racing to cover their factory rooftops with ultra-cheap Chinese solar panels, as the cost of state power becomes crippling reports Financial Times's Humza Jilani. “Allah has given us this gift to get out of this mess.” on.ft.com/4ejGB6Y

Britain asked to investigate assets linked to ousted Bangladeshi regime ⁦Benjamin Parkin⁩ ⁦Lucy Fisher⁩ ⁦⁦Chris Cook⁩ ⁦Cynthia O’Murchú⁩ via Financial Times on.ft.com/4e8yzhg

The shift makes India the sixth-largest weighting in an index that is dominated by US companies. ⁦Arjun Neil Alim⁩ ⁦Chris Kay⁩ via ⁦Financial Times⁩ ft.com/content/72864f…

Small 🧵 This one took a long time to report. For over a year, India's munitions exports to European clients has been diverted to Ukraine. Exclusive: Ammunition from India enters Ukraine, raising Russian ire - reuters.com/world/ammuniti…

Record Indian gold imports help drive bullion’s rally via Financial Times ⁦Leslie Hook⁩ ⁦Chris Kay⁩ on.ft.com/3BkFfu5

Read this Financial Times Big Read by Josh Noble and Benjamin Parkin on how #India 🇮🇳 has become the dominant world force in cricket 🏏- and the India Premier one of the world’s biggest sporting franchises too. on.ft.com/3Xwd2Iu

Interesting story China’s BYD raises car export hopes in Pakistan after being spurned by India ft.com/content/bf1e68… via @ft