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Chris Kay

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Chris Kay

@christopherkay

Mumbai bureau chief @FT. Previously Bloomberg in India, Pakistan, Nigeria and the UK.

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Joined February 2009

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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
May 17, 2025
💥 Murder in Mumbai 💥 My first @FTMag story on a shocking assassination, a jailed gang boss and the Bollywood icon entangled in a decades-long grudge rooted in wildlife crime. 👉 on.ft.com/4mj7j43 Huge thanks to @CordeliaJ for the stellar edit.
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Aug 25, 2022
“Imran’s fight seems to be with General Bajwa and not with the military as a whole,” said @AkhilBery. “Of course, the rank and file will continue to support the chief, but that doesn’t mean that they can’t be supportive of Khan as well”
bloomberg.com
Imran Khan’s Street Politics Sets Up Showdown With Pakistan Army
Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Sep 15, 2022
Incredible @Reuters graphic - in the early 70s, more than 68% of Bengaluru was covered in vegetation. By late 90s, the city's green cover had dropped to around 45% and by 2021 to less than 3% of its total area | reuters.com/world/india/tr… via @DevjyotGhoshal @tweetsfromnivi
Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Oct 1, 2022
I’ve always found it wild how one man in north London controlled Pakistan’s largest city some 4,000 miles away. Six years ago I visited a tatty office in Edgware to learn more. What follows is the story of #Karachi’s most feared power broker.
How Pakistan’s Most Feared Power Broker Controlled a Violent Megacity From London
From bloomberg.com
Chris Kay
@christopherkay
May 27, 2023
“It seems their mind is made up. They’ve decided I can’t be allowed to come to power,” @ImranKhanPTI tells @WSJ. “They will either jail me or they’ll try to eliminate me” | wsj.com/articles/forme… via @gefairclough @SaeedShah
WSJ News Exclusive | Former Pakistan Leader Imran Khan Says Country Is Under ‘Undeclared Martial...
From wsj.com
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Aug 2, 2022
“Another Pandora’s box will open up if the PTI now steps up its campaign to push for investigating the record of fundraising of all political parties,” @_baqai said. “I think that will bring up a much bigger controversy” | ft.com/content/78cf0d… @farhanbokhari @JohnReedwrites
Imran Khan’s party accused of illegal funding by Pakistan electoral probe
From ft.com
Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Oct 13, 2022
“Unfortunately,’ @javedhassan writes, the elite Islamabad Club - paying just $150 in annual rent for 350 acres in the heart of the city - is “emblematic of how Pakistan’s economy operates and whom it is designed to almost exclusively benefit.”
arabnews.pk
Pakistan’s entirely self-serving elite bargain cannot continue
A much-coveted prize of belonging to the elite of Pakistan’s capital city is membership in the Islamabad Club.
Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Apr 9, 2024
BBC to split its India operations on Wednesday following scrutiny after its airing of a controversial Modi documentary. “The BBC for the first time in its history has handed over content to an outside company set up by employees” | ft.com/content/46e3e5… via @JohnReedwrites
BBC splits India operations after coming under regulatory scrutiny
From ft.com
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Jun 8, 2024
India's options market has gone “absolutely mad . . . there’s a real rush to get involved.” Trading volumes have eclipsed those on Wall Street stocks as retail investors pile into short-term bets | ft.com/content/d1daf7… via @FT
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Feb 28, 2024
Very excited to have joined the @FT this week as their Mumbai correspondent. The amazing @ChloeNCornish will be an incredibly hard act to follow, but looking forward to working with the pink paper's excellent India team @JohnReedwrites @jyots43 & @b_parkyn
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Jan 19, 2023
"The delay in doing the needful increases the likelihood of a disorderly default over the next 6 to 12 months," writes @javedhassan. "None of the choices the country faces are easy, but not choosing any increases the costs of all."
arabnews.pk
Pakistan’s economic options are all tough, but not choosing increases
The role of the Finance Ministry requires making judgments, weighed by information and economic fundamentals, and translating these into appropriate policy actions. Research and experiences should
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Apr 19, 2023
“Indian startups are not catering to a billion consumers. All of them are selling to the same 100 million,” @ankitnagori27 tells @Reuters. “The (consumer) market seems 2-3 times inflated” | reuters.com/world/india/on… via @followthemani
Once booming Indian startups set for more pain as funding crunch worsens
From reuters.com
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Nov 10, 2024
“If India is to develop its manufacturing sector, this Tamil Nadu experience must be replicated in the poorer, populous heartland states,” writes @arvindsubraman in the @FT
Can India reverse its manufacturing failure?
From ft.com
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Chris Kay
@christopherkay
Jan 26, 2023
“To project oneself as the flagbearer of a proud, self-reliant #India is increasingly seen as a ticket to avoiding scrutiny,” writes @andymukherjee70
bloomberg.com
The Adani Short Sale Puts Investor Trust in India in Doubt
A rise in jingoistic nationalism has added a new element of impunity to the behavior of some corporate chiefs.
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