New Delhi: Although the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria that left over 16,000 people dead in its wake made front-page headlines in the Urdu press, it was the ruckus in Parliament over the Hindenburg report on the Adani Group that really kept the papers buzzing this past week.
In its report on 24 January, American short-seller Hindenburg Research accused Adani Group of “brazen stock manipulation”. Since the report was published, Adani Group’s shares fell sharply, with nearly half of the conglomerate’s market value wiped out in just two weeks.
In particular, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s statement on the subject and Prime Minister Modi’s counterattack received wide coverage in the Urdu papers.
The Supreme Court’s hearings on hate speech and the death of former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf also featured prominently in the Urdu press.
ThePrint brings you an overview of what the Urdu press covered this week.
The fallout of the Hindenburg report and the faceoff between the government and the opposition was widely covered in Roznama Rashtriya Sahara, Inquilab, and Siasat.
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